A 1962 batch IAS officer, Yugandhar had served in the Prime Minister's Office during late PV Narasimha Rao's regime and also worked under former PM Manmohan Singh

Indian firms have been in dialogue with Russia since 2017 for a possible stake in the oilfields that will consolidate their presence in the energy-rich Arctic region

Trump has predicted a trade deal with China after positive gestures by Beijing, settling global markets that have been roiled by new tariffs from the world's two largest economies

The spot price of imported LNG into Japan, one of the world's biggest importers of the super-cooled fuel, has more than halved in the last year

To reduce India's dependence on energy imports, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with the state-run fuel retailers (IOC, HPCL and BPCL), launched a programme to procure biodiesel made from used cooking oil (UCO) from 100 cities across the country.