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In the March-end quarter, GAIL posted a net profit of ₹1,262 crore, which was lower than ₹2,049 crore in the corresponding period last year. Photo credit: Special arrangement State-owned Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL)’s net profit in the March-end quarter slipped about 38.4% compared to the same period last year with its natural gas…
President Donald Trump with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a tense phone call over the future course of the war on Iran as Washington appeared to be in favour of a deal instead of the resumption of strikes, U.S….
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According to the senior executive at BPCL, Russian crude constituted about 25% of the overall basket in the third quarter of the previous financial year. | Photo Credit: Reuters The share of Russian crude oil in Bharat Petroleum’s overall basket has increased to about 40-41% from about 31% during quarter-ended March 2026, Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta,…
Vice President J.D. Vance reassured Americans on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran will not become a “forever war,” using a White House briefing to defend his boss’s policies as speculation about his potential successor builds. Iran-Israel war LIVE updates- May 20, 2026 Standing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt,…
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pose as they visit the Western Precinct or Saiin Garan, at the Horyuji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara prefecture, western Japan. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held their fourth meeting in…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Alcoholic beverage makers have sought a reasonable price hike from State governments to deal with pressures arising out of rising can and bottle costs due to supply chain disruptions triggered by the West Asia crisis. Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) and the…
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Rescue workers search through the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike the previous day in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Thursday, May 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israel said on Thursday (May 7, 2026) it had killed a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in an airstrike on Beirut a day…
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An Indian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil that transited through the Strait of Hormuz, is seen docked in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: AFP The conflict in West Asia has demonstrated the speed with which geopolitical shocks have been transmitted to India’s domestic economy. The head of the International Energy Agency has described the current geoeconomic crisis…
India produced 16.49 lakh tonnes of urea in March and 21 lakh tonnes in April, taking the total to 37.49 lakh tonnes. “It was almost the same during the same period last year, and we have reached that level,” Ms. Sharma said. | Photo Credit: VENGADESH R The government on Thursday (April 30, 2026) said…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States is pressing ahead with plans for an international coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, as oil prices surge on fears of lengthy disruptions to global fuel supplies. Two months into the war that…
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