The shift comes as the gap between the international benchmark Brent and the Middle East price marker narrows
Officials from India's biggest private refiner recently visited Iran to chalk out the details for resumption of trade ties with Tehran.
India has already pipped Japan as the world's third-largest oil consumer.
Sarmesh Kumar is the first in his family, that comes from the community of rat eaters, to go to college. Archana Masih/Rediff.com met the young man and traveled to his village -- which Bill Gates visited a few years ago -- as Rediff.com looks at Bihar through the stories of its people.
