Rising oil prices and a looming coal shortage in the middle of our economic recovery continues to cast long shadows. Today, on the Rise With India podcast, here’s what we’re tracking.

Prime Minister’s Office will review coal positions at thermal power stations amid worries over shortages. 

U.S. crude prices rose past $80 a barrel - ending above the mark for the first time since late in 2014.

Back home, Nifty was unable to sustain the gains after hitting the 18,000 mark.

Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla is considering infusing some of his own capital into Vodafone Idea, according to a report in The Economic Times.

Future Group and Amazon are likely to start negotiations for a possible out-of-court settlement of a year-long legal standoff over the proposed sale of Future Group assets to Reliance Retail.