Oil & gas
Reliance to invest $1.7 billion in JV with Atlas Energy
09 Apr 2010
RIL will acquire an interest in Atlas Energy's Marcellus Shale position equal to 120,000 net acres
Government to reconstitute Balmer Lawrie board
08 Apr 2010
Oil prices slip from 18-month highs
06 Apr 2010
Crude prices pulled back fom Monday's 18-month high near $87 a barrel in Asian trade as the dollar gained strength.
Obama eases US offshore drilling rules
01 Apr 2010
The easing of rules will enable oil giants to explore for reserves off the US coast for the first time since the 1980s
PetroChina to spend $60 billion in overseas acquisitions by 2020
01 Apr 2010
Armed with more than $2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, China has supported its state-owned oil companies to make landmark acquisitions overseas to secure the country's long-term energy needs
Aban Offshore announces rig deployment deals
01 Apr 2010
Petrol, diesel prices hiked after shift to Euro-IV norms
31 Mar 2010
Petrol prices will go up by 50 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise per litre in 13 major cities, including Mumbai and Delhi, from midnight tonight
Oil prices rebound on hopes of US recovery
29 Mar 2010
Delhi rolls back VAT on LPG cylinder
29 Mar 2010
Sinopec to acquire upstream assets in Angola for $2.46 billion
29 Mar 2010
Asia's largest crude refiner Sinopec, yesterday said that it would acquire a stake in Angola’s upstream assets for $2.46 billion, its first overseas oil-asset acquisition
After failing in Africa, ONGC now eyes Canada
25 Mar 2010
After losing out to China in Uganda and Algeria, public sector ONGC, has now set its eyes on Canada to acquire overseas energy assets
ONGC once again loses out to China for oil assets in Africa
By By Ravi Kunder | 25 Mar 2010
ONGC has yet again lost the race to acquire energy assets to China’s large state owned enterprise, the latest in a string of losses to its cash rich neighbour
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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.
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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
