Oil & gas
BPCL hikes petrol prices by Rs2.96 per litre
14 Dec 2010
Iran, India likely to restart gas pipeline talks
11 Dec 2010
Nigeria files bribery charges against Dick Cheney
09 Dec 2010
Last year KBR and Halliburton had agreed to pay $579 million settlement in the US after guilty plea over the $180 million Nigerian bribery charges
Diesel, petrol prices likely to go up by Rs2 per litre as crude crosses $90
08 Dec 2010
The move comes at a time when crude prices have risen to a 26-month high, reflecting increased demand for grades usually refined for distillates such as diesel
US natural gas distributor AGL Resources to buy Nicor for $2.4 billion
08 Dec 2010
US natural gas distributor AGL is acquiring peer Nicor to create an $8.6-billion natural gas distribution company with 4.5 million customers
WikiLeaks: Falklands oil insufficient for Exxon
06 Dec 2010
ONGC's Kazakh deal to be inked by February
06 Dec 2010
ONGC gains on stock split, gas price hike
02 Dec 2010
Jairam continues war against diesel-guzzlers
01 Dec 2010
Minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh says that SUV owners should pay the full market price of diesel rather than the subsidised price
BP to sell Argentinean asset to Bridas for $7.06 billion
29 Nov 2010
As part of its $30-billion asset disposal plan to fund its Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up and compensations, BP is selling its 60 per cent stake in Pan American Energy
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
