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India's strategic oil reserve: Only 64% of 5.33 MMT capacity currently filled (Pic: AI generated)

EXCLUSIVE: India's strategic oil reserves cover less than 10 days

by Ashok Upadhyay |Mar 24, 2026

At present, India has a total SPR storage capacity of 5.33 million metric tonnes (MMT) across three locations - Visakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), Mangaluru (1.5 MMT), and Padur (2.5 MMT)

While the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) hasn’t provided substantive operational details, the staffing figures it disclosed reveal significant shortages in its core safety divisions.

Air ambulance crash, Ajit Pawar incident: RTI exposes DGCA 40% staff shortfall -- INDIA TODAY EXCLUSIVE

by Ashok Upadhyay |Feb 24, 2026

The RTI was filed in the aftermath of the January 28 incident involving Ajit Pawar’s aircraft, seeking detailed information on DGCA audits of non-scheduled operators (NSOPs), instances of expired airc...

Why the Kushinagar airport fell silent? (PC: Airport Authority of India)

No commercial flights since Nov 2023: How Kushinagar airport took off, then fell silent

by Ashok Upadhyay |Jan 20, 2026

The Kushinagar airport was intended to establish strong connections to important Buddhist sites like Lumbini, Sarnath, and Bodh Gaya.

The first formal notification, dated September 3, 2002, under the Vajpayee government, confirmed that ethanol-blended fuel was already being piloted in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh by mid-2001.

E20’s roots trace back to 2001 as RTI reveals Vajpayee-era push for ethanol fuel

by Ashok Upadhyay |Sep 15, 2025

A major milestone came on January 3, 2013, when the UPA invoked the Essential Commodities Act to direct oil companies to retail petrol with up to 10% ethanol — establishing ethanol as a national fuel ...

Overseas education costs India Rs 29,000 crore in 2023–24 alone, nearly 10 IITs worth

Indians sent Rs 1.76 lakh crore abroad over a decade for overseas education: Report

by Ashok Upadhyay |Aug 14, 2025

The annual remittance for education has surged nearly 1,200% over the last ten years, starting from Rs 2,429 crore a decade ago and peaking at Rs 29,171 crore in 2022–23

India logs millions of deaths, but Aadhaar deactivations total just 1.15 crore

Aadhaar still active for the dead: RTI reveals just 1.15 crore deactivations in 14 years

by Ashok Upadhyay |Jul 16, 2025

As of June 2025, UIDAI data shows that 142.39 crore Aadhaar numbers remain active.

Loans to corporate entities: Are public sector banks evading the RTI Act?

by Ashok Upadhyay |Mar 25, 2018

At a time when the banks are staring at Rs 9.5 lakh-crore worth of gross non-performing assets (NPAs), an RTI query into how much money the corporate entities owe to the public sector banks in the...