Oil & gas
Falling oil prices help govt trim borrowing target by Rs8,000 crore
27 Sep 2014
A fall in the international prices of crude oil has helped India reduce its subsidy outgo on fuels and thereby trim its borrowing target
Siemens acquires US oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
22 Sep 2014
The acquisition of Dresser-Rand gives Siemens access to the US oil industry at a time when a drilling boom for oil in North America has led to higher demand for energy services and equipment
Oil ministry extends deadline for comments on draft revenue sharing model till 20 September
15 Sep 2014
GAIL to make good APM gas diverted from industrial consumers in Gujarat to city gas distributors
15 Sep 2014
Free diesel prices, reform bank appointment system: RBI chief Rajan
15 Sep 2014
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, today urged the government to speed up the deregulation of diesel prices
ONGC to hike crude oil, gas output
09 Sep 2014
BP found to be “grossly negligent” in Deepwater Horizon disaster
05 Sep 2014
BO, which has already voluntarily spent $28 billion on damage claims and clean up costs, has been accused by a federal judge of gross negligence, and may face $18 billion in fresh civil penalties
Putin inaugurates work on 4,000 km gas pipeline to China
02 Sep 2014
The pipeline will provide secure and reliable clean energy for China's economic development and a long-term stable market for Russia's abundant natural gas resources
RIL, ONGC, BP, Cairn unite to demand immediate price hike
26 Aug 2014
While gas producers say 10 trillion cubic feet of gas cannot be developed at the current below-market rate of $4.2 per million British thermal unit, power producers say they cannot afford more than $5 a unit
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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
