Despite a decline in dependence on primary energy imports, India remains highly dependent, at a massive 90%, on crude oil imports for its consumption, a new industry report has shown. India’s dependence on primary energy imports fell to 42% in the financial year 2025 from 47% in FY 2017, according to a joint report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and EY. However, India remains highly dependent on crude oil imports, with 90% of all demand met by purchases from overseas, the report noted. “Overall primary energy import dependence…

07-08-26.-Valeria Saya, una joven venezolana que reside en Estados Unidos, emprende una búsqueda incansable de apoyo institucional y legal para lograr la liberación de su madre, su padre y su hermano menor, quienes fueron arrestados por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) con apena...

September WTI crude oil futures are trading at $78.08 early Friday, down $8.72, or 10.05%, for the week. The market opened at $80.10, traded as high as $82.33, and fell to $74.24. With Friday’s session still ahead, the weekly result is not final. But the message from the price action is clear. Traders sold the possibility that diplomacy could restore crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz, then bought back part of the break when it became clear that the shipping problem had not been solved. The early selloff was driven by optimism surrounding…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Eight Arab and Muslim countries have accused Israel of violating the Gaza ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue more than nine months after the U.S.-mediated “truce” took effect. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia jointly condemned Israeli attacks on civilians, healthcare facilities and other infrastructure. More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the October ceasefire, according to Gaza health authorities. Israeli forces have…

Iran and Oman appear close to an agreement on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but the remaining issues are substantial. Tehran would control inbound traffic while Oman would oversee outbound shipping, and Iran is seeking sanctions relief in exchange for toll-free passage. Washington opposes giving Iran control over shipping lanes, while the shipping industry has warned that proposed transit fees and existing U.S. sanctions could make the arrangement unworkable. Even if an agreement is announced, it would address shipping through Hormuz rather than…

07-08-26.-La familia de Cristina Margarita Ramos confirmó este jueves la localización del cuerpo de la mujer que se hizo conocida como "la señora de las uñas bonitas" tras sobrevivir al doble terremoto que sacudió a Venezuela el pasado 24 de junio. Ramos, de 71 años, había sido rescatada con vida...

07-08-26.-La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, pidió este jueves a la población tener «paciencia» con el proceso de recuperación del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN), al asegurar que las labores avanzan de manera progresiva luego de los daños ocasionados por los terremotos del pasado 24 de juni...

India’s crude oil production fell for the third consecutive financial year in 2025/2026, the government said as it launches a push to boost offshore oil and gas exploration. India’s crude output fell by 3% in the 2025/2026 fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Oil and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Parliament. “The domestic oil production over the last three years has shown a slight decline, primarily owing to natural decline in mature and ageing oil and gas fields,” the government said. State-owned Oil and Natural…

07-08-26.-Durante la jornada de protesta realizada por los trabajadores retirados de la Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (Cantv), José Chacón, quien se identificó como expresidente durante 16 años de la organización de jubilados de la empresa telefónic...

La izquierda venezolana se agrieta cuando está previsto el inicio esta semana en Caracas de un diálogo político entre sectores de la oposición y el gobierno que podría concluir en elecciones, bajo la batuta de Estados Unidos. Durante años, como vicepresidenta o en otros roles en los gobiernos cha...

07-08-26.-Este miércoles por la noche hubo protestas en Turmero (Aragua). Fueron en rechazo a los prolongados cortes de luz que tienen lugar en la región. Según denuncias de los vecinos, hay cortes de hasta ocho horas diarias. Las protestas consistieron en cacerolazos y en trancas de carreteras, don...

07-'08-26.-El gobierno de Delcy Rodríguez oficializó el incremento de las dimensiones que abarca el área que está bajo el control de la compañía estadounidense Chevron en la empresa mixta PetroPiar, una de las tres en la que funge como accionista minoritario en sociedad con Petróleos de Venezuela (P...

07-08-26.-En el marco de la nueva negociación entre el gobierno y la Asamblea Nacional electa en 2015, el Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de Prensa (SNTP) presentó este jueves 6 de agosto una serie de condiciones mínimas para que el proceso de diálogo conduzca a una transición democrática.

07-08-26.-Durante una reciente entrevista audiovisual difundida en redes sociales, Samuel Moncada, actual embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de Venezuela ante la República Francesa, se refirió a la profunda crisis económica y social que atraviesa Venezuela, señalando que el país fue severam...

07-08-26.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este jueves 06 de agosto 2026 en Bs.756,70 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales. El eu...

Oil prices fell for a second week running thanks to optimism surrounding renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that talks between Washington and Tehran would resume l, adding that U.S. allies in the region, including Saudi Arabia, had urged him to suspend attacks. Iran and Oman have managed to reach a preliminary agreement on geographic coordinates for a temporary, partial shipping route through Hormuz, easing immediate supply fears. However, oil prices managed to snap their…

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Southeast Asia is falling short of its ambitious projects to boost gas-fired power generation to meet growing electricity demand and replace some of the coal use. Fuel availability, volatile prices, and supply chain bottlenecks threaten to drive up costs and delay projects by years, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie says. Six of the biggest Southeast Asian economies and power markets – Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines – are set to deliver only a third of their combined planned gas-fired power capacity…

Caracas, 6 de agosto de 2026. El estado Apure se posicionó en el primer lugar a nivel nacional en el primer ciclo de vacunación contra la fiebre aftosa 2026, uno de los protocolos que sigue el país para obtener la certificación internacional como territorio libre de esta enfermedad, Prens...

Drivers in the United Kingdom have started filling up their tanks without paying for the fuel as driving costs surge on the fuel supply crunch driven by the war in the Middle East. The crimes include people driving off after filling up without paying and people claiming they cannot pay for the fuel they had acquired. According to data from fuel crime prevention platform Forecourt Eye, drivers in the country have been stealing fuel worth the equivalent of almost $270,000 every day since the war between the United States and Israel and Iran began…