Oil & gas
Cabinet approves ONGC raising stake by 11% in Russia's Vankor oil field for $930 mn
05 Oct 2016
The approval comes a year after ONGC Videsh acquired a 15-per cent stake in the Vankor oil field from Rosneft, for about $1.35 billion
Petrol costlier by 14 paise per litre, diesel by 10 paise as OMCs hike dealer commission
05 Oct 2016
CCEA nod for acquisition of 29.9% and 23.9% in Rosneft subsidiaries by Indian consortium
28 Sep 2016
IOC to invest up to Rs1.8 trillion across verticals over 6 years
15 Sep 2016
Indian Oil Corp is in talks with foreign entities to co-invest in its projects which include refinery expansions, new exploration blocks, and setting up a mega refinery in coastal Maharashtra
Anadarko to buy Freeport McMoRan’s Gulf of Mexico assets for $2 bn
14 Sep 2016
Anadarko said the deal will more than double its acreage in the Lucius development to approximately 49 per cent and add approximately 80,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day, more than 80 per cent of which is oil
India, Russia explore feasibility of gas pipeline
14 Sep 2016
An industry level working group led by Gazprom, biggest Russian gas company, and a consortium of Indian oil and gas companies is studying the feasibility of a gas pipelines for direct gas delivery from Russia to India
Cairn India shareholders agree to merger with Vedanta
13 Sep 2016
Financial institutions, including Life Insurance Corporation of India holding about 12.63 per cent of Cairn India shares, did not vote at the court-convened shareholders meet on Monday
Crude prices drop 1.5% as US rig count increases
12 Sep 2016
The successive price falls support the idea that oil will continue to bounce off the $50 per barrel mark and effectively proves "the dynamic of shale oil"
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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
