New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Amid the West Asia crisis, the Indian government is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the safety of Indians in conflict zone, gas and fuel availability, long-term energy security measures and push for self-reliance across sectors.Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the Rajya Sabha that the government’s first concern is safeguarding citizens and more than 3.75 lakh Indians have been repatriated from the conflict zone (including over 700 medical students fro…
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New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The government will hold an all-party meeting on Wednesday to brief political leaders on the evolving crisis in West Asia, amid rising concerns over its economic and security implications for India.The meeting, scheduled for 5 pm inside the Parliament complex, will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is expected to brief party leaders on the latest developments and India’s diplomatic stance. The initiative follows sta…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised the government’s plans and measures to insulate citizens from global oil shocks while highlighting the Centre’s endeavour to keep the global energy supply routes intact and operational. He informed the Upper House that an elaborate campaign was underway to build ‘Made in India’ ships to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign players, in a rapidly changing global environment.Briefing the Rajya Sabha on the Wes…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) India has ample reserves of fertilisers for farmers and its import has also been diversified, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, adding that in the Kharif season, the country is aiming for adequate sowing.Addressing the Parliament, PM Modi said the government has kept adequate reserves of fertilisers.”We have taken several steps in previous years to support farmers. Fertiliser import has been diversified. We have also given the alternative of ‘Make in India…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The country has successfully achieved the landmark of 1 billion tonne (BT) coal production for the second year in a row, Coal Ministry said on Saturday.With the sustained and coordinated efforts across the coal sector and the invaluable contribution of all stakeholders, this significant milestone, achieved on March 20, underscores India’s growing self-reliance in the energy sector and its commitment to ensuring uninterrupted fuel supply to key industries.According to…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Indian rupee reached a new low against the US dollar on Thursday, depreciating 30 paise to 92.94, as oil prices remain elevated amid the West Asia crisis.In the meantime, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have sold nearly Rs 74,000 crore over the last 12 sessions in the domestic stock market.Iran has warned it would carry out more severe retaliatory strikes if the US and Israel attack its energy facilities again. On Wednesday, Israel struck Iran’s South Pars o…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has weighed in on the ongoing West Asia crisis, offering a nuanced defence of India’s diplomatic restraint and pushing back against critics who have described the government’s silence on the US-Israeli war on Iran as a moral failure, instead terming New Delhi’s approach as “responsible statecraft”.In an opinion piece published in The Indian Express, Tharoor argued that while the conflict may violate international law, India’s fore…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) Even as the Centre has been repeatedly asserting that there is no shortage of LPG in India in the midst of the worsening West Asia crisis as the nation has adequate reserves of the cooking fuel, people across Kerala continue to panic over the issue.People are not scrolling through reels, sharing memes or arguing on social media.Instead, thousands are glued to their phones trying to reach their local cooking gas dealer and find out about the LPG supply.Fed up o…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, flagged the issue of LPG shortages hitting the hotel industry, in the wake of West Asia crisis and claimed that this was the “beginning of pain” that will only aggravate in days to come. Speaking in Lok Sabha over ‘LPG crisis’, the Congress MP took potshots at the Union government over its alleged surrender to the US administration’s diktats and asked how could the US President Donald Trump decide “from wh…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the country is going through troubling times due to acute LPG shortage, which is only going to worsen with the deepening West Asia crisis, and pinned the blame on the Narendra Modi government’s “feeble and pliable” foreign policy.Addressing a press conference in the capital, Kejriwal claimed that the nation’s LPG production has reduced by about 50 per cent, and its fallout is visible primarily in th…