The 92nd Academy Awards nominations have been announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
An Australian politician will table a signed petition in the Parliament this week which would ask the government to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as "genocide".
China is slowing down, Europe is barely afloat and the US is meeting a larger chunk of its own demand.
Reliance Industries and Cairn India want to drill exploration wells in already producing oil and gas fields, but the ministry's technical arm DGH had previously opined that such activity in an area that is producing hydrocarbons is not permissible under Production-Sharing Contract.
RIL had got the block in an intensely fought auction by submitting better commercial and technical bids than other bidders including ONGC-GAIL and Cairn Energy.
Pradhan said a National Data Repository which will store information on all sedimentary basins of the country is being pursued on top priority.
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UK-based Diageo's acquisition of 53.4 per cent stake in Vijay Mallya-led United Spirits for Rs 11,166.5 crore ($2 billion) could be the biggest inbound M&A deal so far this year.
India have won six ODI series on the trot. New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India.
The sharp fall in oil price is positive for oil marketers as subsidy concerns reduce further.
Sebi to fix promoters' side deals with PE investors
The early results from corporate India for the first quarter of 2015-16 are in, and these strongly suggest that a cyclical recovery is underway.
The scheme offers waiver of interest, penalty, and prosecution for settling tax disputes.
10 Indian companies are holding as much as Rs 2.34 lakh crore (Rs 2.34 trillion).
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According to media reports, CBI is looking into the entire process at the then NDA government and has asked for information from the mines ministry.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Relieved after winning a libel suit against axed IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, who had accused him of match-fixing, former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said the London High Court's verdict has lifted a "dark cloud" that has been over him for the past two years.
Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been declared bankrupt in a London court over unpaid bills of 65,000 pounds (Rs 53 lakh approx) owed to a private security firm.
Cairn India and UK's BG Group too replied to audit observations.
Delay in approvals and bureaucratic stonewalling create hurdles; experts fear return of licence raj.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
Oil Ministry is referring the deal to the Cabinet for approval after a standoff between Cairn and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation over the state-owned firm's liability to pay royalty in excess of its 30 per cent share in Cairn's mainstay Rajasthan oilfields.
New regime less harsh than the draft guidelines, has a host of exemptions.
Finance ministry officials said they were scrutinising many deals, but the actual tax liability would depend on many factors, including the kind of payment (royalty, interest, stake sale) and the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement with the country where the foreign company was based.
Given it is in a completely different business, it's a question if Vedanta can seamlessly implement the optimal strategy for Cairn
The company is in talks with BG India and Italian E&P major, ENI.
n the broader market, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading higher by 0.3% each.
As Team India's tour of New Zealand commences with the first one-dayer in Napier on Sunday, Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical dossier on contests between the two teams.
Though the Prime Minister's Office had earlier this month asked the ministry to decide on giving approvals to the $9.6-billion acquisition on merit, the Oil Ministry has slipped in 11 pre-conditions that are unlikely to be accepted by the London-listed firm.
New Zealand's cricketing Gallipoli came on February 1, 1981 when Australia captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the last ball of a One-day match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground along the ground.
No period in the recent history of Indian oil and gas sector will perhaps leave its long- lasting imprint than 2010 that saw the unfolding of two events that could shape the future of this fast growing sphere.
There will be capital gains tax of 20 per cent with indexation.
Australia has pinned its hopes on ageing warhorse Lleyton Hewitt to steer the country back into the Davis Cup's world group, naming him in both singles and doubles for their playoff against Belgium in Cairns this week.
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Three PSUs, three private firms join bid to acquire 40% stake in Haldia Petrochem.
The task of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to keep inflation under check, even when the country reeled under severe drought for two years in a row, and reduce the current account deficit, was made easier by low crude oil prices.
India Inc's merger and acquisition activity seems to be fading as the month of August was the leanest since September 2009 with total deal volume of $4.2 billion.
The government was planning to come up with a new fiscal model giving 'special incentives' for fields that were given out on nomination to ONGC and Oil India, reports Shine Jacob.
About 0.9 million standard cubic meters per day of gas produced from the fields lying in Bay of Bengal, off the Andhra Pradesh coast, is currently sold at $3.5 per million British thermal unit.
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