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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicHindustan Petroleum

Topic: Hindustan Petroleum

Lower oil prices lead to 4x profits for oil firms, bonanza for govt, but no relief for aam aadmi

Petrol & diesel prices have barely changed since June 2022, even though oil prices have fallen 28% since then. This has boosted profitability of OMCs and dividend payouts to govt.

Who in India is profiting from Russian oil? Not the common people but private companies

India has paid Russia nearly $20 billion for oil in just seven months, more than what it paid in the last ten years combined. It has only reaped higher profits of a few Indian companies.

Hindustan Petroleum outlets may roll out battery swapping program for e-vehicles

The swap program will allow consumers to replace depleted batteries of electric two- and three-wheelers with fully charged ones in just a few minutes.

India’s demands erode 90% of once cash rich ONGC coffers

ONGC’s largest shareholder, the central government, has been tapping state-run companies including India’s biggest energy explorer to bridge its fiscal deficit.

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.