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Who is Hardeep Singh Puri
Diplomatic Career:
- A 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Hardeep Singh Puri has served in several key positions in the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defence during a career spanning nearly 39 years.
- Hardeep Singh Puri was the first IFS Officer to be Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Defence.
- As the First Secretary (Political) at the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Hardeep Puri went to Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula and met the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief V Prabhakaran in 1987 and succeeded in persuading him to hold talks with New Delhi. This followed the signing of the India-Sri Lanka Accord in July 1987.
- In 2002, he was appointed as a Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva and served till 2005.
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Citing two tweets by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in 2022, Atishi alleged the Union government has settled a large number of illegal Rohingya refugees in different parts of the national capital
The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024, introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August this year, was passed by a voice vote
ONGC notified the first Asokenagar discovery in Block WB-ONN-2005/4 on September 24, 2018, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in August and is likely to be approved in the ensuing winter session of Parliament later this month
Government hoping to pass Oilfield Amendment Bill in upcoming winter session of Parliament, oil minister says
Speaking at CII's 12th PSE Summit here, Puri said countries in the western hemisphere are adding more production which may influence oil producers cartel Opec to also raise output to earn more
The minister said there are "robust discussions" among state-owned and private refiners to scale beyond 310 mtpa, which might be achieved even before the targeted 2028
New Delhi has repeatedly defended its purchases from Russia as necessary to keep prices in check
He said technological changes such as green hydrogen and the transition to cleaner energy will change the global oil demand landscape in five years
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri alleged that Congress is losing strength because of its 'ill-conceived and badly thought-through policies' and that its leaders are 'getting frustrated'
In a series of post on X, Puri quoted data to counter Kharge's assertions saying the Modi government's inclusive development policies will make the country a developed nation by 2047
Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, died at the age of 86 at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday night
"More than enough oil is coming into the market," oil minister Puri said at the FT's Energy Transition Summit India
International oil prices have flared to over $ 78 per barrel from about $ 70 per barrel, as the market waited to see if Israel would retaliate against Iran for a missile attack last week
bp's activities in India also include Castrol lubricants, oil and gas trading, and clean energy projects
India and Brazil deepen energy ties as Petrobras meets with the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri in Brasilia
He termed the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership as a cornerstone of future collaboration between the two countries
European countries and Japanese businesses are buying from Russia, so India is not alone, he said
The event, themed 'Transforming Energy Through Vision, Innovation, and Action,' brought into focus a need for global energy stability and rapid decarbonisation
During the meeting, Puri and Pyatt discussed how the cooperation between two nations is strengthening in the energy sector due to collaboration between the institutions