Amid a growing shortage of oil across the world due to the Russia-Ukraine war, the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday warned that Pakistan may witness a petrol and diesel shortage.
Ahead of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Moscow visit later today, Indian envoys to Ukraine and Russia called the visit 'significant' highlighting the fact that it will also catch global attention as India prepares to take over the chair of G20.
Amid surging energy prices worldwide due to the Russia-Ukraine war and deteriorating economy due to inflation and its depreciating currency, Pakistan is forced to spend 66 per cent of its forex reserve on fuel imports.
President Vladimir Putin signed a law that will enlist Russian citizens with criminal records of murder, robbery, drug trafficking and other serious criminal charges.
The Group of Seven countries (G7) on Friday (local time) agreed to establish a coordination mechanism to help Ukraine with critical energy and water infrastructure amid Russian attacks on the power grid that have caused widespread blackouts.
In total, the United States has now committed more than USD 18.9 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration.
Following massive Russian strikes on Ukraine as the tensions between the two countries continue to escalate, almost half a million homes in Kyiv were without electricity on Friday.
British Ambassador to Russia, Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on November 3 to lodge a protest over the UK's involvement in a "terrorist attack" against the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.