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Oil is the second biggest energy for India. It accounts for 29 percent of total energy in the country. Although coal is the biggest energy, oil is more sensitive to inflation as it impacts directly on the common people. Nearly 65 percent of oil is used in .the major daily consumer goods that are moved by road transport, due to inadequate rail transport. During April –October 2022, price of basket of oil increased by 29 percent. This triggered inflation to 7.4 percent, lending an unbearable impact on the middle and lower income group people in India.

Chonburi (Bangkok): Delhi teenagers Shat Mishra, and Shaurya Bhattacharya, will lead seven-man Indian amateur squad's challenge at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.

New Delhi: Ace drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named captain of the 22-member Indian for the double header matches against Spain and New Zealand in the season opener of FIH Pro League to be played in Bhubaneswar.

Certain official decisions announcing better pay/allowances for their employees in the neighbouring states have caused major embarrassment to the West Bengal Government. As it is, the ruling Trinamool Congress(TMC) has for some years been facing the charge of being unsympathetic to state Government employees, because of its stubborn refusal to pay their Dearness Allowance (DA) in recent years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a “Rojgar Mela” (fair for distributing jobs) in Bhopal on October 22, 2022, with a great fanfare, propaganda, and photo-session for media coverage commending efforts of creating jobs in the country by his government in the last eight years. This political expediency is understandable in the backdrop of unemployment remaining historically high ever since his government came to power in 2014, which deteriorated to 45 years high at 6.2 per cent in 2018, and continued rising even thereafter to 7.9 per cent on October 24, 2022 as per the CMIE data.

And just like that India split down the middle. This time for what happened 5-and-a-half-hour behind India time. Half of India was rendered low, the other half on a high note. And this partition, too, had Britain at its core. Naming a Hindu PM-designate of the United Kingdom couldn’t have left any other country more divided than India, once a British colony.

Consumers in India are buying like never before. With the spectre of covid-19 pandemic nearly gone, the country’s middle class consumers seems to have approached the ongoing festival season with vengeance. They are sparing practically nothing — from liquor to fashion wear, consumer durables, smart phones, automobiles, residential flats and even foreign holidays. The business is booming. During this September-October festival season, almost every sector posted an all-time record business. Consumers want more. The tempo is expected to continue through the rest of the year and beyond. Consumer product manufacturers are stepping up production. Imports are also rising despite the falling exchange value of rupee. The trend is bound to strongly impact the country’s present and future economic growth provided the producers and suppliers take a long-term view of India’s growing market.

Gurugram: Luck deserted Amandeep Drall at a crucial moment as a bogey on the 14th shattered her dream of a title while Germany's Olivia Cowan held her nerves and returned solid 4-under 68 to win the $ 400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club.

New Delhi: ‘The A-Team’ aided by some top-drawer showing by veteran Rishi Narain, beat ‘Baale Golf’ to win the Delhi Golf Club League title here on Saturday.

Gurugram: It turned out to be India day as Amandeep Drall carded stunning bogey free 67 to take the sole lead on the third day of the US$ 400,000 Hero Women’s Indian Open here on Saturday. Then Aditi Ashok thrilled the crowd with an eagle two on the Par-4 ninth during her round of 69 lying fourth and Gaurika Bishnoi (72) despite a bogey on the 18th was fifth, making it three Indians in the Top five.