Middle East crisis

April 12, 2026 9:07 PM

Fuel supply stable, no LPG shortages as govt steps up monitoring amid West Asia tensions

The Centre on Sunday said there are no LPG shortages across the country, even as it continues to closely monitor the evolving situation in West Asia and its potential impact on energy supply chains. According to an official statement, over 52.3 lakh domestic LPG cylinders were delivered on April 11, with officials confirming that no “dry-outs” have been reported at distributorships. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas urged citizens to avoid panic buying of petrol, diesel and LPG, a...

April 9, 2026 4:52 PM

India-flagged vessel Green Asha with 15,400 tonnes of LPG reaches Mumbai’s JNPA

Green Asha, an India-flagged LPG vessel carrying 15,400 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz and reached the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in Navi Mumbai, the port said in a statement on Thursday, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia. “Green Asha — an India-flagged LPG vessel that has successfully crossed the #StraitofHormuz — has moored at JNPA's liquid berth operated by BPCL-IOCL today,” JNPA said in a statement on ...

March 11, 2026 8:14 PM

Afghanistan-SL series in UAE postponed amid Middle East crisis

The limited-overs series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka scheduled for March in the United Arab Emirates has been postponed due to the crisis in the Middle East, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Wednesday. The teams were due to play three Twenty20s in Sharjah and three One-Day Internationals in Dubai between March 13 and March 25. The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have affected countries throughout the Gulf, disrupting travel in some of the world's busiest transit hubs and for...

October 9, 2024 3:42 PM

Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, UN chief says many trapped in north

At least 45 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours, Palestinian medics said on Wednesday, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp in the enclave's north. The Israeli military says the raid, now in its fifth day, is intended to stop Hamas fighters staging further attacks from Jabalia and to prevent them regrouping. It has repeatedly issued evacuation orders to residents of Jabalia and nearby areas, but Palestinian and U.N. offici...

May 16, 2024 3:37 PM

Japan’s economy skids, clouding BOJ’s rate hike plans

Japan's economy fell faster than expected in the first quarter as the weak yen continued to batter consumers, throwing a fresh challenge to the central bank's push to get interest rates further away from near zero. Preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) data from the Cabinet Office on Thursday showed Japan's economy shrank 2.0% annualised in January-March from the prior quarter, faster than the 1.5% drop seen in a Reuters poll of economists. Downwardly revised data showed GDP barely grew in ...