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“Company has received an arbitration award dated August 23, 2023 inter alia upholding the contention of the company that additional Profit Petroleum, on account of Director General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) audit exceptions in relation to allocation of common development costs across Development Areas and certain other matters, is not payable as per terms of the Production Sharing Contract for Rajasthan Block,” Vedanta said in a stock exchange filing.Vedanta had initiated the arbitration proceedings after the government had sought additional share of profit from the company, whilerenewing its licence for the oil block in Barmer, as per reports.–IANSsan/d

Chairing a meeting of the Forest Department here, the Chief Minister emphasised the installation of advanced technology, including CCTV surveillance, at the integrated outposts.He said timber smuggling results in revenue loss for the government and the Forest Department should take proactive measures to restrain the illegal trade.The forests of Himachal serve as the lungs of northern India, besides trees being highly valuable assets to the state, he said. However, the torrential rains have caused significant damage to them, resulting in immense losses.The Chief Minister emphasised the importance of the Forest Department promptly removing the uprooted trees from the forests and…

‘Dhoki Na’ is a song about love and longing, sung by Anumita Nadesan, composed by Kabeer Kathpalia. Directed by Rahul Singh Datta, it features Shriya and Dheer Hira. The song shows the glimpse of Howrah bridge, Hooghly river, local transport of Kolkata and the streets of the city.On Sunday, Shriya took to Instagram and shared some stills from the music video. In the photos, she is dressed as a Bengali woman, lost in her thoughts.She captioned the post as: “Stills from our music video ‘Dokhi Na’/ One of the songs that if I wasn’t a part of, I would have…

“After a preparatory meeting headed by the L-G V.K. Saxena, directions were issued identifying agencies who would undertake this drive and they were tasked with procuring specific number of plants, pots, preferably from their own nurseries. This resulted in seamless coordination between five departments, agencies undertaking the procurement and placement of these potted plants, with LG personally monitoring the progress of work and inspecting different corridors in the last couple of months,” the Raj Niwas said. It further said that while the Forest Department and the Delhi Parks & Garden Society has placed 3.75 lakh plants — 1.25 lakh foliage…

This finding, published at this year’s CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, lays the foundation for software developers to improve VR applications by tailoring them to the personalities of individual players. There has been a long-held assumption that the quality of a user’s VR equipment directly improves the quality of their VR experience. However, the new study led by researchers at the University of Bath suggests that when it comes to feeling present in a virtual world, the nature of an individual’s imagination may be just as important as, if not more important than, the quality of equipment.…

Janat played his only ODI for Afghanistan in February 2017 against Zimbabwe and hasn’t featured in the format since then. But Janat has made appearances in T20Is, including taking a hat-trick against Bangladesh, and also made his Test debut this year.Ashraf, who hasn’t played ODIs since January 2022, also makes a comeback to the team as a reserve spinner. Najibullah, who missed the recently-concluded ODI series against Pakistan due to a knee injury, has been included in the lineup and is expected to recover from the injury before the start of the event, said Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in its…

According to JU insiders, 26 CCTV cameras will be installed at different corners of the campus including all the entry gates to the campus and the entry-point of the students’ hostel where the tragedy took place on August 10.All these CCTV cameras installed there will be artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled with an innovative neural network that takes into account all the potential errors before reporting an accident which brings down the rate of false alarms. The cost estimated for installing the 26 CCTV cameras, having audio and video recording facility, will be to the tune of around Rs 38 lakh.The varsity…

Sharing the picture on Instagram, Preity captioned the post: “Dear Jon, I will miss your warmth, your kindness and most of all your incredible sense of humour. I loved going shooting with you, loved cooking your favourite Indian dishes and having conversations on every topic under the sun.”“Thank you so much for opening your home and your heart to me and my family. The East Coast will never be the same without you. I know you are at peace right now and at a happy place. Rest in peace. RIP, RIP Jon Swindle, father-in-law and Om Shanti,” she added.In the…

The medal got the 31-year-old into an elite list of Indian shuttlers to bag a medal at the mega event.En route to his maiden World Championship medal, Prannoy outplayed the reigning Olympic champion and World No.1 Viktor Axelsen in the quarterfinals. He had previously defeated Axelsen on two occasions — the World Tour Finals, and the 2021 Indonesia Masters.The 31-year-old reached the finals of two events on the BWF Tour this year. He won his first BWF title this May at Malaysia Masters and then went on to lose his second final at the Australian Open after an epic, intense…

A purported video of the incident surfaced online on Friday, in which the teacher was seen asking students to slap the child belonging to a minority community.The incident reportedly took place on Thursday at Neha Public School, located in Khubbapur village under the jurisdiction of Mansurpur police station.An investigation was launched into the matter after the purported video went viral on social media. In the probe, it was found that recognition of the school has ended an year ago.Basic Education Officer Shubham Shukla said that in 2019, the school has taken recognition to run Classes from nursery to five. The…