After a lot of back-and-forth action, Trump‘s tariff dampener that iced up world trade — and especially all trade between the US and China — may finally have shown signs of a thaw on some critical frontiers, Goldman Sachs Group has noted.China, the leading producer of plastics globally, may consider exempting imports of petrochemical feedstocks … Read more
DMK MP Kanimozhi addressing at a public meeting held in view of International Women’s Day celebrations, organized by DMK held in Dindigul on March 9, 2024 | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan Reducing the price of LPG refill by ₹100 prior to the Lok Sabha election wouldn’t attract womenfolk in Tamil Nadu and the BJP should … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more
The Communist Party of India (M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao | Photo Credit: KVS Giri Activists of the CPI(M) staged a protest against the spiralling prices of essential commodities, increase in power tariffs, and rise in unemployment, here on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering, CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that the Central government … Read more
Shares of oil marketing companies (OMCs) fell in Wednesday’s trade following the government’s decision to slash prices of LPG cylinders by Rs 200 per refill. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) was the top loser as stock price declined 2.5% to the day’s low of Rs 350.20. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) … Read more
Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in Bhadravati taluk of Karnataka. The delay in release of honorarium to guest lecturers in degree colleges in Karnataka has prompted them to seek rations and essentials, including rice, milk, an LPG cylinder, and tomatoes, among other items. Guest lecturers of the Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in … Read more
Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nomura India says can double from here on. March quarter LPG volumes improved for this logistics firm materially, the foreign brokerage said in its latest note, adding that the commissioning of 4 million tonne per annum Kandla LPG terminal will drive volume growth in FY23. The brokerage has maintained a ‘Buy’ on the … Read more
Eminent environmentalist Sunita Narain has stressed the need for an “air pollution subsidy” programme to make households move from solid fuels to LPG and reduce the burden on the health of poor women. She also said air pollution is a political issue and people won’t get the air they deserve if “we don’t get the … Read more
India’s fuel sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in March on twin impact of the economy rebounding from the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions and anticipation of price increases leading to stocking. In the first two weeks of March, dealers, as well as the public, topped up their tanks in anticipation of an increase in prices that … Read more