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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicRising fuel prices

Topic: Rising fuel prices

Modi govt’s petrol, diesel tax hikes seen putting the brakes on India’s economic recovery

The high prices of petrol and diesel are adding another headwind to India’s economy facing the biggest contraction in four decades.

‘Encroaching’ on the common man’s pocket and India’s war with ‘Appstan’

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

India’s petrol, diesel demand yet to recover fully despite end of Covid lockdown

Operations across 23 refineries nationwide were at 77% of capacity in May & amount of crude processed was almost 25% lower year-on-year.

India-China ‘peace talks’ and diesel finally scores over petrol

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

Manmohan-Modi role reversal, and a conversation between Confucius and Buddha

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

Modi-Xi Jinping’s ‘yoga poses’, and BJP IT cell’s ‘eclipse’

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

Petrol, diesel prices hiked for 11th day in a row, rates go up by over half a rupee

Petrol price was hiked by 55 paise per litre & diesel by 60 paise. After the eleventh hike, petrol price went up by Rs 6.02 and diesel by Rs 6.40.

Congress gets compliments from unexpected quarters as petrol prices soar

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

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.

Inflation down to 10-month low & industrial output expands by 6.6%

The good news on the inflation and factory output front comes amid falling rupee and rising petrol and diesel prices.

On Camera

TTP is byproduct of Pakistan’s own policies. Attacking Afghanistan won’t solve crises at home

Pakistan aimed to convey a message to the West about its counterterrorism efforts and show China that it has control over the CPEC routes. However, both messages fell flat.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.