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TopicOil crisis

Topic: oil crisis

How the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis is really going to cost India

The reason we’re not talking about the cost of an oil barrel yet isn’t that we paid for it; rather, someone else paid for it on our behalf and hasn’t sent us the bill yet.

India aims to switch to ethanol amid the global oil crisis. Not all cars are ready

Ethanol is less energy-dense than petrol, which has affected the fuel efficiency of older petrol vehicles. More modern petrol engines mitigate this almost entirely.

Modi’s austerity appeal amid Gulf war shows his Luck may have run out

Modi has been luckier than his predecessor. Fuel price spikes have been offset by ample inflows of investment. But this time, capital is flowing out and oil prices will take some time to return to normal.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

Modi govt failed to promote crude oil Atmanirbharata. Don’t let Iran war be a lost opportunity

The government’s supposedly investor-friendly Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy in 2016 has failed to yield results. India’s domestic crude oil output has continued to fall.

Why every war in Gulf triggers oil crisis & role of Saudi, UAE pipelines | Cut The Clutter

In Episode 1810 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at rivalries between Gulf countries that prevented an alternative to the Strait...

Govt allows commercial use of biomass, kerosene, coal to ease LPG pressure amid West Asia conflict

States asked to permit alternate fuels for hospitality sector for a month as Centre steps up kerosene and coal supply.

Your sambar’s stuck in Hormuz

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

India in talks with Iran to secure safe passage for over 20 tankers through Hormuz

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has spoken to Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi three times in recent days, the ministry has said.

Centre invokes Essential Commodities Act to regulate gas supply as Iran and US-Israel conflict rages on

Gazette notification prioritises household fuel, transport gas and fertiliser sector as West Asia tensions raise concerns over energy supplies

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PoK is fighting to escape the freedom Pakistan has imposed on it

What began as an assertion of citizenship has become the latest chapter in a struggle that stretches back to the Poonch rebellion of 1947.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.