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3i makes a 2.3x return on the sale of Xellia
21 May 2013
Indonesian mine disaster toll rises to 17
21 May 2013
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SC set to hear PIL for cancelling remaining IPL fixtures
21 May 2013
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a public interest litigation later in the day seeking a stay on all remaining Indian Premier League cricket matches following the spot-fixing scandal.
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Royalty Pharma raises offer to $6.4 bn for Irish drugmaker Elan
21 May 2013
The sweetened offer comes just three weeks after Elan sold its interests in multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to its US partner Biogen Idec
![Actavis to acquire Irish specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott for $5 bn Actavis to acquire Irish specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott for $5 bn](/industry/pharma/images/logo2_domaion-b.jpg)
Actavis to acquire Irish specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott for $5 bn
20 May 2013
Warner Chilcott makes a range of products that include well-known oral contraceptives Loestrin 24 FE, Femcon FE and Ovcon
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Oil ministry proposes unit price of $6.7 for natural gas
20 May 2013
The new pricing formula would apply to all forms of natural gas, including conventional, shale and coal-bed methane (CBM), and across all consuming sectors
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US approves $10-bn LNG export facility in Texas
20 May 2013
The US energy department has conditionally authorised Freeport LNG Expansion LP and FLNG Liquefaction LLC to export LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US.
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China buys stakes in key Australian power assets
18 May 2013
The world's biggest utility company by revenue, State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), which is also the world's seventh-largest company, is planning to buy stakes in Australian power assets worth billions of dollars
![CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft](/industry/power/images/cbi_headquarters_sm_domain-b.jpg)
CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft
18 May 2013
The arrests were carried out by the CBI's internal intelligence unit, which says the cops were caught virtually red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs7 lakh from a businessman
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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
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