India seems to be reducing its oil imports from Saudi Arabia due to its high prices. In February, imports from the West Asian kingdom have decreased by 42 per cent from January. Saudi Arabia has consistently been one of India's top two suppliers, but now the nation has slipped to the fourth position for the first time since at least January 2006.

The United States overtook Saudi Arabia as India's second-biggest oil supplier after Iraq in February. India is also reducing oil imports from other West Asian nations as well. However, India did buy more oil from Nigeria, which is now the third on the list. India purchased 472,300 bpd from the African nation, the most since October 2019. Why is this happening? Here's all you need to know.

Surge in new Covid-19 cases continued to be a big worry for health authorities with the daily countrywide count for March 13 coming in at 25,320, marking the steepest single day rise this year.

As of March 14,  2,97,38,409 people have been vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine with Rajathan leading the vaccinations with 28,94,730 people vaccinated overall in the state, followed by Maharashtra, West Bengal and Gujarat.

On March 11, Norway halted  the rollout of the AZ vaccine after three health workers in Norway who recently received the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 are being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets.This was following a similar move by Denmark, Iceland,Italy.

DMK Chief MK Stalin on March 13 released the party’s manifesto for the upcoming Assembly election with several populist measures.

The import of urad (black gram or black matpe) into the country could be affected this year following the political unrest in Myanmar.

The imports of urad, used in food items such as idli, dosa, and pappad, are crucial to bridge the demand-supply gap of the pulses in the country.

TR Vivek and Subramani Ra Mancombu look at India's pulses outlook this week.

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Google has recently announced that it will phase out third-party cookies from its web browser and that it will not build alternative identifiers to track individuals. Google Chrome will be removing third-party cookies by 2022.

How will this change the way the web works? What does this mean for your privacy? How will marketers and the ad tech community find their target audience? Here's all you need to know.

Senior leader PC Chacko resigned from the Congress party on Wednesday, alleging group interest in deciding party's candidates for the coming assembly elections in Kerala. Here's all you need to know.

PC Chacko, who was a former working committee member of the Congress, said that there was no democracy in the party's Kerala unit. He said that the party has been divided into two groups -- the "A" group is headed by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and "I" group led by senior party leader Ramesh Chennithala. He alleged that only Chandy and Chennithala know who were contesting as the party's candidates in the upcoming polls. Elections in the State will be held on the 6th of April.

The coronavirus had a profound impact on all our lives, but for some, it was a blessing in disguise. In this special episode, Dr Rachna Dave, CEO and Founder of MicroGo, talks about the profound impact the coronavirus pandemic had on her business, and how her company took part in the fight against the pandemic. She also talks about how there are many opportunities for women in research and gives tips to succeed in the industry.

On Tuesday, the Delhi government presented a budget of on the theme "patriotism" for the financial year 2021-22. What were some of the key areas that were covered in the budget?

The gaming industry is a well-established industry all over the world, and in India, the segment is catching up fast. A report in 2020 revealed that India is one of the fastest-growing mobile gaming segments in the world. According to Statista, the revenue in this segment is projected to reach $3,832 m in 2021, and it is set to grow by over 12.90 per cent between 2021-2025. But, like many industries in the tech space, there is a gender imbalance in the mobile gaming industry. 

In this special episode, Keerti Singh, VP-Growth & Co-founder, Hitwicket, explains how we can address this imbalance.

A love for cotton sarees and a supportive sister-in-law prompted Valli, a 58-year-old resident of Chennai, to start her handloom venture. Her company, Valli Weaves, now caters to people across Chennai and even from other parts of the globe. We speak with Valli to find out what motivated her to start a business (which is a startup of sorts) in her late 50s.

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Earlier last week, VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, has decided to stay away from politics to ensure that Jayalalithaa's golden rule is established in Tamil Nadu.

BJP is making big inroads ahead of the Assembly elections next month with former Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi and Actor Mithun Chakraborthy joining the party in recent times.