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NDTV
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Ricky Kej Awarded Padma Shri, Shares Intriguing Protocols
Ricky Kej joins NDTV's Arun Singh for a powerful conversation about being conferred with the Padma Shri, collaborating with world leaders like PM Narendra Modi, and composing a stirring rendition of the Indian National Anthem. He opens up about the wild pivot from dentistry to global music, reveals the weirdest place he's ever recorded a sound, and even shows off his earrings that reflect his roots. Show Full
Hindustan Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Wastage as an economic, environmental opportunity
The chairman of ONGC, Arun Singh, and I were sitting in the Gaya airport lounge after addressing the IIM Bodh Gaya convocation in early April when I noticed some inefficiency at the airport and mentioned to him Kunal Shah's attention-grabbing comment about 'inefficiency being the world's biggest employer'. He smiled and offered another profound observation 'India's biggest opportunity is curbing waste'. He went on to say India and the world both need it and defended his argument with some telling statistics in the energy sector. This article is a result of his insight. In this era of tariffs, reciprocal tariffs, and punitive tariffs, our single biggest import item is oil. How much wastage is there in the use of oil, gas, and power? In this piece, we do not take up the wastage that bedevils our agriculture, especially its management of water; we focus only on energy use. Last year, India's oil bill stood at $137 billion. India consumes around 2,300 million barrels of oil though it produces only about 210 million barrels of crude oil a year. India's domestic production so far has only produced ~2.5 billion tonnes cumulatively, requiring us to import the bulk of our oil need. It is odd that a country of India's size does not have greater oil reserves. The fact is that it does. India has 12 billion tonnes of verified and proven oil and oil equivalent hydrocarbon reserves. Many estimates put the theoretical limit closer to 42 billion tonnes of oil and oil equivalent hydrocarbon reserves. However, this oil is not as easily accessible as in a clutch of West Asian and other oil-exporting countries. India only extracts about 35% of the oil from a domestic well on average. Most drilling sites are undersea ones and, after a certain depth, are not easy to extract economically. Despite oil's importance to India, there has been little technological innovation to make more domestic extraction, in a manner that makes economic sense, possible. Hence, most of the oil below the ground stays there. We import the bulk of our needs. In a Ricardian world (after David Ricardo, one of classical economics' giants) where global trade and comparative production advantages of countries maximally benefit national economies, that might have been fine. But, in today's splintering world, this leaves us exposed. There is a lot that can be done — from utilising state-of-the-art techniques for acquiring reservoir data to advanced drilling methodologies. Even a 10% increase in the overall recovery factor would have reduced our overall import bill by $12 billion annually over the past 10 years. To a lesser extent, the wastage extends to natural gas, too. Natural gas prices have been volatile after the Russia-Ukraine conflict. India is dependent on imports for half of its overall consumption. The gas lost during the overall transmission is referred to as Lost and Unaccounted for Gas (LUAG) and is computed at around 2.7%. If we dig further, we find that the internal combustion engine (ICE) does not use fuel efficiently. The latest ICE cars operate at an efficiency level of around 30%. If ICE engines operate at the efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs) — around 90% — we could cut 33 million metric tonnes of India's oil demand. Every five percentage points of improvement reduces oil demand by about 2,000 tonnes. If the ICE engines operated at the same efficiency levels as EVs, it would have an impact of $19 billion on India's oil import bill. Not only would we import less oil, but it would also be a boon for the environment too. For instance, by converting all ICE vehicles in Delhi to EVs, we can reduce PM2.5 levels by about 40 points on the air quality index. However, the topic of wastage does not end there. Just consider other instances of fuel consumption; imagine how much fuel airlines consume circling airports due to the lack of runways before landing. Similarly, ICE trucks transporting goods, apart from the poor efficiency in fuel-energy conversion, often return to their depots empty or with half loads due to information gaps and the absence of an efficient clearing platform. This raises logistics costs and makes manufacturing in India more expensive. The problem of wastage extends equally to power consumption as well. India's technical losses in transmission and distribution have significantly reduced the 'green' impact of EVs. Despite good progress in adding renewable energy capacity, India's overall power consumption is still dominated by thermal sources (contributing over 70% of the power drawn). The thermal-dominated grid incurs large transmission and distribution losses of around 15%. While significant progress has been made to address this, we are still four to five times more inefficient than China. Even a 1% reduction in the losses reduces the overall carbon footprint by around 2,400 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent. This is equal to converting all the four-wheelers in Delhi to EVs. Wastage is a big consumer of energy in India, a consumer we should not cater to today. As the world becomes more volatile and our economy bigger, en route to becoming the third largest economy in the world, the whole world would like us to consume less. As the explorer, Robert Swan, said, 'The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that somebody else will save it.' Let's begin a war on wastage to help ourselves! Janmejaya Sinha is chairman, BCG India, and Kaustubh Verma is managing director and partner, BCG. The views expressed are personal.
Business Standard
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Dun & Bradstreet India Unveils Strategic Insights for Indian Exporters Amid Global Trade Shifts
PRNewswire Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19: Dun & Bradstreet India, a leading provider of business decisioning data and analytics, has released a new report titled 'Navigating the Fault Lines of Global Trade: An Indian Perspective,' offering a comprehensive analysis of the shifting trade landscape and its implications for Indian exporters. As global trade tensions intensify and the United States recalibrates its economic engagement, the report reveals that the trade environment has changed significantly. Indian businesses need to be ready to mitigate rising risks while seizing newly emerging export opportunities. Key Highlights of the Report: * Trade Reset in Motion: Recent U.S. tariff actions mark a significant shift in global trade strategy, impacting a wide range of trading partners including India through broad, cross-border measures. * Margins Under Pressure: Of India's 3,934 product lines exported to the U.S., over 3,100 now face a 10% flat tariff, and 343 are hit with a 25% rate. Sectors like iron & steel, machinery, textiles, and chemicals are the most exposed. * Opportunities Taking Shape: The report identifies 360 high-potential products where India is well-positioned to strengthen its presence in the U.S. market. Big opportunities lie in specialty chemicals, pharma inputs, home textiles, and industrial components. * Smart Product Strategy: Products are mapped into four zones--Sweet Spots, High Risk-High Reward, Margin Traps, and Non-Core to help businesses focus where it matters most. "This marks an important shift in the global trade landscape," said Arun Singh, Global Chief Economist, Dun & Bradstreet. "India is at a point where thoughtful, strategic steps can help turn current global changes into long-term success. As supply chains diversify and trade policies evolve, Indian exporters have a chance to strengthen their role in key sectors. To fully leverage this shift, India must adopt forward-looking strategies that balance risk management with market expansion, especially in margin-sensitive industries like specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and advanced manufacturing inputs." The report can be downloaded for free from the website of Dun & Bradstreet India ( About Dun & Bradstreet: Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, enables companies around the world to improve their business performance. Dun & Bradstreet's Data Cloud fuels solutions and delivers insights that empower customers to accelerate revenue, lower cost, mitigate risk and transform their businesses. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity. For more information on Dun & Bradstreet, please visit Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited is headquartered in Mumbai and provides clients with data-driven products and technology-driven platforms to help them take faster and more accurate decisions in domains of finance, risk, compliance, information technology and marketing. Working towards Government of India's vision of creating an Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) by supporting the Make in India initiative, Dun & Bradstreet India has a special focus on helping entrepreneurs enhance their visibility, increase their credibility, expand access to global markets, and identify potential customers & suppliers, while managing risk and opportunity. India is also the home to Dun & Bradstreet Technology & Corporate Services LLP, which is the Global Capabilities Center (GCC) of Dun & Bradstreet supporting global technology delivery using cutting-edge technology. Located at Hyderabad, the GCC has a highly skilled workforce of over 500 employees, and focuses on enhanced productivity, economies of scale, consistent delivery processes and lower operating expenses. Visit for more information. Click here for all Dun & Bradstreet India press releases.
Business Upturn
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Dun & Bradstreet India Unveils Strategic Insights for Indian Exporters Amid Global Trade Shifts
By PR Newswire Published on May 19, 2025, 11:12 IST MUMBAI, India , May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dun & Bradstreet India, a leading provider of business decisioning data and analytics, has released a new report titled 'Navigating the Fault Lines of Global Trade: An Indian Perspective,' offering a comprehensive analysis of the shifting trade landscape and its implications for Indian exporters. As global trade tensions intensify and the United States recalibrates its economic engagement, the report reveals that the trade environment has changed significantly. Indian businesses need to be ready to mitigate rising risks while seizing newly emerging export opportunities. Key Highlights of the Report: Trade Reset in Motion: Recent U.S. tariff actions mark a significant shift in global trade strategy, impacting a wide range of trading partners including India through broad, cross-border measures. Recent U.S. tariff actions mark a significant shift in global trade strategy, impacting a wide range of trading partners including through broad, cross-border measures. Margins Under Pressure: Of India's 3,934 product lines exported to the U.S., over 3,100 now face a 10% flat tariff, and 343 are hit with a 25% rate. Sectors like iron & steel, machinery, textiles, and chemicals are the most exposed. Of 3,934 product lines exported to the U.S., over 3,100 now face a 10% flat tariff, and 343 are hit with a 25% rate. Sectors like iron & steel, machinery, textiles, and chemicals are the most exposed. Opportunities Taking Shape: The report identifies 360 high-potential products where India is well-positioned to strengthen its presence in the U.S. market. Big opportunities lie in specialty chemicals, pharma inputs, home textiles, and industrial components. The report identifies 360 high-potential products where is well-positioned to strengthen its presence in the U.S. market. Big opportunities lie in specialty chemicals, pharma inputs, home textiles, and industrial components. Smart Product Strategy: Products are mapped into four zones—Sweet Spots, High Risk–High Reward, Margin Traps, and Non-Core to help businesses focus where it matters most. 'This marks an important shift in the global trade landscape,' said Arun Singh , Global Chief Economist, Dun & Bradstreet. ' India is at a point where thoughtful, strategic steps can help turn current global changes into long-term success. As supply chains diversify and trade policies evolve, Indian exporters have a chance to strengthen their role in key sectors. To fully leverage this shift, India must adopt forward-looking strategies that balance risk management with market expansion, especially in margin-sensitive industries like specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and advanced manufacturing inputs.' The report can be downloaded for free from the website of Dun & Bradstreet India ( About Dun & Bradstreet: Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, enables companies around the world to improve their business performance. Dun & Bradstreet's Data Cloud fuels solutions and delivers insights that empower customers to accelerate revenue, lower cost, mitigate risk and transform their businesses. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity. For more information on Dun & Bradstreet, please visit Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited is headquartered in Mumbai and provides clients with data-driven products and technology-driven platforms to help them take faster and more accurate decisions in domains of finance, risk, compliance, information technology and marketing. Working towards Government of India's vision of creating an Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) by supporting the Make in India initiative, Dun & Bradstreet India has a special focus on helping entrepreneurs enhance their visibility, increase their credibility, expand access to global markets, and identify potential customers & suppliers, while managing risk and opportunity. India is also the home to Dun & Bradstreet Technology & Corporate Services LLP, which is the Global Capabilities Center (GCC) of Dun & Bradstreet supporting global technology delivery using cutting-edge technology. Located at Hyderabad , the GCC has a highly skilled workforce of over 500 employees, and focuses on enhanced productivity, economies of scale, consistent delivery processes and lower operating expenses. Visit for more information. Click here for all Dun & Bradstreet India press releases. Logo: View original content: Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in New York City.
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Time of India
Dalit girl, 17, found hanging from tree with scarf was gang-raped: Police
Agra: A Class 11 student, who was found hanging from a tree under mysterious circumstances in Mainpuri district on Thursday evening, was brutally gang-raped and strangled to death by her 23-year-old cousin and two others and then hanged with her scarf from the tree branch to mislead investigators, police said on Saturday. Police added the 17-year-old's autopsy report on Friday evening confirmed "sexual assault and stated the cause of her death to be strangulation". Her family suspected her cousin's involvement and he was subsequently arrested after a brief encounter late on Friday. His brother-in-law and a friend, believed to be accomplices, were held on Saturday. The cousin -- allegedly the main accused -- sustained a bullet injury in his leg "in the crossfire". He is a resident of Farrukhabad. Mainpuri SP (rural), Arun Singh, said, "Autopsy report clearly indicates that the girl was killed and then hanged. All three accused were arrested and sent to jail. Further probe is on." An FIR was registered under BNS sections 70-2 (under 18 years raped by one or more persons) and 103 (murder) along with Pocso Act at a local thana following a complaint by the victim's family. Both the victim and the accused belong to Dalit community. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like [Click Here] 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software Esseps Learn More Undo The girl left home on Thursday morning for school but never reached there. When she did not return home by evening, the family began looking for her. They later received a call from a relative in Farrukhabad, informing them that "the girl was in a farm on the village outskirts" in Mainpuri. The family thereafter rushed to that farm only to find her hanging from a tree. Police initially didn't rule out suicide and sent the body for autopsy. No formal complaint was filed till Friday evening. Things quickly changed once the autopsy report was out and the girl's family told the cops that they suspected her cousin. Police then laid a trap to apprehend him at night.
