The blast at the IOCL refinery in the Koyali area on the outskirts of Vadodara occurred at 4 pm, triggering the blaze.
The Street will thus keep an eye on the operating profit margins over the next couple of quarters.
The fire on a merchant vessel off the Karwar coast has been brought under control after more than 24 hours but one of the ship's 21 crew members was missing, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Saturday.
Don't ignore symptoms like coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath, warns Dr Sandeep Tilve.
Nirma's tryst with the pharmaceutical space started in 2006 when it acquired the ailing Core Healthcare in a deal reported to be worth Rs 300 crore. The Ahmedabad-based manufacturer of intravenous fluids was subsequently renamed Nirlife. Pharma industry insiders say Nirma, which broke open the detergent market in the 1990s with low prices and massive advertising, tried an encore of the low-price strategy in pharma, but with mixed results.
The Netherlands has emerged as India's fifth-largest export destination in 2021-22 (FY22), jumping from its 10th position a year ago. Exports to the fifth-largest economy in the European Union (EU) bolted 94 per cent to $12.5 billion in the financial year ended March 31. In FY22, the Netherlands surpassed Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, Germany, and Nepal to become India's largest export destination in the EU. Germany, which was earlier India's top European export destination (eighth position), has now dropped two ranks to 10th place.
The leakage of benzimidazole gas occurred at Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam on Monday night.
The CPCB said reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 levels primarily indicate depletion in combustion and industrial sources of pollution which are common to both fractions of particulate matter.
India will switch to the world's cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1 as it leapfrogs straight to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from Euro-IV grades now -- a feat achieved in just three years and not seen in any of the large economies around the globe. India will join the select league of nations using petrol and diesel containing just 10 parts per million of sulphur as it looks to cut vehicular emissions that are said to be one of the reasons for the choking pollution in major cities.
Delhi BJP chief Tiwari said each poor family will be provided good quality, subsidised 'atta' (wheat flour) at a rate of Rs 2 per kilogram. The BJP will bring an ambitious 'Samridh Delhi Infrastructure Scheme', with a provision of Rs 10,000 crore, to ensure "focussed and priority" development of roads, flyovers, foot over-bridges and other key infrastructure projects, the manifesto stated. The manifesto promises to set up a 'Colonies Development Board' for undertaking development of various civic amenities.
Hazardous pollution has made anti-pollution gear and gadgets a near-necessity, says Khalid Anzar.
Most analysts as well as company executives say the rally in commodity prices is ill-timed coming just when firms were recovering from disruptions such as demonetisation & introduction of GST
'The greatest danger is that the current crisis will clear a little, we'll be able to see our hands in front of our faces, and with great relief we'll forget all about it and willingly breathe poison until next November', says Mitali Saran.
The minister said the government will soon come out with air pollution data of major cities.
Use of chemical compounds to artificially ripen, colour and increase the shelf life of fruit is rampant in India.
Now with 13-14 million-tonne capacity, Nirma will emerge as a serious player in India's cement landscape.
Ahmedabad-based firm to fund deal through equal amount of equity and debt.
Small and medium enterprises had complained of tedious compliance burden under the Goods and Services Tax
Many see Nirma's Lafarge deal as some kind of second coming for the Patels.
The new IIP numbers should spread cheer among those who were part of the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance, earlier accused of having presided over a steady deterioration in industrial performance, particularly in the last two years of its tenure, says A K Bhattacharya.
'Our body functions in a particular system. We pass urine. We pass motions. We swallow food. We drink water. We breathe properly.' 'If there is an obstruction to any of these things -- difficulty swallowing, difficulty passing urine, passing blood in the urine, passing blood in the stools or severe pain anywhere, lasting for more than a month, or for example the skin, which covers our body, has a few moles that start increasing or bleeding... then you need to see a specialist.'
A chat with employees at Paharpur gives you a brief glimpse into a happy and energetic workplace.
The industry expects 0% duty on all types of fuels, low duty rate of 2% on basic building blocks like benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene etc.; moderate duty rate on Intermediates of 5% and high duty rate on finished products of 7.5%.
Industry expects that the import duties on dyestuff should be at least retained to the present level to enable them to compete with the imported products.
In a move that will give the better and cleaner environment agenda a boost, the reach of Euro-IV fuel (diesel and petrol) will be expanded to seven more cities in the current financial year. This less polluting fuel was launched about a year ago in 13 cities.
The Indian chemical industry has an output of around USD 80 billion and ranks 12th in the world while the size of the global chemical industry is in the region of USD 3 trillion.
Once called India's garden city, this upper middle-class residential area in Bangalore has India's most toxic air, says Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com.
The country has fully switched over to cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel as of Wednesday and well ahead of the October one deadline, Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasada said on Thursday.
It is likely that the import duty on input materials would be maintained at the current levels. However many finished products with lower import duty compared to duty on input materials may be increased.
Inflation has dropped to 0.48 per cent for the week ended May 2 from 0.70 per cent in the previous week.
Petroleum retailers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, among other cities, will start supplying Euro-IV compliant auto fuel from April 1.
Textiles are the major users of dyes and pigments. So, any benefit to textile sector will also indirectly benefit the dyes and pigment sector, in terms of better demand.
Reliance Industries may make a firm bid to acquire bankrupt chemicals and fuel maker LyondellBasell Industries AF in February 2010 after $20 billion of debt owned by the troubled firm is restructured.
A candle-lit dinner with your date may actually be harmful for the environment, and lead to cancer, suggests a new study.
The wholesale price index during the corresponding week a year ago was as high as 12.91 per cent, while in the previous week, it stood at (-) 1.58 per cent. During the week, prices of barley, jowar and gram rose by two per cent and condiments and spices, arhar and fruits and vegetables by one per cent each.
Expects duty drawback to be at par with the present DEPB rates; seeks hike in depreciation to 35% seeks special fund for R & D center for the industry.
New Delhi has not adhered to the recent G-20 assurances that leaders had agreed at the London meeting last month not to impose protectionist measures, the EU claimed.
Overall, Union Budget 2011-12 maintained status quo for the Chemical Industry.
State-owned ONGC is talking to world's leading chemical firms, including Itochu Corp of Japan and the two UK-based companies -- Ineos and Lyondell Basel -- for a strategic partnership in the Rs 12,440-crore (Rs 124.40 billion) petrochemical plant, which one of its units is building at Dahej in Gujarat.
The move, which comes in the backdrop of a global slowdown, aims to improve profit margin amid falling demand for polyester products worldwide. "The company has shut down plants for manufacturing polyester filament yarn, polyester staple fibre, paraxylene, purified terephthalic acid and linear alkyl benzene. However, it is yet to close down the second units of PSF and PFY," sources said.
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