The damage Pompeo is causing to US interests

With a distracted president brooding in the White House, Pompeo seems to think his day has come.He seems to be pushing a personal agenda before a target audience in America, observes Ambassador M K......

On 'Victory Day', Russia displays its might

Russia on Saturday staged a grand military parade in Moscow to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany in the presence of several world leaders, including President Pranab......

OVL signs pact for JV in Venezuela oil field

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has signed a joint venture agreement with Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PdVSA) to take 40 per cent stake in......

Oil majors sign deal for Venezuelan oil field

Indian flagship overseas explorer ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners have signed an agreement to develop a $20 billion oil project in Venezuela that will give energy-deficient India 3.6 million......

Indian oil PSUs win Venezuela block

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and partners Indian Oil Corporation and Oil India Ltd have won a bid to develop a major crude oil block in Venezuela, its first major overseas success since Imperial......

OVL may buy 49% stake in Venezuelan field

ONGC Videsh, the foreign arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is in talks with Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A for a stake in the Tomoporo oilfield containing about one......

PHOTOS WC qualifiers: Argentina held; Cape Verde shock SA

The small island nation of Cape Verde shook up the African qualifiers as they registered a second successive win over South Africa that suddenly sees a country of 500,000 inhabitants in with a......

Brazil beat Ecuador 4-2, to meet Paraguay in QF

Holders Brazil and their Group B rivals breathed life into the Copa America in two six-goal thrillers as they qualified for the quarter-finals with Venezuela and Paraguay on Wednesday. Brazil won......

Did SA govt bribe FIFA's ex-official Warner to get 2010 World Cup hosting rights?

Zakumi, the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The highest levels of South African government approved a US $10 million payment that US investigators suspect was a bribe to get the 2010 World Cup,......

Sports Shorts: Tendulkar against fake helmet makers

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar urges transport minister Nitin Gadkari to act against fake helmet makers. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has sought......