Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that India would continue buying crude oil from Russia if it is available at a discount emphasising that the government is "committed" to buying the most economically-priced crude oil. "We used to buy less than 0.2 per cent from Russia in February 2022. Now, we are buying 30 per cent. If it's available at good discounts, we will buy it. If it (crude oil) is available elsewhere (at a discounted price), we will buy (from that market)," Puri, who is Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, said during a media interaction here.
IndiGo parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd reported a net profit of Rs 2,450 crore for Q3 FY25, falling as much as 18 per cent from Rs 2,998 crore a year ago. In the third quarter of 2024-25, the airline's total income jumped to Rs 22,992.8 crore from Rs 20,062.3 crore in the same period a year ago.
JSW Steel reported a bigger-than-expected drop in third-quarter profit on Friday as lower prices and tepid demand continued to hurt the country's top steelmaker.
Eight persons were killed after a blast at the ordnance factory in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on Friday, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said. “As per preliminary information, seven persons have been injured in the blast,” Gadkari said. A senior district official said the blast caused the roof of the unit to collapse. Search and rescue efforts were underway at the site, he said.
FIITJEE coaching centres across North India have shut down over the past week after many teachers at the institute quit en masse due to unpaid salaries. Several parents have registered police complaints, claiming that the private coaching institution did not give them any notice or their refunds.
US District Judge John Coughenour has blocked President
Donald Trump from implementing an executive order denying the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the country, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional". The US federal judge issued a temporary order restraining the Trump administration from implementing the order. Trump had signed the order on his first day in office.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Asserting that the victims' families and the American people deserve to know the truth about these assassinations, the executive order directs the Director of National Intelligence to present a plan within 15 days for the "full and complete release" of all John F. Kennedy assassination records.
It also directs the Director of National Intelligence to immediately review the records on the Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations and present a plan for their full and complete release within 45 days.
"That's a big one. A lot of people are waiting for years, for decades. And everything will be revealed," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office wherein he signed the executive order.
An FIR has been registered with Amboli Police after
Kapil Sharma received a death threat via email from Pakistan, police officials said. The threat email was sent from Pakistan, police officials added. "We are monitoring your recent activities and we believe it is important that we bring to your attention a sensitive matter. This is not a publicity stunt or an attempt to harass you, we urge you to treat this message with utmost seriousness and confidentiality," the email read.
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