[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he would remove “some oil sanctions” to reduce the soaring prices as the crude cost hit $100 a barrel amid Iran war.“We’re also waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices,” he said addressing reporters. “We’re going to take those sanctions off till this straightens out,” he…
[ad_1] Oil prices surged to $120 a barrel before retreating to $102 Monday as Saudi Arabia was reported to be cutting output, adding to the supply squeeze due to disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.Finance ministers of developed G7 nations, who met Monday evening, deferred plans to tap their strategic reserves to cool down the…
[ad_1] BENGALURU: Karnataka govt has suspended online sales of Mysore silk saris after surging orders outstripped supply of the GI-tagged weave made with pure mulberry silk, gold zari and silver threads. State-owned Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation will prioritise limited stocks for buyers visiting its exclusive outlets.Sericulture minister K Venkatesh made the announcement in the assembly…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With nearly 40% of India’s LNG flow hit due to the West Asia conflict, govt is working on an “optimisation plan” for industries, including priority segments such as fertiliser. Those familiar with the discussions said the petroleum ministry could work out the arrangement as early as Tuesday, with a reduction in supply…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government has directed oil refineries to increase the production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and divert the additional output for domestic household use in view of geopolitical disruptions affecting fuel supplies, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas announceed on Monday.The move comes amid constraints in LPG availability due to global supply…
[ad_1] Mumbai: Warburg Pincus-backed housing finance company Truhome Finance ( formerly Shriram Housing) has filed draft papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to raise Rs 3,000 crore through an initial public offering.The IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares of face value Rs 10 aggregating up to Rs 1,500 crore and an offer…
[ad_1] India will not participate in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) proposal to release strategic petroleum reserves to stabilise global oil markets, government sources said on Monday, even as crude prices surge amid the escalating Middle East conflict, reported PTI.The decision comes as G7 nations consider coordinated releases of emergency oil reserves to calm markets…
[ad_1] US stock markets tumbled on Monday as a sharp spike in oil prices following the Middle East conflict rattled investors and raised fears about the resilience of the global economy.The S&P 500 fell 1.3%, coming off its worst week since October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 721 points, or 1.5%, to 9:35 a.m….
[ad_1] Mumbai: India must increase women’s labour force participation to sustain high growth over the next decade as labour availability could become a key constraint, according to a report by Axis Bank.According to the report `The Missing Half, India is likely to age much faster before it becomes wealthy because of a sharp decline in…
[ad_1] Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion (Credit-University of Oxford) The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is unlikely to trigger a global economic collapse on the scale of the 2008 financial crisis, Nobel Prize-winning economist Philippe Aghion has said, even as he warned that a prolonged war and sharply rising oil prices could slow global growth,…
