New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Highlighting that India has diversified its sources of oil supply for cheaper purchases, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the country is now importing oil from 39 countries against 27 earlier.

"India has diversified its sources of oil supply, earlier we were importing crude oil from 27 countries now we are importing from 39 countries. If I can buy some from some source and I can buy it at a cheaper price, we are the winners," Puri said in a BBC interview, which he shared in his social media post on X.

The remarks of the Union Minister comes at a time when India is gearing up to host world's second largest energy event, India Energy Week (IEW) which is scheduled to be held in Delh...