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India considers curbing use of sugarcane for ethanol to tame record-high sugar market

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India is considering restricting the amount of sugarcane used for ethanol in the season beginning October to boost sugar output and try to…

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A worker fills a car with petrol as he gestures towards the fuel barometer for the passenger to check, at a fuel station in Kolkata. (Reuters File)
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Don’t want E20, go for pure petrol, says Gadkari: What drivers in India can actually buy at the pump

Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, defending the government’s ethanol-blending programme, said in an interview that motorists who dislike the blended fuel…

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Associate vice-president, Hyundai Motor India, Puneet Anand speaks during a press conference by industry experts on ethanol-blended petrol, at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on Saturday, July 4. (PTI Photo)
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Industry experts defend E20 petrol amid engine damage claims; say fuel safe for older vehicles: ‘Years of testing’

Industry experts and leading automobile manufacturers on Saturday sought to allay concerns over the use of ethanol-blended petrol, asserting that the E20 fuel, with 20%…

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