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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Topic: Fuel

Centre plans to extend restrictions on fuel export beyond March

The govt mandated that companies sell the equivalent of 50% of their gasoline exports and 30% of their diesel exports domestically in current fiscal year to 31 March.

How Modi govt’s Hydrogen push will be driven by the auto sector

You need to understand technology and software to change a car’s character. But as an automotive writer, I increasingly find myself delving into chemistry.

Modi govt approves one-time grant to state-run fuel retailers for sale of cooking gas

The one-time grant of Rs 22,000 crore will be granted to state-run fuel retailers for selling cooking gas at below market rates, says I&B Minister Anurag Thakur.

India’s fuel demand slips to 10-month low in September, govt data shows

Part of the reason was owing to seasonal maintenance of the refineries, analyst says. Demand for Indian oil expected to pick up during the winter season.

India headed for steep fuel price hike after state polls end next month, Deloitte says

Oil companies are expected to increase prices by Rs 8-9 a litre to make up for a shortfall in sale price by 10 March, according to Deloitte.

Boris Johnson’s biggest competence test since Brexit and Covid — fuel shortage

So far, the UK government’s response to fuel shortages has consisted of denials and shortsighted fixes. The government needs to look at longer-term solutions.

How cars fueled by ethanol can add to India’s food inflation

While use of ethanol has many advantages for India, diverting sugar for its production may be the biggest change for the global sugar industry and could drive a bull market.

Another exit from the Congress, and India’s ‘Trial and Error’ SOP

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Indian fuel companies don’t know when demand will pick up again

Diesel and petrol, which account for more than half of oil consumption in India, are bearing the brunt of localised lockdowns and reflect in around 65% of truck fleet lying idle.

Deserted roads bring back nightmare of demand slump for Indian fuel companies

It’s an ominous sign for India, where fuel consumption still hasn’t fully recovered from last year’s national lockdown that saw oil demand fall to the lowest since 2007.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.