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India to double clean energy capacity in four years: PM
17 Apr 2013
Addressing the energy ministers of the world’s 20 leading economies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India would exploit non-conventional energy sources to double its renewable energy capacity to 55,000 MW by 2017
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Kazakhstan may edge out ONGC to hand over Kashagan oilfield to China
By By Ravi Kunder | 16 Apr 2013
Kazakhstan could edge out ONGC from its largest foreign acquisition — ConocoPhillips 8.4-per cent stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield — only to sell it to a Chinese state-owned giant, reports Ravi Kunder
Biofuels to cost UK motorists £460 mn: study
16 Apr 2013
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Italy opposes handing over of ‘killer marines’ probe to NIA
16 Apr 2013
Italy is opposed to the NIA handling the case because it is concerned that the agency could invoke maritime laws and charges that were punishable with a death sentence
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BP’s Dudley, RIL’s Ambani meet PM, seek market-driven gas price
16 Apr 2013
BP and RIL have been lobbying against the C Rangarajan Committee recommendation of doubling domestic natural gas price, saying it will be inadequate to bring high-risk deep sea discoveries to production
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Liberty Global's $22.5 bn Virgin Media deal gets EU green light
15 Apr 2013
The US cable firm, which operates the largest cable network in the EU outside the UK, will now be pitted against Rupert Murdoch's British satellite TV operation BSkyB
Petrol price cut further by Re1 per litre
15 Apr 2013
IAEA launches fresh probe into Fukushima plant
15 Apr 2013
Centrica, Qatar Petroleum to buy Suncor Energy’s Canadian hydrocarbon assets for $987 mn
15 Apr 2013
Tesco to exit US venture Fresh & Easy
15 Apr 2013
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Thermo Fisher nears $12.8-bn takeover of Life Technologies: report
15 Apr 2013
A successful deal would be the biggest acquisition for Thermo Fisher, the world's second-largest maker of lab instruments, since the 2006 merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific International for $12.8 billion
AIR to launch 24-hour news channel
13 Apr 2013
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‘Coalgate’: Oppn seeks SIT probe into alleged tampering of CBI report
13 Apr 2013
The Congress has rejected the charge that law minister Ashwani Kumar has intervened to doctor the CBI report on the coal scam prepared for the Supreme Court
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