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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicBharat Petroleum Corp.

Topic: Bharat Petroleum Corp.

Plan to privatise Bharat Petroleum delayed as bidders struggle to find partners

The sale of state-run refiner-cum-fuel retailer BPCL would have fetched about $13 billion for the exchequer and other shareholders.

Mukesh Ambani invested in an AI company in 2014. It’s now monitoring fuel pipelines amid Covid

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries made a rare $100,000 investment in Detect Technologies. Detect now has Exxon Mobil, Adani Transmission & Power Grid Corp as its clients.

How drones & mist cannons are helping India’s oil, gas and coal PSUs fight coronavirus

Energy PSUs are using drones to monitor social distancing at refineries, and mist cannons to spray disinfectants near workers’ quarters to ensure Covid doesn’t hit operations.

India cancels LPG shipment orders after over-estimating retail buying tempo

India’s 3 biggest state-owned refiners have negotiated cancellation of at least five cargoes of LPG due to arrive in May and June.

Modi govt plans to further ease FDI rules for insurance, aviation

Finance Ministry has suggested increasing limit on FDI in insurance companies to 74% from 49% and allowing foreign airlines to own Indian carriers.

Rupee has become hostage to oil price as India’s crude import bill surges

India's crude import bill has jumped 76% in July, pushing up dollar demand & forcing analysts to revise their Rupee forecasts.

On Camera

Supreme Court’s NCERT textbook order punishes the messenger, doesn’t answer the message

The portion of the NCERT Class 8 textbook that the Supreme Court deemed objectionable included remarks made by the outgoing CJI BR Gavai in June 2025.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.