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JAIPUR, 21 MAY

The issue of alleged restrictions on petrol and diesel sales has reached the Rajasthan High Court after the Petroleum Dealers Distributors Transporters Welfare Association filed a petition against public sector oil companies, including Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. The association claimed dealers were verbally instructed to limit fuel sales and threatened with penalties. It argued such restrictions are illegal without government notification under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The Rajasthan High Court fixed the next hearing.

LONDON, 21 MAY

UK net migration dropped sharply in 2025, with Indian nationals leading the exodus.

The Office for National Statistics reported around 51,000 Indians left for study, 21,000 for work, and 3,000 for other reasons, followed by 46,000 Chinese. Ukrainians, Pakistanis, and Nigerians also featured among the top emigrants.

The overall net migration fell to 1,71,000 from 9,44,000 under the previous government. The highest visa extensions for health and care workers went to Indians (107,306), with Indians also leading in Skilled Worker and Graduate Route visas. The decline is driven by fewer arrivals from outside the EU, and a 20 per cent decrease in total long-term immigration for 2024.

TEHRAN, 21 MAY

Iran has announced the oper-ational launch of a new regu-lulatory body, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), which has defined manage-ment boundaries for the Strait of Hormuz and made transit coordination and per-mits mandatory for vessels, state media and official posts on X said. According to the PGSA, the supervision zone extends from a line linking Kuh Mobarak in Iran to the south of Fujairah in the UAE in the eastern Strait, and from the end of Qeshm Island in Iran to Umm al-Qai-wain in the UAE in the west. The authority said all vessel movements within this zone “require coordination” with the waterway management body.

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