Official data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry shows that the value of India’s petroleum-product exports increased by 67.64% year-on-year, rising from $4.13 billion in July 2025 to $6.92 billion in July 2026. Petroleum products were among the principal commodities driving India’s merchandise-export growth during the month.
Modern botanical authorities recognise Ficus racemosa L. as an accepted species in the Moraceae family. Its native range stretches from Pakistan and India through Southeast Asia to northern Australia. The older botanical name Ficus glomerata Roxb. is now treated as a synonym.
Agni eventually approached Krishna and Arjuna and sought their assistance. Once they agreed, Arjuna used his extraordinary archery to prevent creatures from escaping and to stop Indra’s rain from reaching the forest. The sky above Khandava became covered by his arrows, while Krishna guarded other routes of escape. The burning of the forest became one of the most violent and morally unsettling episodes of the Adi Parva.
Nishadha was the celebrated kingdom of King Nala, one of the most memorable rulers outside the main Kuru lineage in the Mahabharata. Its exact position cannot be fixed with the same confidence as kingdoms such as Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Chedi or Vidarbha, but the geographical clues preserved in the Nala-Damayanti narrative strongly place it within the wider central Indian world associated with the Vindhyas, Avanti, Vidarbha and the routes leading north toward Kosala.
The initiative is important because modern armies need combat engineers who can keep pace with tanks and mechanised formations. Traditional mine-laying often requires considerable manpower and time. A vehicle-mounted system can scatter mines much faster while remaining mobile.
The development centres on the Baigachhi area of Ashoknagar, around 48 kilometres from Kolkata, where ONGC discovered commercially significant hydrocarbons after decades of exploration across the Bengal Basin. Local reporting describes the latest milestone as the commencement of commercial crude production, while ONGC itself has said that its first commercial hydrocarbon discovery in the basin has taken a decisive step towards monetisation.
Until now, the framework covered 41 specified countries. Under the revised system, OGEL coverage has been extended to all countries except negative or sensitive nations and countries subject to United Nations Security Council sanctions or arms embargoes.
The finding has particular importance for India because the newly revalidated species occurs across the southern Himalayan region, including northeastern India, with confirmed genetic records from Assam, as well as Nepal, South Tibet and adjoining Himalayan areas.
The proposed collaboration comes as Singareni begins mineral exploration at the Devadurga Gold–Copper Block in Karnataka’s Raichur-Yadgir region, marking an important step in the company’s strategy to evolve from a predominantly coal-focused enterprise into a broader mining and minerals company.
The renewed push came during the Fourth India–Argentina Joint Trade Committee meeting, held at Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires on 24 August 2026. The meeting reviewed progress since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Argentina in 2025 and sought to convert the growing political relationship between the two countries into deeper trade, investment and industrial cooperation.
