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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
TopicCrude oil

Topic: crude oil

Modi govt better be prepared for a big oil shock

If forecasters are right and oil is headed for $120, we are headed for a sixth price shock — and possibly a sixth economic shake-up.

India can’t get around sanctions on Iran like the EU, China or Russia

India has a big trade surplus with Iran and just can’t switch to a new currency to continue buying oil after US sanctions kick in.

India’s software exports are not the answer to the rising oil bill

Attention has to be focused on the relative stagnation in merchandise exports over the medium term.

Record fuel prices are hurting Modi as rupee begins to fall again

Fuel costs are adding to Modi’s challenge of tackling a hurtling pace of growth that’s boosting ownership of vehicles and demand for oil ahead of US sanctions on Iran.

Rupee could soon touch 75 per dollar, some lenders predict

India’s August trade deficit is likely to remain at $17-$18 billion, while Fed reserve is set to raise rates again, both of which will weigh on the rupee.

Modi govt is now considering tapping overseas Indians to help lift the falling rupee

RBI has been selling dollars to redeem the rupee's value, but this has led to a drop in foreign exchange reserves by $26 billion.

The worst is yet to come for India’s rupee as crude oil bill jumps by 76%

The current-account deficit is also said to widen by 2.5% of the GDP as prices of commodities continue to rise.

Petrol and diesel prices peak due to falling rupee and rising oil prices

Petrol price in Delhi rose to a record Rs 79.15 a litre and diesel climbed to a fresh high of Rs 71.15.

Iran oil sanctions will hurt more than you think

Under Obama, Iran's crude and condensate exports fell by around 1.2 million barrels a day. Under Trump, it seems the decline will be bigger and faster.

Arun Jaitley’s North Block office being renovated, sanitised ahead of his return August-end

The finance minister returns as India’s world-beating growth faces downside risks from high crude oil prices and rising interest rates.

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How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?