IThe coronavirus pandemic has strangled one of the most powerful engines of economic growth in the world: spending by India’s 1.3 billion consumers. The country’s gross domestic product shrank 7.5% Continue Reading
Almost 300,000 farmers from various states are on their way to India’s capital to protest against new agricultural laws they say will severely hurt their incomes, according to two farm Continue Reading
Thousands of angry Indian farmers faced tear gas and baton charges from police on Friday as they resumed their march to the capital to protest new laws they fear will Continue Reading
India’s gasoline output rose for the second consecutive month to hit a seven-month high in October as robust domestic demand due to the easing of movement restrictions prompted refiners to Continue Reading
Medical experts have warned that the toxic pollution that envelops New Delhi annually will lead to more coronavirus deaths. By 7am in mid-November, the air in New Delhi smells of acrid Continue Reading
India’s oil and gas companies should consider selling stakes in their exploration acreage to foreign companies with the technology to tap more oil and gas resources, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Continue Reading
India imported 15.18 million mt, or an average 3.71 million b/d, of crude oil in September, down 9.8% year on year, latest provisional data from the country’s Petroleum Planning and Continue Reading
India wants OPEC to review its pricing policies for the Asian market and end the premium it puts on its crude for Asia, Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at Continue Reading
As winter sets in, the air hanging over north India thickens with smoke from burning fields, blocking out the sun and making it hard to breathe. This year, that could Continue Reading
India will move swiftly to introduce more gas policy reforms to boost the fuel’s share in the energy mix, while finding ways to incentivize production of fuels like hydrogen in Continue Reading
India has some major plans in store for developing the traffic- and smog-choked subcontinent’s electric vehicles market. Just last week, India’s Department of Heavy Industries released an expression of interest Continue Reading
President Trump described India’s air as filthy Indians have reacted to US president Donald Trump describing the air in India, China and Russia as “filthy” during the final election debate. Continue Reading
India is reopening its borders to international visitors in a bid to revive economic growth even as the South Asian nation battles the world’s second-worst coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Continue Reading
Iran has decided to use local firms to develop a large offshore natural gas field, which was discovered by an Indian company and set to be developed by a group Continue Reading
Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee — a sign of the country’s efforts to return to Continue Reading
NEW DELHI (AP) — Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee — a sign of the country’s Continue Reading
Most of India’s recent history can be characterized by economic isolationism and import independence. However, policy changes and reforms have unleashed the country’s potential leading to economic growth and higher Continue Reading
Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in the coming weeks as it heads Continue Reading
Indian oil demand is still a while away from reaching pre-pandemic levels, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said Oct. 13, admitting that some Continue Reading
Diesel demand in India, which has been the key driver of the country’s economic growth in recent years, is struggling to catch up with gasoline in terms of fuels recovering Continue Reading
For decades, diesel has underpinned India’s economic growth and the fortunes of its refiners, but the pandemic has caused the nation’s most consumed fuel to lose some of its luster. Since Continue Reading
India’s total coronavirus cases rose by 66,732 in the last 24 hours to 7.12 million on Monday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by Continue Reading
India’s sulfur dioxide emissions dropped in 2019, the first decline in four years for the world’s largest spewer of the pollutant responsible for human health risks and acid rain. Emissions Continue Reading
As the rest of the world moves away from coal, leaving the notoriously dirty fossil fuel in the ground, the twin industrial giants of Asia – China and India – Continue Reading
India is considering a proposal that may force some of its dirtiest coal plants to close, as policy makers in one of the world’s top polluters increasingly focus on climate change. The Continue Reading
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, Continue Reading
India will subsidize interest costs for small borrowers who had availed of a six-month loan repayment holiday to survive as the pandemic devastated cash flows, according to court documents seen Continue Reading
More than 100,000 people in India have died from the coronavirus, the government said on Saturday, even as officials plan to lift more restrictions in hopes of reviving the crippled Continue Reading
India’s recent clean air and blue skies, an unintended consequence of Covid-19 lockdowns, may soon be ending as seasonal crop fires start, one of the main culprits behind the nation’s chronic Continue Reading
India used the ultra-low crude oil prices earlier this year to top its strategic petroleum reserves with oil at $19 a barrel, saving nearly US$700 million in the process, India’s Continue Reading
The world’s third-largest oil importer, India, will be the biggest source of energy demand growth through 2050 in any scenario about government policies about the energy transition. However, India may Continue Reading
India paid much less for the crude oil imported between April and July 2020 compared to the same period last year, due to the significantly low oil prices and lower Continue Reading
For many countries, battling the coronavirus has been a sprint to bring infections under control, then a struggle to keep it that way. In India, it has turned out to Continue Reading
India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data from the federal health ministry showed. With total cases Continue Reading
The fully laden Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, chartered super tanker is leaking oil, likely from its fuel tanks but the 260,000 mt crude cargo is still safe, several sources Continue Reading
A new fire has erupted on the fully loaded oil tanker offshore Sri Lanka, due to extreme temperatures and high winds, the Sri Lanka Navy said on Monday, days after Continue Reading
Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, is unlikely to seek any replacement crude oil cargo in the regional spot market after all out efforts had been made to successfully douse a Continue Reading
India displaced Brazil on Monday to take second place after the United States in terms of coronavirus infections, with 90,082 new cases whose numbers are expected to grow, while some Continue Reading
India’s economy contracted by an annualized 23.9 percent in the quarter ending in June, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a draconian coronavirus lockdown. The gross domestic product contraction was Continue Reading
The nation, the world’s third-most infected, on Sunday reported 78,761 new cases in 24 hours, passing the number posted in the US on 17 July. The rise comes as the Continue Reading
India reported 78,512 novel coronavirus infections on Monday, more than any other country but fewer than the previous day when it posted the world’s biggest, single-day tally, as authorities looked Continue Reading
ndia must stop building coal infrastructure and focus on renewable power generation to aid the global fight against climate change and lift its citizens out of poverty, United Nations Secretary-General Continue Reading
It took more than five months for India to reach the bleak milestone of 1 million cases of the novel coronavirus. The next million came in just 21 days. The third Continue Reading
A team of researchers in India has introduced an eco-friendly and energy-efficient battery that is being touted as “the future” of batteries — not only for the automobile world but Continue Reading
Indian refiners have stopped buying crude oil from Chinese sellers, according to a Reuters report that cited unnamed sources. The move, according to the report, comes as a result of Continue Reading
The aspiration of bp to transform to an integrated energy company will strengthen its hands to play a much bigger role in India’s transition toward cleaner fuels like gas, hydrogen Continue Reading
Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons tucked inside Kinder Joy eggs to scoop out the milky Continue Reading
Amid strained relations between India and China, Indian state-held oil firms have stopped chartering China-owned or flagged tankers for import or export of oil and oil products, Bloomberg reported on Continue Reading
Indian equities declined, halting their longest run of gains in three weeks, as economic growth concerns resurfaced amid a steady increase in new infections. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.4% Continue Reading
Surging diesel prices may be squeezing farmers across India’s vast hinterlands, but they’re also kindling the nation’s knack for improvisation. Frugal workarounds, or hacks in modern parlance, are celebrated in Indian Continue Reading
