17 highway stretches on borders to double up as airstrips: Gadkari
After decades of neglect, India is building roads, including 17 highway stretches, in areas near its international borders that will double up as airstrips, Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari has said. He added that people residing in border areas need highway network and…
India’s domestic oil and gas production at a five year low; Overseas output grew 84 percent
India’s domestic oil and gas production touched a five year low in 2016-2017 dropping more than 20 percent to 68 million tonne. The country’s import dependence for crude shot up to a five year-high of 83.4 percent, data from the…
Iraq in favour of extending any OPEC-led crude oil output cut – PM Abadi
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets in Vienna on May 25 to consider whether to extend output cuts as was agreed in December last year between OPEC and 11 non-member countries, including Russia. Iraq is committed to reducing oil production…
