Author: Punit Panchal

New Delhi: In the wake of global oil supply fears, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has assured the country of adequate fuel supply for over 80 days. The CEO of India’s Atomic Energy Corp, Puri, spoke during the curtain raiser for the India Energy Week 2027 in Kolkata. The total storage capacity of the country’s refineries and import terminals is over 80 days, he said. This is just slightly more than when he had earlier mentioned 76-80 days this year. When the conflict in West Asia was distressing the world’s fuel supply chain, Puri stated that the country was not…

New Delhi: The Indian securities regulator on Monday eased the probe that began almost six years ago by permitting the Adani Group to settle in the matter of alleged violation of the minimum public shareholding rules with which its chairman Gautam Adani and four companies in the group are related. The four companies and 14 of their directors, including Adani, paid a total of 14.82 million (around $154,400) rupees to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The companies include Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Adani Transmission (now known as Adani Energy Solutions). The…

New Delhi: Washington is preparing to become a big supplier to India’s energy demands in an effort to diversify its import basket from the West Asian nation, which faces an uncertain future in West Asian oil markets and is being closely watched by Washington, a senior State Department official said. On the sidelines of a high-level discussion in New Delhi, the official cited America’s position as one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas and argued that the United States is in a better position than most alternatives to be able to cater to India’s rapidly increasing consumption.…

New Delhi: India’s state-run fuel retailers are seeking to issue a joint tender for about 2.75 million metric tons (mmt) of liquefied petroleum gas from the United States up to 2027, another step in New Delhi’s push to diversify from energy supplies from the Middle East. The three firms behind the tender Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp are all calling for four very big gas carrier cargoes this month, with deliveries divided evenly among propane and butane for each cargo. The tender also includes one 45,000 ton/per month offloading cargo on a free-on-board basis. The…

New Delhi: Meta appears ready to try something it hasn’t really done before with its smart glasses line: take the camera out. According to a report from The Information, the company is developing a new pair internally called Luna that skips the camera entirely and leans instead on voice. The device could be announced during Meta Connect on September 23 and 24 before shipping begins in October, and it’s expected to come in two frame styles, Clubmaster and Burbank. The trade-off is straightforward. Luna would remove the outward-facing camera found on Meta’s current Ray-Ban, Oakley and house-brand glasses, but it…

New Delhi: Microsoft is done treating Copilot as just a chatbot. On Friday, the company unveiled several new capabilities in its Copilot app, including a coding tool and an always-on AI agent, as it seeks to transform its AI assistant into a one-stop shop for office workers. It’s a pretty clear signal of where Redmond thinks this fight is headed. The centerpiece is a new feature called Code. It lets the users to build applications, dashboards and other software by using the natural language prompts, which are powered by the similar technology behind Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot. Early-access customers get it…

New Delhi: An Alabama courtroom has now becomes the unlikely battleground this week for a fight that’s been building for years: did TikTok knowingly hook a generation of kids on a platform it knew was harmful? Jury selection starts Monday in Montgomery, where the state is arguing for TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, which built an addictive product and then downplayed the risks to consumers. It’s the first case out of a sprawling wave of litigation against the company to actually reach a jury expected to run two to three weeks and that alone makes it worth watching. Every…

New Delhi: Two months after its initial revelation of an unauthorized use of its AI agents, OpenAI is actively pursuing clues to see how far its artificial intelligence has gone, according to sources acquainted with the matter. The latest incident came to light Friday after OpenAI revealed that its agents leaked 53 pictures of ChatGPT users. The company has not confirmed whether it had created the images using artificial intelligence or images of real people, and also didn’t confirm when the images were first posted. The incident highlights a new area where OpenAI is exposed to privacy violations from its…

New Delhi: Recently several reports says President Donald Trump has rebuffed Tehran’s offer to extend a seven-day truce and has told advisers he’ll have the U.S. resume bombing Iran after the Nov. 6 midterm elections. In the defeated deal Iran had agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and to resume talks on its nuclear programme, while Washington had agreed to a cease-fire, which included Lebanon, to lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and to ease sanctions on Iranian oil exports. If the US accepts the terms, then, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the timeframe has been…

New Delhi: Reliance-Disney joint venture has now taken its relationship of copyright dispute with Zee Entertainment to the next level as India’s High Court of Delhi has invited it for contempt proceedings. A legal filing dated September 21 said that Zee claims that JioStar continues to use its music and songs on its programmes despite the court having banned the use of the same. Zee says JioStar has been guilty of “wilful disobedience” by failing to comply with the injunction. The case was heard in court on Friday. The Indian high court in Delhi has issued a notice to JioStar…