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Modi urges oil suppliers to review payment terms to ease rupee woes
15 Oct 2018
India, which imports more than 80 per cent of its oil requirements, has been under pressure as crude oil prices have surged by 50 per cent in dollar terms and by 70 per cent in rupee terms in just one year, as the rupee continued to lose value
PetroChina to open office in Mumbai: report
10 Oct 2018
PetroChina already buys refined products from Nayara Energy and Reliance Industries, while the Chinese state-owned refiners are boosting shipments of oil products such as diesel to Europe, South America and West Africa
Saudi Aramco may invest in refinery project in Pakistan's Gwadar
05 Oct 2018
While details of the refinery are to be finalised after a memorandum of understanding approved by Pakistan’s cabinet is finalised, the proposal gives a new life to China’s economic corridor through Pakistan
India cuts petrol, diesel prices to offset oil rise, rupee losses
04 Oct 2018
With a similar cut by BJP-ruled states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh the effective reduction in the price of petrol and diesel in these states stands at Rs5 per litre
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US, Japanese scientists share 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine
01 Oct 2018
Their discoveries led to the creation of a multibillion-dollar market for new cancer medicines, particularly drugs targeting PD-1 blockade that are given as infusions, whose sales are expected to reach some $15 billion this year
Govt scraps MCI, appoints 7-member panel in place
27 Sep 2018
The government was decided to set up an interim committee in place of the “corrupt” Medical Council of India ahead of the setting up of the proposed National Medical Commission (NMC)
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