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Govt ups windfall tax on crude, ONGC & OIL to take hit

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The government has raised the windfall tax on crude oil and reduced the tax on diesel and aviation turbine fuel. The government has hiked the windfall tax on petroleum crude oil to Rs 2,300 ($27.63) a tonne from Rs 1,300 earlier, according to the official notification.Upstream oil companies ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL)…
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Sensex down more than 500 points

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Equity benchmarks sank on Tuesday with selling emerging at higher levels.BSE Sensex was down 559 points at 71,712 as heavyweight stocks came under selling pressure.Ultratech Cement was down more than 3 per cent,…