Oil’s well: Venezuela’s crude exports hit highest since 2018 — India, US and other buyers line up

Venezuela’s oil is flowing across the world again, and at its fastest pace in more than seven years. In April, the country’s crude exports jumped 14% to 1.23 million barrels per day, powered by stronger demand from the United States, India and Europe, according to shipping data and internal documents from state-run PDVSA.The sharp rise…

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Air India to cut nearly 100 domestic and international flights till July: CEO Campbell Wilson

Air India is set to cut down almost 100 of its domestic and international flights till July as rising jet fuel prices and airspace restrictions make several overseas routes too expensive to run, deepening the crisis for the already loss-making airline. Air India CEO and managing director Campbell Wilson told employees on Friday that the…

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Capital Expenditure: ‘Government to sustain capex despite West Asia crisis’

NEW DELHI: While acknowledging possible stress due to the West Asia conflict , expenditure secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam Friday said that the Centre will prioritise capital expenditure and seek to ensure that the entire allocation for public spending is utilised.“The fiscal stress is indeed very much a reality, but at the same time… the capex will…

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Tata Sons: Proxy advisory firm asks RBI to reject Tata Sons’ application

MUMBAI: InGovern Research has called on the RBI to reject Tata Sons’ application to surrender its financial licence, describing the move as a “strategic manoeuvre to sidestep mandatory listing obligations” and to order the company to list on domestic exchanges by March 2027.InGovern argued that the application, filed in March 2024, is “dead on arrival”…

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Offshore Rupee Trade: Banks should get more active in offshore rupee trade: RBI

MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday called for Indian banks to emerge as market-makers in offshore markets, urging a more active global role for domestic lenders as the central bank seeks to shift rupee price discovery onshore, speaking at the FIMMDA-PDAI Annual Conference in Amsterdam.Noting that Indian banks deal only with offshore market makers…

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