India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday, as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and Continue Reading
India scrambled to squelch an exodus of desperate migrant workers from its cities, warning they could be sent to quarantine camps and assuring that food and other staples would be Continue Reading
The supply of thermal coal in India has been declared as an essential service and officials are to maintain its critical dispatch during the country’s lockdown period, Union Minister of Continue Reading
The global COVID-19 outbreak has taken hold in India slower than in other areas, though the number of cases in the country has spiked in recent weeks. The central government Continue Reading
India’s economy was sputtering even before its leader announced the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown. Now the state-ordered paralysis of virtually all commerce in the country has put millions of people Continue Reading
Significant losses expected for India airlines Traders eye higher exports as domestic demand suffers The lockdown in India has affected India’s aviation sector further amid the coronavirus pandemic as air Continue Reading
India’s prime minister ordered all 1.3 billion people in the country to stay inside their homes for three weeks starting Wednesday — the biggest and most severe action undertaken anywhere Continue Reading
India’s decision on Tuesday to lock down over a billion of its people could pose a grave threat to South Korean and Chinese gasoline exporters as a potential downfall in Continue Reading
Indians breathed easier on Monday as lockdowns ordered to combat the spread of the coronavirus in India’s megacities kept cars off the road and closed factories, improving air quality and Continue Reading
India is locking down large swaths of the country until at least the end of the month, as it seeks to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus following a Continue Reading
The coronavirus outbreak has restricted travel and slowed down industrial activity in India to the point of reducing overall fuel demand in the country by 10-11 percent in the first Continue Reading
Reliance, Nayara were top buyers of Venezuelan crude Both refiners can alter slates for new grades: Platts Analytics US, Mexican crudes can also offer some breathing space Singapore — The Continue Reading
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is studying the impact of the newly imposed U.S. sanctions on a unit of Russia’s Rosneft over trade of Venezuelan crude oil, and will make sure Continue Reading
India is aiming to become self-sufficient in thermal coal from the financial year 2023-2024, said Pralhad Joshi, the Union Minister of Coal and Mines Tuesday while chairing a brainstorming session Continue Reading
In a dusty northwest India desert dotted with cows and the occasional camel, a solar-power plant is producing some of the world’s cheapest energy. Built in 2018 by India’s Acme Continue Reading
One of the last bulwarks of global crude demand, India has been in the thick of national NOCs’ attention – Saudi Arabia will from now on participate in India’s Strategic Continue Reading
Firms tap window of opportunity to avail distress deals on crude, LNG meant for consumption in China A novel coronavirus outbreak in China has caused oil demand to plunge in Continue Reading
India’s government announced a multi-billion dollar package of farm and infrastructure support in its budget for 2020/21 as it blew past its fiscal deficit target for the year, but the Continue Reading
India is stepping up pressure on Qatar to re-negotiate term LNG deals and move away from oil-linked contracts as gas prices hit multi-year lows, but any flexibility in the future Continue Reading
India’s Tata Group is making its biggest push yet toward clean vehicles with plans to make electric cars and batteries, set up charging stations and build a battery recycling plant, Continue Reading
The manufacturing of HCFC-22, a refrigerant used in air conditioners, releases a greenhouse gas byproduct. Reducing this gas would be one of the least expensive methods to address climate change. Continue Reading
India and the United States will discuss India’s energy security and the Asian country buying increased volumes of U.S. crude oil when U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Continue Reading
The dramatic escalation of Middle East tensions and the risk of higher oil prices will likely prevent a quick recovery in India’s oil products’ appetite, which is already at multiyear Continue Reading
A brutal cold wave has swept northern India, blanketing streets in freezing fog, intensifying pollution, disrupting hundreds of flights and prompting school closures. India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its coldest Continue Reading
Singapore — The government of New Delhi, India’s capital city, on Monday approved an electric vehicle policy aimed at combating air pollution that is projected to lower demand for transportation Continue Reading
India will surpass China to become the world’s largest energy growth driver by 2030, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at a conference on Friday. “We are on our way Continue Reading
Growth in India’s renewable energy output slumped to 5.7 percent over the seven months to October 2019, from 28.5 percent a year earlier, the country’s Central Electricity Authority said, as Continue Reading
It’s the end of the year and authorities of various caliber and standing are making oil price forecasts for next year. This wealth of information can be confusing because of Continue Reading
The members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to establish a “strategic partnership” with India that would serve as a pathway for the South Asian country’s eventual membership, the Continue Reading
Next year is expected to be a turnaround for oil demand in India, according to a new study by S&P Global Platts Analytics. With weakened demand caused by an economic Continue Reading
Throughout India, the number of days with very heavy rains has increased over the last century. At the same time, the dry spells between storms have gotten longer. Showers that Continue Reading
Half of India’s power generation capacity using coal and nuclear power is being shut down because of lackluster demand, the Indian Express reports , adding that some of the shutdowns Continue Reading
A slowdown in economic growth is increasingly taking a toll on India’s domestic consumption of diesel, which has witnessed negative year-on-year growth for two consecutive months, creating a problem of Continue Reading
Air pollution in New Delhi hit extreme levels over the weekend and into Monday. India’s government has declared a public health emergency, shut down schools and halted construction projects. NEW Continue Reading
A thick, gray pall of smog settled over India’s capital in recent days, prompting the government to ban millions of private vehicles from the streets on Monday, a day after Continue Reading
Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns reached the worst levels so far this year on Sunday, with authorities in the world’s most polluted capital city has already declared Continue Reading
Worshippers braved the smog to enter the polluted River Yamuna as part of the Hindu religious festival of Chatth Puja Air pollution in the north of India has “reached unbearable Continue Reading
If there was a gold medal for bad air, Delhi would be hard to beat. Yet, despite high levels of air pollution, more than 30,000 people, many wearing masks, took part Continue Reading
Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the Continue Reading
The Indian capital, Delhi, has launched a car rationing system as it battles hazardous levels of pollution. From 4 to 15 November, only cars with either odd or even number Continue Reading
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been handing out masks to school students Five million masks are being distributed at schools in India’s capital, Delhi, after pollution made the air Continue Reading
The Kudankulam nuclear power plant was hacked using malware which is designed to extract data which has been linked to Lazarus Group, which is known to have ties to North Continue Reading
India has confirmed its newest nuclear power plant was the victim of a cyber attack, exposing the vulnerability of one of the country’s most critical sectors to cyber espionage. The Kudankulam Continue Reading
India, one of the drivers of oil demand growth in Asia and the world, has just seen its oil imports drop to three-year lows and fuel processing rates plunge to Continue Reading
ndia will witness a sharp rise in US crude flows in the coming months and even next year as refiners consider options to sign both spot and term contracts to Continue Reading
Indian Nyara Energy has been buying Venezuelan crude oil from Rosneft and paying in fuel instead of cash to avoid a breach of U.S. sanctions against Caracas, Reuters reports, citing Continue Reading
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh: Floods bring chaos More than 100 people have died due to flooding caused by heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, officials Continue Reading
India may be planning its own EV battery gigafactory, LiveMint reports, citing an unnamed government official. According to the report, the facility would cost US$4 billion to build. “We are Continue Reading
India’s oil imports from Venezuela surged to about 475,200 barrels per day (bpd) in June, more than double the previous month and highest in 21 months, data from shipping and Continue Reading
Discussions between India’s largest company, Reliance Industries, and Aramco, the world’s single biggest oil producing firm, have hit a stumbling block as the Indians want higher valuation than the Saudis Continue Reading
