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Business Recorder
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company halts output in west Indian basin
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company said on Friday it has temporarily suspended production at one of its oilfields in western India due to adverse weather and is monitoring the situation to resume output when the weather improves. The floating storage offshore (FSO) unit at the company's Mumbai basin has been safely de-moored and anchored at a secure location for over a week, it said. Oil set for steepest weekly decline in two years as risk subsides 'We are prepared for re-mooring the FSO… as soon as the weather improves, allowing us to resume production from the field under favorable conditions,' the oil exploring company said.
NDTV
5 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
MPPSC Aspirants In Limbo Again As FSO Exam Cancelled After 17 Years of Wait
MPPSC FSO Exam 2025: After a gap of 17 years, when the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) finally issued a recruitment notification for the post of Food Safety Officer (FSO), it rekindled hope among thousands of aspirants across the state. However, those dreams were short-lived. The exam was abruptly cancelled after forms were filled, fees were collected, and study preparations had begun. Now, candidates have been asked to pay the fees once again for a revised notification - leaving many feeling frustrated, demoralised and betrayed. The FSO recruitment notification was released in December 2025 for 120 posts. Nearly one lakh students applied, each paying a non-refundable fee of ₹540 - an estimated total of Rs. 5.4 crore collected by the commission. But in March 2025, the Central Government revised the eligibility criteria for the post. Despite this, MPPSC cancelled the exam only a month later, in April, and has now reissued a notification - with fewer posts and a demand for fresh fees. Aspirants Speak Out: "We are being pushed to the edge" Bhagirath Rawat, a resident of Vijaypur tehsil in Sheopur district, has been living in Indore for two years to prepare for government exams. He stays in a small tin-roofed room, which becomes unbearably hot in summers and leaks during the rains. His father, a marginal farmer, took loans from local moneylenders to support his son's dreams. "I had paid the fees, bought books, and started preparing. Now MPPSC has cancelled the exam and wants us to pay again. My heart and my pocket are both empty," said Bhagirath. Richa Chaudhary, who came to Bhopal at the age of 17 from Raisen district, is now 30. Despite over a decade of preparation, she remains unemployed. "I've lost all hope in MPPSC. Every recruitment is mired in some controversy or cancellation. My relatives have started pressuring me to get married. I feel ashamed when people look at me as just another unemployed girl. Sometimes I feel it's better to die than live with this burden," Richa said, holding back tears. Ravindra Sakhya from Morena has been preparing in Gwalior for five years. He too applied for the FSO post, but now says he has lost all motivation. "When the first notification came, I thought this was my chance. I paid the fee, bought books, started preparing. Then it was cancelled. Now there's a new notification with fewer posts, and I'm being asked to pay again. I'm mentally and financially exhausted," he said. R. Panchbhai, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), MPPSC, said the cancellation was due to a mismatch between the educational qualifications mentioned in the department's demand letter and the amended notification issued later by the Government of India. "After receiving applications, we identified a discrepancy in the eligibility criteria. On contacting the department, this was confirmed, which led to the cancellation," he explained. But critics argue that the commission should have anticipated these changes and acted sooner, especially since the central government had amended the eligibility criteria a month before the cancellation. Students across the state are raising serious questions about the functioning and accountability of MPPSC. Many are demanding an immediate refund of their earlier fees and clarification about how such administrative oversights occurred. With growing public outrage and continued silence from top officials, the MPPSC finds itself in the eye of yet another credibility crisis. And for the aspirants, it's not just an exam that's been cancelled - it's years of effort, trust, and belief in the system.
Business Times
25-06-2025
- Business Times
Four dead, five injured in fire at ASL Marine unit's Batam shipyard
[SINGAPORE] Four workers died and five were injured after a fire at a Batam shipyard belonging to a unit of Singapore-listed shipbuilder ASL Marine on Tuesday (Jun 24). The fire occurred at or around 2.15 pm (Indonesian time), on board a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO), ASL Marine disclosed in a bourse filing on Wednesday. The FSO was undergoing repair alongside one of the shipyard's jetties. All the casualties and injured staff worked for ASL Marine's subcontractor. Those injured are currently being treated at a hospital. 'We are deeply saddened by this incident which resulted in loss of lives and injuries,' said ASL Marine, adding that it will work with the authorities, FSO owner and subcontractor to assist the affected workers and their families. Investigations are ongoing, and all work on the FSO will be suspended until the cause of the fire is established. Shares of ASL Marine ended Wednesday at S$0.06, up 3.4 per cent or S$0.002.
Time of India
24-06-2025
- Time of India
Ghaziabad eatery fined Rs 50,000 for using adulterated paneer
Ghaziabad: The court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on Saturday imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 50,000 on an eatery for using adulterated paneer (cottage cheese). The raid was conducted on Aug 12, 2023, by food safety officer (FSO) Amit Kumar. The FSO team, working under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ( FSSAI ), visited M/s Rolls Mania in the food court of EDM Mall in Kaushambi. A food sample was taken and sent to a laboratory in Lucknow. tnn
Hindustan Times
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC gives Haryana time till December 31 to notify reserved forest in Morni Hills
The Punjab and Haryana high court has given the Haryana government time till December 31 to identify and notify reserved forest area in Morni Hills. The court criticised the inaction by Haryana government in not completing the exercise even as notification was done in 1987. (HT File) 'The Morni Hills are serving as the prime green cover, acting as lungs for the tri-city of Chandigarh, Panchkula & Mohali. Indubitably, the authorities are required to take a decision, one way or the other, regarding completion of the process which begins with the issuance of notification under Section 4(1) of the 1927 Act and culminates upon a notification issued under Section 20 of the 1927 Act,' the bench presided over by chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sumeet Goel said while adding that the forest secretary of the state would file a compliance report about the same within seven months. '… failure wherein may invite punitive consequences (as per law) for the officer concerned as also other functionaries,' it added while fixing the second week of January, 2026, for filing the compliance affidavit. The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in 2017 by one Vijay Bansal, a Panchkula resident, who had demanded settlement of the area as prescribed under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. The area was formerly a part of the Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh and became a part of Haryana in 1966. In December 1987, the government issued a notification of reserved forest area. However, the process of demarcation has not been completed even now, the plea had said. The court made it clear that demarcation and survey is to be done by the forest settlement officer (FSO) and not by the revenue authorities, as being claimed by the state government. The appointment of FSO was made in 2018. The court criticised the inaction by Haryana government in not completing the exercise even as notification was done in 1987. 'To permit nearly four decades to elapse without any discernible, substantive action flowing from a statutory declaration is, to put it mildly, an affront to the principles of effective governance and a manifest failure at the end of officers, both statutory and Constitutional. Such inaction on the part of such officers, particularly in a matter of such profound public importance, merits the unequivocal condemnation of this court,' the bench observed, deprecating 'in the strongest possible terms, the protracted official lethargy and its discernible unwillingness to discharge its solemn responsibilities' of identifying the area. The court has now directed that the FSO be handed over all the documents regarding demarcation and survey which are in the possession of the revenue authorities, forest authorities and Survey of India and he be provided with requisite facilities and infrastructure to enable him to make inquiry, entry, survey, demarcation, and prepare map and acquire land so that reserved forest notification is issued and published in the official gazette by the given deadline.
