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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicEnergy crisis

Topic: Energy crisis

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

LPG shortage threatens to push poorer Indian households back to coal days—exactly what the Modi govt phased out.

No biryani or chhole bhature: LPG crisis hits signature dishes of Delhi HC lawyers’ canteen

Firewood was brought to the Delhi High Court canteen, say staffers, as the shortage of LPG cylinders forces the operations manager to notify lawyers about disruption in kitchen services.

This isn’t an energy crisis— at least not yet

Current oil & gas prices, compared to previous crises, are within ranges that, in the past, had been considered normal.

ASEAN + 3 meet to discuss energy cooperation and resilience

The ministers' meeting took place in Vientiane under the chairmanship of Lao PDR Energy Minister and Mines Phosay Sayasone.

Around 50,000 dams globally to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050, says UN report

Dam capacity could drop from 6 trillion to 4.655 trillion cubic metres due to sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water & energy security.

Nuclear fusion energy can help fix world’s heating woes. Here’s how

Combined with heat pumps, the cheap and abundant power of nuclear fusion would revolutionise in-home energy use. And it could be available as soon as the 2030s.

Industrial closures add to growing signs of stress in Europe’s economy

Economic concerns are to take precedence before the EU can form consensus on further assistance to Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war has put Europe on energy crisis mode. Historical reliance adds to problem

Russia provided roughly 40 per cent of all imported gas to the EU prior to the invasion, says the European Commission.

These five simple steps can reduce your electricity bills

With the ongoing Ukraine war, electricity prices have only been rising. Staying warm without breaking the bank is becoming a challenge for millions of people.

Ukrainians prep for blackouts, harsh winter after Russia attacks power grid

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said power had been restored to millions of people, but warned citizens to prepare for more blackouts and asked people to cut down on electricity use.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.