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Mumbai: For restaurants across the country, it is not business as usual–a severe crunch of LPG supplies on the back of the West Asia war is posing a threat of temporary closures with many firms having moved to induction cookers to stay afloat and some of them also restricting menu choices. Smaller establishments are already…

New Delhi: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has resigned from the airline with immediate effect, following the airline’s unprecedented schedule collapse last December that had left lakhs of passengers stranded across airports. Airline founder & MD Rahul Bhatia will “in the interim assume management of the affairs of the company,” IndiGo parent InterGlobe Enterprises said in…

India will supply 5,000 tons of diesel to Bangladesh via pipeline starting Tuesday through the Parbatipur border, confirmed Muhammad Rezanur Rahman, chairman of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). “Under our agreement with India, the country is to deliver 180,000 tons of diesel annually through the pipeline. The 5,000 tons arriving now is part of this arrangement,”…

Cabinet on Tuesday approved two railway multitracking projects worth Rs 4,474 crore in West Bengal and Jharkhand, aimed at easing congestion and strengthening freight and passenger movement across key routes in eastern India.The projects, Sainthia–Pakur 4th line and Santragachi–Kharagpur 4th line, were cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra…

Iran has reportedly continued exporting oil through its Kharg Island despite the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, while Washington considers seizing the strategic facility.According to TankerTrackers.com, cited by Bloomberg, oil shipments have continued from the island, which remains a key export hub for Iran. Axios reported on March 7 that the US…

The Union Cabinet has approved a revised capital cost of Rs 3,630.77 crore for the construction of a 31.42 km greenfield connectivity corridor linking the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar with the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway network, a move aimed at strengthening transport access to the airport and boosting logistics across the National Capital Region (NCR).The…

The government has revised the priority order for allocating domestically produced natural gas, placing LPG production, CNG for transport and piped cooking gas for households at the top of the list, as disruptions in imported gas supplies intensify amid the widening West Asia conflict, PTI reported.According to a gazette notification, the requirements of these sectors…

The Union cabinet on Monday approved the extension of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) until December 2028, with a revised total outlay of Rs 8.69 lakh crore, as the government seeks to shift the rural drinking water programme from infrastructure creation to a service delivery–driven model under JJM 2.0.Under the revised framework, the Centre’s financial…

The government has eased foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for countries sharing land borders with India, including China, by amending Press Note 3 of 2020, government sources said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.The decision was approved at a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources added.Under Press Note 3 introduced in…

IDFC First Bank on Tuesday said it has settled fraud claims at a Chandigarh branch at Rs 645 crore and has found no further discrepancies. Private sector IDFC First Bank had last month disclosed a Rs 590 crore fraud committed by certain employees and others at a particular branch in Chandigarh in a specific set…