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March 31, 2026, 09:05 AM - 3 min read
The logistical bottleneck is significant; roughly 485 seafarers are currently aboard these ships, which are anchored in high-risk zones where insurance premiums have skyrocketed from 0.04 per cent to as high as 0.7 per cent of the insured value.
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March 30, 2026, 08:49 AM - 3 min read
In its latest energy update, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas acknowledged that heavy crowding had been observed at some retail points due to misinformation.
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March 29, 2026, 09:21 AM - 1 min read
The theft at Charkop in Kandivali (West) comes amid gas supply concerns due to the ongoing West Asia war.
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March 28, 2026, 10:05 PM - 2 min read
The campus currently operates two biogas plants, each with a 45-cubic-metre capacity. According to official figures released on Saturday, this setup provides a total of 90 cubic metres of fuel daily— enough to offset the 30 LPG cylinders the institute would otherwise have to purchase each month.
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March 28, 2026, 03:05 PM - 3 min read
Residents say the system has insulated them from fluctuations in fuel availability. “We don’t have to worry about booking cylinders or shortages. The gas is produced at home,” said a local villager, adding that many families have been using biogas consistently for over four decades.
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March 27, 2026, 08:09 PM - 2 min read
Angry residents blocked traffic for nearly 15 minutes near Bhagwan Valmiki Chowk on the Phagwara–Hoshiarpur road on Friday, alleging a severe shortage of cooking gas. Eyewitnesses said the sudden blockade led to traffic disruption and caused inconvenience to commuters passing through the area.
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March 27, 2026, 07:17 PM - 3 min read
To shield the public from soaring global energy prices, the government has moved aggressively on the fiscal front, slashing excise duty on petrol to ₹3 per litre and remarkably bringing the duty on diesel down to zero.
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March 25, 2026, 06:17 PM - 3 min read
Responding to Opposition anxieties regarding LPG shortages and the potential choking of the Strait of Hormuz, ministers confirmed that four tankers are scheduled to dock within the next five days.
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March 25, 2026, 02:26 PM - 3 min read
The timing of the intervention is a direct response to the worsening energy crunch being caused by the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
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March 25, 2026, 12:06 PM - 1 min read
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule, SP's Dharmendra Yadav, CPI-ML's Sudama Prasad, DMK's T Sumathy, JMM'S Mahua Maji, among others, participated in the protest near the Makar Dwar of Parliament.
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March 24, 2026, 02:22 PM - 3 min read
He made a specific point of highlighting the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, where numerous global vessels — many manned by Indian crew members — remain stranded.
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March 23, 2026, 06:54 PM - 2 min read
The ongoing LPG shortage has forced a return to traditional cooking methods, with even establishments like Hotel Holiday Home (HHH)—the official caterer to the Vidhan Sabha and a unit of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation—switching back to ‘chulhas’.
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