India has ample stocks of crude oil, petro products to tide over Iran crisis

IANS | March 3, 2026 4:46 PM

New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) India is in a reasonably comfortable position as far as crude oil, LPG and LNG are concerned, with a stock of 25 days of reserve for crude and 25 days of products, including the quantity that is in transit on ships headed for the country’s ports, according to government sources.

High taxes choke investment in Pakistan

IANS | March 3, 2026 3:07 PM

New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s high taxation regime is choking the formal economy, especially industrial businesses, yet there seems to be no realisation within the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), which keeps extracting juice from the top 1 per cent of the population, according to an article.