Oil & gas
Government to sell 5 per cent ONGC stake via auction
28 Feb 2012
The sale of five per cent stake in ONGC is expected to fetch the government over Rs12,000 crore
BP seeks three-fold hike in KG-D6 gas price
27 Feb 2012
BP oil spill trial delayed amid settlement talks
27 Feb 2012
EU committee fails to decide on tar sands issue
24 Feb 2012
Swiss energy group Addax & Oryx in sale talks with Emerging Capital for African downstream assets
21 Feb 2012
Government toughens stand on falling D6 output
20 Feb 2012
Oil minister Jaipal Reddy says the government will likely serve notice on Reliance Industries over dwindling gas production, which has thrown the government’s energy planning out of gear
Iran stops crude sale to British and French companies
20 Feb 2012
Iran has stopped sale of crude to British and French companies, the Iranian oil ministry said yesterday. The move comes as a retaliation against fresh EU sanctions
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
