Oil & gas
Petrol pumps in 7 states and Puducherry to shut on Sundays from 14 May
19 Apr 2017
Nearly 20,000 outlets in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry, and Haryana would be shut for 24 hours on Sundays, starting 14 May
BP working to control damaged oil well in Alaska
17 Apr 2017
I-T Dept serves fresh notice on Cairn for recovery of Rs10,247-cr dues
10 Apr 2017
The tax demand was raised on the basis of a retrospective amendment made to the income tax act in 2012
BP to cut CEO’s annual pay by about 5 million pounds: report
04 Apr 2017
The revised pay structure will also apply to other top BP directors for the three years from 2017 to 2019
BP sells North Sea Pipeline System to Ineos
03 Apr 2017
Ineos, run by British businessman Jim Ratcliffe, is currently engaged in a $600-million project to bring Shale Gas Ethane from the US to its petrochemical plants in Scotland and Norway
Environmental groups launch legal action against Trump administration over Keystone XL Pipeline
31 Mar 2017
RIL exits fuel retailing in Mauritius, sells 76% stake in Gulf Africa Petroleum Co to Total
30 Mar 2017
Vedanta receives all approvals for Cairn merger except RBI nod
28 Mar 2017
Vedanta said on Tuesday that its board will consider this week payment of interim dividend to the shareholders of Cairn India following the merger of the oil firm with itself
Explorer Hurricane Energy declares largest undeveloped discovery of oil on the UK Continental Shelf
27 Mar 2017
Trump approves northern leg of Keystone pipeline
25 Mar 2017
RIL fined Rs1,000 crore for insider trading, faces 1 year derivatives market ban
25 Mar 2017
RIL said Sebi had misconstrued the true nature of the transactions and imposed unjustifiable sanctions and that the company would challenge the order in the Securities Appellate Tribunal
Shell to sell onshore oil fields in Gabon to Carlyle Group
25 Mar 2017
The sale is part of Shell's plans to sell assets worth $30 billion after it completed its $49-billion acquisition of BG Group in February last year
Oil edges up, but major recovery unlikely
24 Mar 2017
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
