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Topic: Venezuela

Three weeks after twin quakes, Venezuela’s death toll crosses 5,000-mark

The recorded death toll climbed to 5,069, with 16,740 injured. More than 6,400 people have been pulled alive from the rubble, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Trouble brews for Rodriguez as quake-affected Venezuelans want new presidential polls

Rodríguez’s disapproval rating climbed to 63.3% in June, in the fallout of the disaster. Nearly 2/3rds of respondents disapproved of the government’s handling of the earthquakes.

US selling Venezuelan oil worth billions. Nobody knows where it’s going

The system’s opacity is not limited to oil. The Trump administration is also controlling Venezuelan gold and other mineral exports.

Washington wants Delhi to buy more US oil & gas, says Rubio ahead of India visit

The US Secy of State also suggested scope for greater cooperation involving Venezuelan crude, adding that interim Venezuelan president Delcy Rodriguez may also visit India next week.

Waiver or no waiver, Russian crude remains centrepiece of India’s oil imports strategy

With Washington issuing a third 30-day waiver for Russian crude cargoes at sea, India signals continuity in import strategy while ramping up purchases from Venezuela and other suppliers.

US shapes Venezuela’s future after Maduro’s ouster

From sanctions relief to oil oversight, Washington is guiding the transition under Delcy Rodríguez even as ordinary Venezuelans see little improvement in daily life.

Venezuelan oil exports hit 6-year high as India fills China gap

Shipments to India soared by more than fourfold in March, surpassing those to the US, according to shipping reports compiled by Bloomberg & data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler.

Gaddafi’s prisoner to Venezuela ‘covert’ ops, US national in NIA custody an ‘adventurer’ without pause

Matthew VanDyke is among seven foreigners held on charges of crossing over to Myanmar to train Myanmar-based Ethnic Armed Groups.

Vitol and Trafigura: Traders at the heart of Trump’s Venezuela oil grab

They are two of the largest commodity trading houses: a secretive group of companies responsible for buying, selling and transporting resources to where they are needed.

Venezuela’s oil industry has been running day-to-day ops on phone calls & WhatsApp

A 15 December cyber attack shut down PDVSA’s system, leaving the company to run its business outside its own technological networks.

On Camera

Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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.