America has launched an air raid on Baghdad Airport. Due to this attack, the price of crude oil has increased by 4 percent. Meanwhile, the price of petrol and diesel in India has been recorded for the second consecutive day.

Oil marketing companies on Friday increased the price of petrol by 10 paise in Delhi, seven paise in Kolkata and Mumbai and eight paisa per liter in Chennai. At the same time, the price of diesel has increased by 15 paise in Delhi, 12 paise in Kolkata, 13 paise in Mumbai and 14 paise per liter in Chennai. In these two days, petrol has become costlier by 21 paise and diesel by 29 paise per liter in Delhi.

According to the website of Indian Oil, the price of petrol in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai has increased to Rs 75.35, Rs 77.94, Rs 80.94 and Rs 78.28 per liter respectively. At the same time, the price of diesel in the four metros has increased to Rs 68.25, Rs 70.61, Rs 71.56 and Rs 72.12 per liter respectively.

Tension between US and Iran Increased

In fact, the US has killed the top commander of Iran's Al Quds Force, Major General Qasim Sulemani, by air strike at Baghdadi Airport in Iraq on Friday morning. Apart from Suleimani, Iraqi militia commander now Mahdi al-Muhandis was also killed in the attack. 6 other people have also been killed in this attack.

Due to this tension, the price of crude oil has gone up by 4 percent. Crude oil was trading at $ 59.70 per barrel in October 2019. At the same time, in November it increased to about $ 63. Similarly, the price of crude oil has reached $ 65 per barrel in December.