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India well placed to handle fuel supply risks amid West Asia crisis: Goyal

Goyal said the government plans to come up with some "concrete agenda" next week to support exporters

Delhi govt caps commercial LPG supply at 20% of daily average use

Restaurants and eateries, which represent one of the largest commercial consumers, have been allotted the largest share at 42 per cent of the regulated supply

High winds leave hundreds of thousands without power across parts of US

Nearly 600,000 customers were still affected at midday in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide

Dutch police hunt two suspects in blast outside Amsterdam Jewish school

"Two nights in a row, a cowardly attack with an explosive at a Jewish building. First in Rotterdam, now in Amsterdam," the Dutch justice and security minister, David van Weel, posted on X

Trump urges China, UK, others to send warships to keep Hormuz open

Trump said nations affected by Iran's "attempted closure" of the waterway should contribute naval support to maintain the passage

Geopolitics, AI posing challenges to corporate governance: Industry body

The technical sessions explored how internal audit must evolve beyond traditional assurance roles to become forward-looking, insight-driven partners to management and boards

Traffic curbs in south Delhi on Sunday for 'Run for Good Marathon'

According to a Delhi Traffic Police advisory issued on Saturday, the event begins at 6 am on March 15

Delhi Traffic Police conducts 5 drives to decongest roads near IGI Airport

During the five drives, 331 e-challans were issued, while 89 vehicles were prosecuted under the Vehicle of Concerned Authority (VoCA) provisions and 63 vehicles were towed away

IndiGo suspends flights to 7 West Asia destinations till March 28

The decision is part of the airline making adjustments to its operations to the West Asia, wherein it would be operating 252 weekly flights to and from the region during the period from March 16 to 28

Tamil Nadu govt to invest ₹25 crore in space startup Agnikul Cosmos

Agnikul is currently scaling its first orbital launch with Agnibaan, a small satellite launch vehicle capable of carrying payloads to orbit

PNG users cannot obtain or retain LPG connections, notifies Centre

The notification also stated that consumers with a PNG connection cannot apply for a new LPG connection or obtain cylinder refills

West Asia crisis: India engages key players to secure energy supplies

West Asia has been a major source of India's energy procurement

India condemns Pakistan's air strikes on Afghanistan, calls it aggression

Jaiswal was responding to a media query on the Pakistani aerial raid on Afghanistan

Nearly 100 stray dogs allegedly poisoned to death in Telangana village

An animal welfare activist, A Goutham, in a complaint to police, stated that on the intervening night of March 7-8 around 100 stray dogs were killed in Kishtapur village

UN peacekeeper lightly injured in firing near base in southern Lebanon

UN positions in southern Lebanon have been hit several times during exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, including on March 6 when three peacekeepers were wounded at a UNIFIL base

J-K Police form SIT to probe assassination attempt on Farooq Abdullah

Inspector General of Police, Bhim Sen Tuti ordered the setting up of the SIT, considering the "seriousness and sensitivity" of the case

Russia downs 16 Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, says mayor

In a social media post, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said first responders have reached the sites where the debris of the drones fell

India fast-tracks fertiliser imports amid West Asia crisis: Govt sources

India also imports phosphatic fertilisers, including Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and NPK compounds

Centre amends electricity rules to clarify norms for captive power

Generating power closer to the point of consumption will help reduce transmission losses, improve system efficiency and strengthen grid resilience, the Ministry of Power said in a statement

Greater Bengaluru Authority plans more biogas plants to process wet waste

According to him, at present, biogas is being produced from 10 tonnes of waste at the Kasa-Rasa facility and supplied to a nearby hotel