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【Answer 1】・On September 29, 2007, the Yuanwang-5 tracking ship was officially delivered to the China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Control Department for use. ・On February 4, 2019, the Yuanwang-5 successfully completed its maritime tracking and control mission for the 'Zhongxing-2D' satellite. ・On February 22, the Yuanwang-5 departed from the China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Control Department’s wharf, heading to a designated area in the Pacific Ocean to carry out satellite maritime tracking and control tasks. ・On August 10, 2020, the Yuanwang-5 successfully completed China’s first Mars exploration mission maritime tracking and control task. ・On June 24, 2021, the Yuanwang-5 returned home after successfully completing its maritime tracking and control mission. ・On July 24, 2022, the Yuanwang-5 successfully completed maritime tracking and control for the launch of the 'Wentian Experimental Module'. This was the second time the Yuanwang-5 had undertaken a space station mission. II. India Today: Key Developments 1. Arrested Congress Party MPs held an informal meeting at a Delhi Police detention center, discussing issues including rising prices, the 'Jyotirgamaya' (‘Path of Fire’) protest march, food-related GST, national security, rupee depreciation, and future action plans. 2. On July 27, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi appeared for her third interrogation before the Enforcement Directorate (ED). 3. Following searches, the ED recovered a large sum of money from the apartment of Arpita Mukherjee, aide to West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. 4. The ED filed charges against Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister Satyendar Jain and his family members. 5. Detained Members of Parliament and political leaders were released from the Kingsway Camp detention facility. 6. Today, the Income Tax Department conducted search operations at RG Hospital, SSB Hospital, Accord Hospital, and Sarvodaya Hospital—located in Noida, Faridabad, and Gurugram—following allegations by the ED that these hospitals’ operators were involved in tax evasion. 7. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to arrest, seize, search, and attach assets. ・The ED is no longer required to share case information reports with external parties. ・A case information report (CIR) is an internal ED document and does not constitute formal registration of a case. ・Disclosure of the CIR to the accused is not mandatory; it suffices to state the grounds for arrest at the time of arrest. ・Arrest procedures will no longer be arbitrary. III. Social & Lifestyle News in India 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Chennai will host the 44th Chess Olympiad. 2. According to the Indian government, as of June this year, up to 1,122 Twitter URLs have been blocked. 3. India is nearing completion of its first ‘National Credit Framework’, which proposes integrating the entire education system—from school onward—into an academic credit system, giving due weight to co-curricular activities, sports, school/university projects, and internships. A draft report on the National Foundation for Basic Education recommends introducing credit-based grading starting from Grade 5, with postgraduate and doctoral levels classified at Levels 7 and 8 respectively. IV. Political & Current Affairs in India 1. India’s ‘National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021’ was passed by the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament). 2. Opposition MPs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue after 23 MPs were suspended. 3. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) stated that, through its commercial arm, it earned $279 million in foreign exchange by launching satellites for global clients. In collaboration with its commercial division, ISRO has successfully launched 345 foreign satellites from 34 countries using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

A 20-billion-yuan green ammonia order emerges! The era of international trade in the 'new oil' has arrived.

【Answer 2】 Viewed together, these two news items may signal the dawn of the international trade era for the 'new oil'—green hydrogen derivatives—and suggest that Asia is pioneering the formation of a 'hydrogen trade circle', with producers including China, India, and the Middle East, and consumers such as Japan and South Korea. Both Samsung and Lotte Fine Chemical are South Korean companies. Why are they purchasing green ammonia? Primarily to use it as a green fuel. Ammonia can be directly combusted for power generation and also serve as marine fuel, replacing coal and natural gas. As energy-importing nations highly vulnerable to geopolitical risks, South Korea and Japan are vigorously promoting ammonia co-firing in power plants and building hydrogen-ammonia power stations—not only to meet carbon neutrality goals but also to diversify their energy supply. Ammonia can also support industrial decarbonization. Samsung Group operates across construction, chemicals, power, and infrastructure sectors; green ammonia can replace gray ammonia as a chemical feedstock. The long-term off-take agreement between Reliance Industries and Samsung C&T resolves key challenges facing the green hydrogen industry—including lack of stable buyers, massive project investments, and lengthy payback periods. Under this agreement, Reliance Industries will begin supplying green ammonia to Samsung C&T on a long-term basis from the second half of FY2029. This partnership is regarded as a landmark milestone in India’s clean energy transition and reflects India’s strategic vision to leverage its domestic clean energy value chain to become a global export hub for green fuels—aligning closely with India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM). Anant Ambani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries, stated that the company’s new energy strategy aims to scale up green fuels and green chemicals by integrating renewable energy resources, domestic manufacturing, and technology development—and that such partnerships will support the expansion of its green hydrogen ecosystem and mega-factories. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, Reliance Industries reported consolidated revenue of USD 125.3 billion, cash profit of USD 17.2 billion, and net profit of USD 9.5 billion. The Reliance Group’s businesses span oil & gas exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, advanced materials and composites, renewable energy (solar and hydrogen), retail, and digital services. Through its new energy business, the company is constructing ultra-large-scale solar and energy storage projects in Kutch, Gujarat, delivering round-the-clock renewable power to support integrated green hydrogen and ammonia production in Jamnagar. At the heart of this initiative lies the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Mega Complex—a 5,000-acre advanced manufacturing hub housing super-factories for solar modules, batteries, electrolyzers, fuel cells, and power electronics.

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GSFC invites joint venture partners to develop a 500,000 metric ton per year green ammonia plant at its Sikka unit, targeting commissioning by December 2030. The project leverages India's renewable energy base to serve global export markets.

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India’s GSFC Invites JV Partners for Green Ammonia Plant

India’s GSFC Invites JV Partners for Green Ammonia Plant

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