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Assuming that Russian crude oil is $70 per barrel, Delhi will have to pay Rs 5,740 ($70 x Rs 82) per barrel to the seller-exporter in Moscow. If India were to pay in Chinese currency, the Indian importer companies will have to pay 490 yuan per barrel ($70 x 7 yuan). (File Image DC)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Why allow yuan payments for import of Russian oil?

Indian companies have begun to pay for the import of Russian crude oil not in the dollar

19 Jul 2023 12:00 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook during the opening of India's first Apple retail store at BKC, in Mumbai, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Apple revolution in India?

Apple may command only a four per cent share of the Indian smartphone market but, as Tim Cook admitted, anything is possible

20 Apr 2023 12:15 AM

The threat of being put on a “no fly” list for extended periods of time may not be deterrent enough.

AA Edit | Crack down hard on any misbehaviour on flights

Airlines may need the patience of zen masters to deal with what is a sense of entitlement about privileges in air passengers

06 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

The frightening experience of air travellers in the last week or so, especially those flying out of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport’s Terminal 3, would suggest that the airport system of passenger, hand baggage and security check handling leaves far too much to be desired. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Airport chaos: A mess of India’s own making

The ministry’s lazy solution seemed to be to tell the airlines to reduce the number of early morning flights

15 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) gesturing at the third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT). (Photo: AFP) ministerial conference on counter-terrorism financing, in New Delhi.

AA Edit | Choking funds for terrorism

Given that most terror operatives commit themselves to their cause which they believe right, the multiplier effect of this sum is lethal

22 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

File photo of Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | FM’s India Inc investment call raises hard questions

It paints a grim picture of the Indian economy under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government

15 Sep 2022 12:13 AM

Nearly 10,000 cases of crimes against women were registered in the national capital last year. (Representational image: PTI)

Delhi remains most unsafe for women irrespective of drop in crime rate

According to the NCRB data, the number of cases registered under the IPC in Delhi saw a sharp dip by 18 per cent between 2019 and 2020

16 Sep 2021 10:50 AM

Pictur used for representational purposes only (Image Source: DC Image)

Schools for Class 9, 11 students, colleges in Delhi to reopen from Feb 5

Students will attend classes only with the consent of parents and physical attendance will not be compulsory

29 Jan 2021 8:13 PM

A file photo showing the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the border between India and China (Image Source: AP)

India, China hold ninth round of talks

India is keeping a tight vigil along the LAC

25 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

The COVID-19 caseload increased to 85,91,730 with 38,073 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,27,059 with 448 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. (Representative Photo) (AP)

COVID-19: Less than 40K cases reported in a day for second time in November

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5

10 Nov 2020 12:21 PM

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by the Delhi government against the high court's September 22 order.

SC asks Delhi government to move HC over reserving 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients

The government has already challenged the single judge's order before a division bench of the high court

10 Nov 2020 12:01 PM

A Nepalese volunteer sprays disinfectants on a man while he arrives to get free food distributed by social workers during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Kathmandu. (AP)

6 Indian coronavirus patients recover in Nepal

Another group of seven Indians undergoing treatment at the same hospital are still kept under observation and are recovering

06 May 2020 4:01 PM

Migrant workers set out for their villages during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

By ignorantly accusing the Markaz, we may be unwittingly blaming the Centre

'Markaz' is a word that means 'Centre', and is often used as short form for markazi hakumat

13 Apr 2020 12:27 AM

Joint report prepared by experts in the health, management, logistics and finance sectors favoured another lockdown in May as there are chances of a second peak in Covid-19 cases. (AFP)

Panel recommends Lockdown 2.0

Report says ease curbs from April 17 before closure from May 18-31

29 Mar 2020 10:56 AM

At 8.30 am, the capital's overall air quality index stood at 459. It was 410 at 8 pm on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Delhi’s air quality dips overnight, breaches ‘severe+’ mark

The number of masked faces continued to grow as the city remained shrouded in pungent haze for the fourth consecutive day.

01 Nov 2019 10:10 AM

The period between October 15 and November 15 is considered critical as maximum number of stubble burning incidents take place in this span in Punjab and adjoining states and is one of the main reasons for alarming spike in pollution in Delhi-NCR. (Photo: PTI | File)

New Delhi's air quality 'very poor' again, likely to drop over weekend

The city's overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 306 on Friday. It was 276 on Thursday.

18 Oct 2019 10:26 AM

Kejriwal, however, expressed concerns over the pressure on the hospitals in the national capital and called for improving healthcare across the country. (Photo: Twitter | @ArvindKejriwal)

‘Patients from Bihar come on Rs 500 ticket, get Rs 5 lakh treatment for free’: Delhi CM

Kejriwal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a new 362-bed trauma centre at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial.

30 Sep 2019 3:17 PM

The AAP party workers chanted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, claiming that the BJP had betrayed the people of Delhi as the impending promise of regularisation of the unauthorised colonies is yet to be fulfilled. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi: AAP party workers protest outside BJP headquarters

AAP party workers also claimed that the BJP has betrayed the people just how the Congress had when it was at the Centre.

21 Sep 2019 7:42 PM

‘I am very glad to inform that modern 'Make In India' product, the second Vande Bharat Express has completed its trial run between New Delhi and Katra (holy place of Goddess Vaishno Devi). The train will start for the passengers in Navaratri. Jai Mata Di!’ tweeted Piyush Goyal. (Photo: ANI)

Vande Bharat connecting New Delhi-Katra to debut this Navaratri

The new Vande Bharat Express will be fit for sleeper coaches, a facility that is amiss in the existing Vande Bharat trains.

18 Sep 2019 2:59 PM

This is also not the first time when Delhi Chief Minister has praised the Centre. Earlier, he had praised the Centre for its role in combating pollution in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal praises Modi govt's Motor Vehicles Act

His statement comes at a time when several states have publicly stated that they plan to reduce the fines.

13 Sep 2019 2:43 PM

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