Shiv Ratan Agarwal, chairman and whole-time director of Bikaji Foods International, is no more, according to the company’s stock exchange filing.

“A visionary entrepreneur and founder, Shri Shiv Ratan Agarwal was instrumental in shaping the company’s journey from its origins in Bikaner into a globally recognised packaged food enterprise. With over five decades of experience in the ethnic snacks and sweets industry, he built a strong foundation rooted in innovation, quality, and deep consumer understanding,” the company said in a statement.

The release also added that under Agarwal’s leadership, the ethnic snacks major evolved into one of India’s leading fast-moving consumer goods brands with a growing international footprint and a portfolio of products.

Pakistan national football has officially withdrawn from the 2026 SAFF Women's Championship amid worsening relations between the two nations, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) said on Thursday. The decision, rooted in persistent political tensions between India and Pakistan, leaves the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) to move forward with a reduced six-team lineup for the tournament, scheduled to take place at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, from May 25 to June 6. This will mark the second time India will host the SAFF Women's Championship, after the 2016 edition in Siliguri, West Bengal, where India won their fourth title. It will also be the second time that Goa will stage a SAFF tournament. The men's championship of 1999 was also held at the PJN Stadium, where India won the title, defeating Bangladesh in the final.

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the Maharashtra State Compressed Biogas (CBG) Policy 2026, marking a significant push toward sustainable energy and scientific waste management. Chaired by Devendra Fadnavis, the decision aims to convert organic waste into clean fuel while advancing India’s circular economy and climate goals.

The policy earmarks ₹500 crore for FY 2026–27 to support project developers through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). This funding is intended to reduce investment risks and accelerate the rollout of large-scale CBG plants across Maharashtra.

President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Annalena Baerbock will visit India next week and hold several bilateral meetings with government officials. Her spokesperson, La Neice Collins, said that the President of the 80th session of the UNGA, Baerbock, will undertake official travel to New Delhi and Beijing next week. Collins said Baerbock is travelling at the invitation of the governments of India and China.

During her visit to India, Baerbock will hold multiple bilateral meetings with various government officials and also meet the UN country team in India led by UN Resident Coordinator Stefan Priesner. This will be Baerbock’s first visit to India in her capacity as President of the UNGA. She had previously travelled to the country when she served as Germany’s foreign minister. In February, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited India to attend the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

She will then travel to China, where she will hold bilateral meetings with government officials and meet the UN country team led by Resident Coordinator Stephen Jackson.

Rocklink India has opened a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in India as part of its efforts to build a domestic ecosystem for recycling of critical and rare earth minerals, said Leonard Ansorge, Director, Rocklink India Private Ltd.

Commenting on the key development for the company in India, Ansorge told ANI, “(Today is) the opening of our facility as well as the opening of our first lithium-ion battery recycling plant here in India,” on the sidelines of the launch of the facility at Sikandrabad industrial area in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh, nearly 60 km from the national capital New Delhi.

Dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe. Humanity has never directly detected either. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named for NASA's first chief of astronomy and the first woman to hold an executive position at the agency, recently reached a milestone: it is complete.

At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, scientists and engineers gathered to celebrate the observatory's moment of achievement while its clean-room lighting displayed the observatory's beauty before its upcoming mission.

UK Parliament passes Tobacco and Vapes Bill banning cigarette sales to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, aiming to create a smoke-free generation and regulate vaping in public spaces.

Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifetime ban on buying cigarettes after the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament, paving the way for the creation of a “smoke-free generation.” Under the legislation, it will be illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009.

The bill, now agreed upon by both the Commons and the House of Lords, will come into effect once it receives royal assent. It also grants ministers new powers to regulate tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, including their flavours, packaging and marketing.

Former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh and co-founder of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Nadendla Bhaskara Rao died at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) morning after a long illness. He was 90. Mr. Bhaskara Rao was undergoing treatment for old-age-related ailments at a super-speciality hospital in Hyderabad, a Jana Sena Party release said.

His son, Nadendla Manohar, a key Jana Sena leader, is the Minister for Civil Supplies, Food and Consumer Affairs in the TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh.

A delegation led by Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) Chairman C. Divakar Reddy on Tuesday presented the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy Policy at the ‘World Climate Cities Forum’ held at Yeosu in South Korea as part of the Korea Green Transition Week.

Highlighting the Chief Minister’s vision of transforming Andhra Pradesh into a global clean energy hub and achieving net-zero emissions by 2047, the TUDA Chairman recalled that the State government was actively promoting renewable energy while ensuring reliable and affordable electricity for all consumers.

Indian infrastructure giant Larsen and Toubro said on Wednesday that its green energy unit has signed an ‌agreement with Japanese trading firm ITOCHU Corp for the long-term supply of 300,000 tonnes of green ammonia per annum.

L&T Energy GreenTech will supply green ammonia, a key fuel option to ‌decarbonise the shipping sector, from its proposed production facility in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

ITOCHU aims to develop a global green ammonia supply ecosystem across crucial maritime trade routes, including Singapore.

Indian companies ‌are increasingly winning orders to supply green ammonia to ‌countries including South Korea and Japan.