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Hard, expensive choices make decarbonisation of chemical industry a risky proposition 131
Top Stories

Cyient Secures engineering contract for green hydrogen project in Norway 134
India to account for half of global benzene capacity additions through 2030: Report 136
BPCL, Sembcorp form Joint Venture to explore renewable energy and green hydrogen projects 138

Delhi Govt. mulls ban on use of soaps, detergents in car washes to tackle Yamuna pollution 140
IOC inks MoU with Odisha govt. for Rs. 61,000-crore petchem project 142
Keyaan Distilleries inaugurates ethanol plant in UP 144
Coromandel International to source phosphatic fertilisers from Saudi’s Ma’aden 146
EKI Energy becomes carbon consultant for methane reduction project in Varanasi 148
Pharmaceuticals

Researchers from VIT and Austrian university develop synthetic skin to replace animal testing in cosmetics and pharma 151
US appeals court clears Sun Pharma’s alopecia drug launch 152
Granules India completes acquisition of Senn Chemicals 153

Hydrocarbons

Natural gas demand to rise 8% annually for next 5 years: PNRGB 154
BP banking on Mahanadi basin block to raise gas output 155
News from Abroad 165

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