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The voice of whistle-blowers needs protection

Last month while wandering through Green Park market I stopped at a magazine stall. While flipping through the pages of Readers digest a garish yellow-blue cover of a DVD on the wrought iron stand

Petrol & diesel prices cut, crude oil down

Oil marketing companies have cut petrol prices by 49 paise per litre and diesel will be cheaper by Rs 1.21 a litre even as crude prices in the international market continue to react to Iran nuclear

Diesel vehicles & £100 million prize for low emission car are poll issues in the UK

While India is still waiting for judiciary to enforce eco norms with ban on diesel vehicles in Delhi and Rohtang Pass, the emission issue is a subject of election campaign in the UK.

Why petrol price has gone up putting burden on household budget

While food inflation continues to rise and fears of weak monsoon may further push up the prices of pulses and vegetables, the fuel retailers have added expenditure to the households budget by incre

Morning briefing: Oil prices drop by 3%, India cuts fuel prices

Oil prices fell nearly by 3% in Asian trade on Tuesday, with investors covering short positions and taking profits after Brent and US crude soared more than 8% in the previous session. Both Brent a

Maharashtra goes for single licence concept for industries

The Maharashtra cabinet on Monday decided to relax rules for promoting investment in the state. It gave investors virtually one ticket for industrial licence. Accordingly, those who have availed pe

Morning briefing: LED bulb push is helping save Rs 2.71 crore every day

A government-sponsored programme, which outlines the replacement of incandescent bulbs and CFLs with energy-efficient LED lamps is saving a staggering 68 lakh kilowatts of energy every day. This me

Morning briefing: PM Modi in Kashmir today, may announce economic package

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Jammu and Kashmir today, his first visit after the PDP-BJP coalition came to power in the state. He will address a public meeting at the Sher-i-Kashmir crick

OMCs to bear charges on digital transactions at fuel pumps

  State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd are likely to bear the bur

Daily price revision of petrol, diesel in five cities begins

Government-owned oil companies— IndianOil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have started revising petrol and

Nationwide daily revision of petrol, diesel prices from June 16

 Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have decided to start daily revision of retail selling prices (RSP) of petrol and diesel in the country with effect from June 16, 2017.

HPCL gross revenue increases

 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) registered profit after tax of Rs 925 crore during the quarter first of April to June 2017. Revenues for the quarter were Rs 59,891 cr

Saudi ARAMCO and ADNOC ink pact for India’s $44 bn refinery

State owned Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi national oil company (ADNOC) have signed a pact to jointly build a $44 billion integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. The

Online portal for carrier capacity booking on GAIL’s pipelines unveiled

To facilitate gas trading on hub or exchange traded platforms in India, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan recently unveiled an online portal to enable easy, efficient and tr

Oil minister urges entrepreneurs to invest in Odisha

Aiming at drawing heavy investments in Odisha, a Textiles and Plastics Investors Conclave was inaugurated by union minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan in Surat. &nbs

Biecco Lawrie Limited to be shut down

The government has agreed to shut down the Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL), a central public sector enterprise with 67.33 per cent and 32.33 per cent equity share held by Oil Industry Development Board

Govt earned Rs 25 lakh crore from fuel hike: Mallikarjun Kharge

Slamming the Modi government on the issues of fuel price hike, inflation, economy and agriculture laws, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has alleged that the centre has

Maharashtra Congress to campaign against inflation

To protest against the rising fuel prices and inflation, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Wednesday announced a week-long awareness campaign, beginning on November 14, the birth

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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