Chemplast to invest ₹340 cr in refrigerant gas project; FY25 profitability hit by imports

Ramkumar Shankar, MD, Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. | Photo Credit: BIJOY GHOSH Chemplast Sanmar, a leading player in the specialty chemicals sector, plans to invest ₹340 crore in a greenfield project for the production of R32 refrigerant gas. R32, known for its lower global warming potential compared to conventional refrigerants, is increasingly being adopted in HVAC…

Brazil’s Lula urges Russia’s Putin to ‘go to Istanbul and negotiate’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Brazil, China call for direct talks as the “only way to end the conflict” between Russia and Ukraine. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to press his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend negotiations with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkiye, adding to calls on Moscow to enter talks and end its three-year…

Cyril Ramaphosa says Afrikaners ‘running away’ from South Africa to US are ‘cowards’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle “cowards”, saying “they’ll be back soon”. The group of Akrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status, saying they faced racial discrimination. But Ramaphosa said those who wanted…

Explained: How India’s trade ties with Turkiye and Azerbaijan are shifting amid Pakistan conflict

India’s diplomatic and trade relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan are witnessing turbulence following the two countries’ vocal support for Pakistan after India’s military strikes under Operation Sindoor. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s trade relations with Türkiye and Azerbaijan are expected to come under strain due to Ankara and Baku backing Islamabad and condemning India’s recent…

Did Pakistan shoot down five Indian fighter jets? What we know | India-Pakistan Tensions News

Four days after India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire after a rapid escalation in a military conflict between them, key differences between their battlefield claims remain unresolved. Among them is Pakistan’s assertion that it shot down five Indian fighter jets on May 7, the first day of fighting, in response to Indian attacks on its territory. As…

Ghost in the machine? Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters

US energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said. Power inverters, which are predominantly produced in China, are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and…

Did Hakeem Jeffries overstate share of veterans using food stamps? | Food News

EXPLAINER Evidence shows Jeffries’s statement that about 20 percent of veteran households rely on food stamps is mostly false. By Louis Jacobson│PolitiFact Published On 13 May 202513 May 2025 The leader of the Democrats in the United States House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, has slammed House Republicans for considering cuts to federal safety net programmes, pointing…