Patanjali Pahwa &Amp;Amp; Kalpana Pathak

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S&P lowers India's GDP growth forecast

S&P lowers India's GDP growth forecast

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2012

S&P also cut China?s GDP growth forecast to 7.5%t and that of rest of Asia.

SC case: B-schools seek compromise

SC case: B-schools seek compromise

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2012

Last February, the Education Promotion Society of India, Association of Indian Management Schools and Jaipuria Group of Institutions filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the AICTE notification, dated December 28, 2010, which curtailed Post Graduate Diploma in Management institutions' autonomy on deciding fee structure, admissions, syllabus and examination.

IndianOil to invest Rs 50,000 cr in refining expansion

IndianOil to invest Rs 50,000 cr in refining expansion

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2012

With the investment, the company's refining capacity will rise 60 per cent from the present 65.7 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 105 mtpa by 2022.

Slowdown skips IIMs

Slowdown skips IIMs

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2012

Pre-placement offers point to a buoyant hiring season

New IIMs to synchronise placement process

New IIMs to synchronise placement process

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2012

Though the number of IIMs has gone up in the past two years -- from seven to 13 -- the pool of companies which these B-schools approach for placements, remains largely the same.

HPCL's Rs 30k-cr plant stuck on Western Ghat moratorium

HPCL's Rs 30k-cr plant stuck on Western Ghat moratorium

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2012

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report, submitted by ecologist Madhav Gadgil last year, was further delaying the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300-billion) refinery project of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) in Maharashtra, a senior official of the state-run oil marketing firm said. The project has already been delayed due to bureaucratic red tape.

RIL-BP to supply gas to Andhra power projects

RIL-BP to supply gas to Andhra power projects

Rediff.com   21 Aug 2012

India Gas Solutions the equal joint venture between the two companies, is looking to sell LNG to five power producers in Andhra Pradesh - GMR, GVK, Lanco Infratech, Sravanthi Energy and Konaseema Gas.

ONGC to sell 26% stake in KG block

ONGC to sell 26% stake in KG block

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2012

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will shortly farm out nearly 26 per cent stake in its KG-DWN-2004/6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin to Japan's Inpex Corporation.

Air India's Rs 2,000 cr dues worry OMCs

Air India's Rs 2,000 cr dues worry OMCs

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2012

"Air India is unable to pay even after a 90-day credit period. They owe us about Rs 300 crore without interest. There is also no bank guarantee from Air India to any of the oil marketing companies. We do not know when will the company honour its dues," said a BPCL official on condition of anonymity.

IndianOil to set up refinery in Sri Lanka for Rs 20,000 cr

IndianOil to set up refinery in Sri Lanka for Rs 20,000 cr

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2012

To be second Indian company after Essar to have a refinery abroad

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2012

In its latest annual report, IIM-A has said it generated a net surplus of Rs 6.83 crore (Rs 68.3 million) for fiscal 2010-11 against an operating loss of Rs 50.49 lakh (Rs 5.04 million) in 2009-10, and Rs 6.33 crore (Rs 63.3 million) in 2008-09.

RIL wants import-parity price for its gas

RIL wants import-parity price for its gas

Rediff.com   28 May 2012

Needed, it says, for covering its return and risks; also wants govt to stick to contract on output sharing

She-change in energy sector; Hilton to head Shell India

She-change in energy sector; Hilton to head Shell India

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

Mehta's exit and Hilton's entry would see the company making history in India, where women have remained out of the chairperson's slot in energy companies, private or state-run.

Airlines may import fuel jointly

Airlines may import fuel jointly

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

Aviation companies plan to join hands for importing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in a bid to bring down their fuel bills.

Reliance, BP set to kick off imported LNG marketing

Reliance, BP set to kick off imported LNG marketing

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2012

The companies are in talks with Shell, Petronet LNG to book capacity

Hiranandani, Hyundai in talks for LNG terminal

Hiranandani, Hyundai in talks for LNG terminal

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2012

If the talks materialise, this would mark Hyundai's foray into the LNG terminal construction space in India.

OIL wants loss-sharing formula reworked

OIL wants loss-sharing formula reworked

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2012

Burdened with the impact of subsidising the retail losses of downstream oil marketing companies (OMCs), Oil India Ltd has asked the Union government to take the average of the last five years' net profit for calculating the proportionate share of upstream companies, against the current practice of the last three years' average.

RIL to develop 4 satellite fields in KG block

RIL to develop 4 satellite fields in KG block

Rediff.com   23 Jan 2012

After a long wait for government approval, Reliance Industries (RIL) is to begin work on development of four satellite fields -- D-2, D-6, D-19 and D-22 -- in India's largest gas field, block D6 in the Krishna-Godavari basin, or KG-D6.

PSUs lead the charge for BG stake in Gujarat Gas

PSUs lead the charge for BG stake in Gujarat Gas

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2012

The countdown for BG's stake sale in Gujarat Gas Company (GGCL) begins tomorrow. Three months after BG made its intention of divesting its stake clear, over half a dozen potential bidders are likely to submit non-binding bids for BG's 65.12 per cent stake in the country's largest natural gas distributor by sales.

Esop idea spreads across corporate India

Esop idea spreads across corporate India

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2011

One effect of the globalisation of Indian business has been the rise in the grant by companies to staffers of employee stock options.