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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicCrude oil prices

Topic: Crude oil prices

India’s petroleum demand has crashed by 70% as country has come to a near-halt

Consumption for the entire month could average about 50% below last year’s levels if the lockdown ends 15 April as planned.

Oil prices plummet to 17-year low as demand sinks and crude surplus balloons

Oil futures in London fell as much as 7.6% to the lowest since November 2002, while New York crude briefly dipped below $20 a barrel.

An economic crash will slow down the electric vehicle revolution, but not for long

Sales in Europe still are expected to increase 50% from last year and China sales could be flat or drop if the recovery from the virus drags on.

LIC to stock market rescue, from corona to coronary & government’s social distancing

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

When stock markets meet IPL in times of coronavirus & another ‘PSA’ against Farooq Abdullah

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Global economic chaos of 2020 can’t match 2008 but the gut punch feels familiar

The panic that comes with uncontrollable loss of years of meticulously amassed wealth has activated muscle memory for people who were around in 2008.

Mukesh Ambani loses $5.8 billion, is no longer Asia’s richest man after Monday’s oil rout

Jack Ma, the Alibaba Group founder, who ceded No. 1 ranking in mid-2018, is back on top with about $2.6 billion more than Mukesh Ambani.

Why oil prices are going down and how it affects the Indian economy

As Saudi Arabia initiated a price war against Russia, the crude oil price fell by 30%, registering its single-largest fall since 1990 Gulf War.

Oil crash sends new shock through world economy already crippled by coronavirus

The oil crash imposes another body blow for credit markets, thanks to the energy industry’s outsize share of US high-yield securities.

Oil price crashes to $31 a barrel, the worst loss since 1991 Gulf War

With oil demand already plummeting due to the economic impact of the coronavirus, traders forecast that prices will go even lower.

On Camera

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

NITI Aayog flags gender pay gap in services sector, women earn half of what men make in rural areas

Federal think tank report says gap persists across most sub-sectors, shaped by occupational segregation, limited access to high-paying positions, and skill mismatch.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.