India's petrol, diesel demand falls again due to high prices, lockdown

Indian state refiners' petrol and diesel sales declined in the first half of July from the same period last month, according to preliminary data, as a renewed lockdown in parts of the country and rising retail prices hit demand.

India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns.

Fuel demand growth in India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, plunged to historic lows in April when the Union government imposed a country-wide