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Rush Hour: Rupee at record low, two Indians killed in drone attack in Oman and more

Scroll | March 13, 2026 11:41 PM CST

Two Indians were killed and 10 injured in a drone attack in Oman’s Sohar province. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that five of the injured Indians have been discharged from hospital and the remaining are receiving treatment. One non-Indian was also injured.

The Indian authorities were in contact with Omani officials and were assisting the Indian citizens, the ministry said. Read on.

The stock market crashed further amid concerns about the conflict in West Asia and surging global oil prices. The benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices fell nearly 2% on Friday.

This was the worst week for the markets in four years, with nearly Rs 20 lakh crore in investors’ wealth getting wiped out.

The Indian rupee sank to a record low of 92.4 against the United States dollar. It has lost 1.5% in value since the conflict broke out.

The benchmark Brent crude oil price again jumped above the $100 per barrel-mark on Friday. The price was about $72.8 per barrel on February 27, a day before the conflict started. Read on.

The Union government acknowledged that the supply of liquefied petroleum gas in the country was a “matter of concern”, but added that no distributor had run out of stocks. Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, urged...