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India food staples prices ease despite war: Govt

New Delhi, April 6 -- The government's measures have kept prices of essential commodities in India stable, with staples such as rice, wheat, atta and pulses showing a decline over the year and month p... Read More


Govt pitches for electric 2-wheelers on oil crunch

new delhi, April 6 -- The West Asia war-triggered energy supply shocks are promoting India to accelerate its transition to electric mobility to reduce its oil import dependence and cushion the economy... Read More


Bars, eateries see demand spike during IPL

new delhi/bengaluru, April 6 -- India's restaurants, bars and quick-service chains are seeing a much-needed rebound after the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 19 kicked off on March 28, with match s... Read More


Better compensatoryafforestation needed

India, April 6 -- The approval granted to a compensatory afforestation proposal against the clearing of forest land in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district underlines much that is wrong with the policy. ... Read More


Artemis astronauts to study Moon's surface using mainly their eyes

Washington, April 6 -- More than 50 years after humans first flew around the Moon, Artemis astronauts will repeat the feat on Monday and use the most basic instrument to study it: their eyes. Despite ... Read More


Iran attacks energy infra across Gulf

Dubai, April 6 -- Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday with damage reported at civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait. Gulf countr... Read More


Revellers parade giant phalluses in Japan's fertility festival

Kawasaki, April 6 -- Showcasing phallus-shaped portable shrines and pink penis candies, Japan's annual fertility festival teemed Sunday with tourists, couples and families elated by its open display o... Read More


Marooned crews grapple with dwindling food, water in Gulf

Washington, April 6 -- There are roughly 2,000 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf with more than 20,000 seafarers on them, according to the International Maritime Organisation, as quoted by the Wall Stre... Read More


OPEC+ agrees in principle on theoretical oil output hike

MOSCOW/LONDON, April 6 -- Opec+ has agreed in principle to raise its oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, three sources with knowledge of the group's talks said ahead of its meeting l... Read More


Ousted Army chief's final message stresses 'leaders of character'

Washington, April 6 -- Former US Army Chief of Staff, General Randy George, who was forcefully retired by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday, wrote in his outgoing e-mail to Pentagon officia... Read More