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Business News > Mint Authors > Debjit Chakraborty

Debjit Chakraborty

ARTICLES BY DEBJIT CHAKRABORTY

Bharat Petroleum swung to a record profit of ₹11,940 crore ($1.6 billion) in the three months ended March 31 from a loss of ₹1,360 crore the previous year. (Photo: Reuters)

Govt may raise foreign investment limit to aid BPCL sale

1 min read . 14 Jun 2021

Graphic: Bloomberg

Oil demand recovery in Covid-ravaged India tough to predict

3 min read . 27 May 2021

A file photo of an Indian Oil refinery

Indian Oil, BPCL defer maintenance at some plants amid contract worker shortage

2 min read . 27 Apr 2021

Copper—used in everything from cars to washing machines and wind turbines—is booming, turning around the fortunes of Chile, the world’s biggest producer. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Global ripples from the commodities boom

8 min read . 11 Mar 2021

The spending would focus on upgrading infrastructure and technology of the ailing utilities to make them more efficient and reduce financial losses, according to the people (Photo: Mint)

Budget 2021: Govt plans ₹3 trillion reform to revive ailing power utilities

1 min read . 27 Jan 2021

Consumption in 2020 of liquefied petroleum gas -- which is also used for heating -- was higher than motor fuel for the first time ever over a calendar year

Covid-19, cold has cooking fuel outpacing petrol in India

2 min read . 12 Jan 2021

The city of 20 million people accounts for about 6% of the $2.9 trillion economy (Photo: Mint)

Worst Mumbai power failure in decades hits trading volume

2 min read . 12 Oct 2020

Photo: Bloomberg

Diesel demand drop forcing India refiners to import gasoline

2 min read . 29 Sept 2020

Indian Oil this week finalized a $2.4 billion expansion at its Gujarat refinery to include a polypropylene unit, which can make products for packaging and textiles (Photo: Reuters)

Indian Oil betting on plastics to cushion fuel shocks

2 min read . 24 Sept 2020

The fire in the engine room of New Diamond, a very large crude carrier, was caused by an explosion, said Sri Lanka Navy spokesman Indika de Silva (Photo: @IndianCoastGuard)

Tanker heading towards India with 2 mn barrels of oil catches fire off Sri Lanka

1 min read . 03 Sept 2020

Around 20 nations are expected to participate in the exercise, which is due to begin on Sept. 15 in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region.

India to skip military drill in Russia, cites pandemic

1 min read . 30 Aug 2020

India has already banned scores of Chinese mobile phone applications in an attempt to reduce dependence on its products

India bars China ships from oil trade as ties strain further

1 min read . 13 Aug 2020

The central government has hiked import and excise taxes twice this year even as it imposed the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown. (Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Fuel-tax hikes are putting brakes on India’s recovery

3 min read . 14 Jul 2020

Hundreds of thousands of devotees flock to the eastern city of Puri every year to pull Jagannath’s giant 45-foot rath or chariot, which gives us the English term juggernaut

First time in 284 years, coronavirus pandemic halts lord Jagannath's juggernaut

2 min read . 18 Jun 2020

Photo: Bloomberg

Coronavirus pandemic shows need to shift India’s focus to poor, report says

1 min read . 11 Jun 2020

India is the world’s third-biggest oil consumer with a population of over 1.3 billion. (Photo: Reuters)

India’s biggest asset sale to attract China-wary oil majors

2 min read . 07 Jun 2020

Ethanol availability from sugar mills and grain-based producers for oil refiners will probably remain flat at 1.9 billion liters in the 12 months starting December 1. (Reuters)

Liquor may be hurdle to India’s energy independence

1 min read . 02 Dec 2019

In August, Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum released an expression of interest to purchase biodiesel from used cooking oil (Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

Indian Oil issues letters of intent for 6 biodiesel plants

1 min read . 27 Nov 2019

A child born yesterday in Delhi would have smoked 40-50 cigarettes on the first day of his or her life, said Arvind Kumar, a lung surgeon at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Delhi air pollution: Deadly smog envelops city, AQI breaches 858 at some places

3 min read . 04 Nov 2019

Refiners across the South Asian nation operated fuel-producing units at the slowest pace in 15 years last month. (Reuters)

One of Asia’s top buyers has cut oil processing to a 15-year low

1 min read . 26 Oct 2019