NEW DELHI / WAM The largest number of Indians returning to the jobs they had left abroad last year due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been to the Gulf, India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar, told Parliament on Monday. “The focus of our efforts in the last few months has now shifted to Indians going back …

Bloomberg The UK’s oil and gas industry faces a struggle to recover from an investment slump sparked by the coronavirus and in the longer term will have to manage a prolonged decline in output, according to its trade body. Production may decline further this year and next, following a 5% decrease in 2020, Oil & Gas UK said in a …

Bloomberg Germany’s greenhouse-gas emissions fell by the most since 1990 last year as its exit from coal started to hit and the pandemic reduced transportation. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is looking to put Europe’s biggest economy at the forefront of the fight against climate change, calling for the development of a global market for green hydrogen as a two-day energy …