supply chain disruption

New Delhi/Chennai, March 10 – Shorter menus, cold stoves, and dining out suddenly becoming more expensive. The conflict in West Asia is impacting restaurants across India, with the looming threat of a shortage of commercial LPG forcing eateries to innovate – quickly – or face closure.As the...

New Delhi, March 10 With the escalating conflict in West Asia disrupting energy supplies, panic buying of LPG cylinders amid fears of shortages has led to long queues and a rush at distribution centers across parts of Delhi.Several distributors say the sudden surge in demand has created a...

New Delhi, March 10 Hard hit by the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, the hotel association said on Tuesday that a large number of hotels and eateries in Mumbai will have to shut operations in the next two days if the situation is not resolved.Similar disruptions are also being reported...

Chennai, March 10 Restaurants across Tamil Nadu are facing a bleak future, as existing stocks are expected to last only for one or two days due to a sudden shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, a result of the conflict in West Asia.Some hotels and restaurants have already reduced the number of...

Bengaluru, March 10 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Tuesday that the shortage of LPG refills has become a serious concern in the state, amid warnings from hotel owners that they may be forced to shut down operations if supplies do not improve soon.Speaking to reporters...

Bengaluru, March 10 – Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote a letter to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday, requesting urgent intervention to address "disruptions" in the supply of commercial LPG cylinders in Bengaluru.In the letter to the Union...

Thoothukudi, March 10 – The safety match industry in southern Tamil Nadu is facing new challenges as the price of paraffin wax – a key raw material used in the production of safety matches – has risen sharply over the past two weeks.The price of paraffin wax has increased from around ₹80 per...

Home Minister Pu K. Sapdanga informed the Assembly that drugs worth approximately ₹317.30 crore have been seized under the ongoing Operation Jericho since 1 September 2025.Responding to supplementary questions during the session, the Home Minister said that the large-scale anti-drug operation...

New Delhi, March 9 The Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) on Monday raised concerns about the shortage of commercial cooking gas cylinders due to supply disruptions and called for government intervention.The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) wrote...

Bangalore, March 9 Hotel and restaurant operations in the city are likely to be affected starting March 10, following a sudden and complete halt in the supply of commercial gas cylinders, the Bangalore Hotels Association said on Monday.This development comes amid rising energy costs and supply...

Bangalore, March 9 Hotel and restaurant operations in the city are likely to be affected starting March 10, following a sudden and complete halt in the supply of commercial gas cylinders, the Bangalore Hotels Association said on Monday.This development comes amid rising energy costs and supply...

Chennai, March 7 The Tamil Nadu Hotels Association, a body representing hotels and restaurants in the state, has appealed to the Centre to withdraw its order instructing oil marketing companies to suspend the sale of commercial LPG cylinders.While acknowledging that the government has issued...

New Delhi, March 6 Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL) has not increased the prices of CNG and piped cooking gas supplied to households, even as it has imposed supply restrictions on some large industrial consumers amid the escalating West Asia crisis affecting gas supplies, officials said on Friday.A...

Islamabad, March 5 Pakistan decided on Thursday to introduce weekly revisions in petroleum prices, effective from Saturday, and to consider measures such as working from home and distance learning to conserve fuel amid possible disruptions in oil supplies due to the ongoing conflict in West...

New Delhi, March 5 The domestic pharmaceutical industry is facing potential losses ranging from Rs 2,500 crore to Rs 5,000 crore due to various supply and freight disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East, according to the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India...

New Delhi, March 5 Prolonged disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz beyond a week could quickly affect energy markets, fertiliser supplies, industrial inputs, construction materials, and export sectors such as diamonds, according to a think tank, GTRI.The Strait of Hormuz is a...

Morbi, March 4 The ceramic industry in Morbi, Gujarat, faces a potential shutdown in the coming days as gas supplies from the Gulf region remain disrupted due to the ongoing conflict involving Israel, the United States, and Iran, industry representatives said on Wednesday.The Middle East is...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 4 The US-Israeli war on Iran has begun, and its negative impact is being felt in Maharashtra's industrial units due to disruptions in the global supply chain. An industry organization here stated that containers intended to transport automobile components to...

New Delhi, March 3 India possesses approximately 100 million barrels of commercial crude oil reserves – stored in tanks, underground reserves, and on ships en route – which could cover roughly 40-45 days of its needs if flows through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted, according to Kpler.India...

New Delhi, March 2 Military conflict in the Middle East region is expected to impact the export of electronics from India, as well as increase production costs in the country, electronic industry associations said on Monday.The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), whose members...