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India has transformed its crude sourcing strategy, reducing Russian crude barrels while increasing its Middle Eastern shipments. Though Moscow still has a share in New Delhi’s oil inflows, the volumes are down due to compliance risks. Data from analytics firm Kpler shows that in the first three weeks of January 2026, the country imported about…
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest refiner, has purchased around 7 million barrels of crude oil for March loading, including supplies from Brazil’s Petrobras, as refiners continue to scale down dependence on Russian oil and diversify sourcing toward other regions, Reuters reported citing trade sources.The purchases come amid a broader recalibration by refiners to…
NEW DELHI: Free food items, such as wheat and rice made available through the public distribution system (PDS), to nearly 80 crore people will not be part of the new consumer price index (CPI) basket, as the 22-member technical advisory panel, tasked with updating the base year of price indices, has decided to stick to…
If you drop one basket with all your eggs, they all break. Spreading eggs across multiple baskets is safer. By Chetan Kukreja – Head of Research, Passive Business, Motilal Oswal Asset Management CompanyDiversification is the cornerstone of investing. It’s one of the key reasons investors invest in mutual funds – each fund holds a mix…
Experts say bond investors need to be cautious because chances of a rate cut have dwindled, while inflation may see a comeback. (AI image) Bond investors who had pinned hopes on aggressive rate cuts this year have learnt a hard lesson. Despite big rate cuts, which should have pushed up bond prices, bonds have faced…
