Oil & gas
BP to raise $50 billion, sue partner Anadarko
22 Jun 2010
The London-based oil company has already spent nearly $2 billion in containing the oil spill, clean up operations and paying compensation to people whose livelihood were affected by the spill
Efforts commence to convert waste CO2 into diesel fuel using solar energy
21 Jun 2010
Efforts to commercialise technologies that utilise concentrated solar energy to convert waste carbon dioxide into diesel fuel will soon get underway, with deployment of the first commercial plants expected in 2013
Anadarko points finger at BP for spill
19 Jun 2010
BP uses Kevin Costner’s centrifuge machines to clean oil spill
16 Jun 2010
After seeing the effects of the Valdez spill in Alaska on TV, Costner put in $24 million of his money in 1995 to fund a team of scientists, including his brother Dan Costner, to develop a technology that could deal with huge oil spills
BP’s US chief to be grilled over ‘shortcuts’
15 Jun 2010
Iran hammers out a gas pipeline deal with Pakistan
14 Jun 2010
Iran has finally pushed through a long-overdue gas pipeline deal with Pakistan sidelining a reluctant India, whose interest in the costly gas deal further waned in the wake of discovery of new and cheaper shale gas sources
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
