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VIDEO | Delhi: During cabinet briefing, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) says, “Today, we took a very important and timely decision on coal gasification to help India become self-reliant amid rising gas demand and the current geopolitical situation. Since India has enough coal reserves for nearly 200 years, we are working on producing gas from coal. In the coal gasification process, coal is crushed, prepared, and heated at very high temperatures and pressure inside a furnace, where it converts into synthesis gas, or ‘syngas’, instead of burning. This syngas, mainly made up of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, can be used like natural gas and can also help generate power and LPG-equivalent fuel.” (Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)

Ethanol Blends to Fly Planes! This fuel is safe, environmentally friendly, and already tested globally: @sjlazars speaks to @DEKAMEGHNA Not everything labeled as “biofuel” is necessarily green... In India, ethanol production largely depends on sugarcane, which is a highly water-intensive crop: @vimlendu adds.

The #ceasefire (US-Iran) announcement marks a pause, but more importantly, it reveals where each actor now stands. The United States has stepped back from the brink it created. A deadline backed by threats of overwhelming force has given way to a conditional pause built around negotiations. That signals not strength alone, but recognition of limits: military objectives may have been met, but political end states remain elusive. Israel, for its part, finds itself in a more ambiguous position. Having driven escalation, it is now tethered to a process it does not fully control. Its objectives, particularly around regime change or long-term degradation of Iran, sit uneasily with a negotiation track shaped elsewhere. Iran emerges with a measure of strategic resilience. It has absorbed strikes, retaliated, and then shifted the frame from ceasefire to conditions for a broader settlement: sanctions relief, security guarantees, and regional de-escalation. In doing so, it has moved from target to negotiating actor without conceding core positions. Pakistan’s role has unfolded not as architect, but as conduit and catalyst. It has provided the channel through which messages travelled, deadlines were softened, and a narrow diplomatic opening created. That is not mediation in the classic sense, but it cannot be dismissed with stray witticisms either. What we are witnessing is not resolution of conflict , but repositioning. The war has not ended. It has entered a different phase, where coercion and negotiation now proceed together. For India, the implication is clear. Do not read this as de-escalation alone. Read it as a system under strain, where outcomes are still fluid. India should state its position with clarity: support de-escalation, safeguard maritime flows, and resist alignment with any one narrative of this conflict. This is not a moment for silence. It is a moment for calibrated voice. #WestAsia #IranUSConflict #MiddleEastCrisis #StrategicAutonomy #IndiaForeignPolicy #Hormuz #MaritimeSecurity

Lots of reactions to my last post on the #Mumbai Coastal Road bicycling track. Mostly positive, some concerned about green cover. Once the Coastal Road Garden + Mahalaxmi Racecourse Central Park are completed, I’m confident even the critics will be pleasantly surprised & the conversation will turn very “green”! 🌳

#BreakingNews | Borge Brende, President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, stepped down after the US Justice Department disclosed his past business meetings and communications with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Tune in to watch the #Latest update: youtube.com/live/S84y1iHiQ… #RepublicWorld #RepublicTV #RepublicNews #IndiaNews #LiveNews #RepublicExclusive #RepublicWorldLive #ArnabGoswami #RepublicDigital #NationFirst