Maharashtra deploys police as petrol pumps start to run dry

About 2,000 petrol pumps, mostly in western and northern India, have run out of fuel stocks as the strike by some truckers' associations entered the second day on Tuesday. IMAGE: A policemen......

'Soaring demand' of remdesivir, oxygen during 2nd Covid wave: MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs has admitted that during the second wave of COVID-19, beginning April 2021, there was a “soaring demand” of life-saving medicines like remdesivir and......

On mission of peace: Captain of Chinese spy ship docking in Lanka

China's high-tech research vessel 'Yuan Wang 5' is on a 'mission of peace and friendship' and its docking at a Sri Lankan port will deepen bilateral relations in the field of space, science and......

India's 1st indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant handed over to Navy

The Cochin Shipyard Ltd on Thursday delivered the country's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier (IAC-1) to the Indian Navy which would induct and commission the vessel into service as the INS......

Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 2 each

Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule is......

Wholesale inflation eases to 0.27% in January

The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation eased to a three-month low of 0.27 per cent in January, mainly due to moderation of food prices, including vegetables. Photograph: Rupak De......

Key infra sector growth slows to 6-month low of 7.8 pc in Nov

The production growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to a six-month low of 7.8 per cent in November due to a decline in the output of crude oil and cement sectors. Photograph: Carlos......

FY24 earnings makeover: IndianOil to MRF, companies rewrite profit playbook

The headline for corporate profit growth has been very encouraging in the July-September quarter (Q2) of 2023-24 (FY24), with the combined net profit of listed companies up by 38 per cent......