Why, when foreigners are around, do we have to suddenly look down upon our own countrymen? Frankly, the whole thing gets me a little upset. And frustrated. I would never think of giving priority to any foreigner over an Indian if I was running as establishment. Except, of course, Angeline Jolie.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the state received investment proposals worth Rs 3.42 lakh crore during this year's business summit. Addressing the valedictory session of the Bengal Global Business Summit, she said that a total of 137 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and Letters of Intent (LoI) were signed for the investments. Banerjee also said that the summit would create 40 lakh new jobs across sectors.
India-born billionaire Lakshmi Mittal will pay Russia's Lukoil $980-million
India expects to attract at least $4 billion of investment in oil and gas hunt in the seventh round of auction of acreage under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) which was launched on Thursday.Petroleum Minister Murli Deora announced the offer of 57 oil and gas blocks - nine in shallow water, 19 in deep-sea and 29 onland, in NELP-VII, bids for which will close on April 11, 2008.
India is increasingly a willing participant in the evolving US' Indo-Pacific strategy. While these developments are related to the perception of a growing Chinese security challenge, their implications for India's much-vaunted strategic autonomy should be a matter of deeper and closer reflection, asserts former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Wednesday it will begin production from its ultra deep sea gas discovery in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the east coast by 2012-13.
The body has been identified as that of Captain T K Guha. The search is on for the other pilot.
Fresh from losing a prime property in Angola, ONGC Videsh has sought greater freedom in bidding for oil and gas assets abroad and a rethink on the mechanism of approval of its investment proposals.
OceanGate was meant to explore the wreck of the sunken Titanic, in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, Canada.
In anticipation of a verdict to be delivered by the International Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Tuesday, China has orchestrated a worldwide campaign to defuse its findings.
The current price is among the lowest in Asia Pacific.
Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth straight English top flight title with a 3-1 win over West Ham United.
Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the naked eye, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Baga and Gokarna make the list of the world's top 100 beaches.
The company discovered 3.75 trillion cubic feet of in-place gas reserves under coal seams in Sohagpur coal bed methane (CBM) blocks in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, senior officials said.
The government is expecting a 'huge' response to its largest ever auction of 55 oil and gas blocks for which bids close on Friday.
No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall. Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide. Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon observes there was considerable publicity on how much the government was geared up to face the storm and its aftermath.
The electrifying atmosphere was a testament to the unwavering support of CSK's ardent followers.
It said the weather system was expected to intensify into a deep depression by 5.30 am on Wednesday and turn into Cyclone Mocha in the next 12 hours, packing wind speeds of 80-90 kmph and gusting to 100 kmph.
A well-marked low pressure over Bay of Bengal and Indian ocean is likely to concentrate into a depression in the next 24 hours, and bring heavy rainfall to coastal Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry from December 1, MeT office said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port authorities said the high-tech Chinese research vessel that was to dock there on Thursday won't reach the port as scheduled, according to a media report, days after India expressed security concerns over its presence in the island nation.
British energy firm Cairn Energy on Wednesday said its oil and gas operations in offshore Andhra Pradesh have not been affected by the Tsunami tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake.
India on Thursday offered 55 oil and gas blocks and 10 coal bed methane blocks for bidding under the sixth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy in an attempt to raise domestic output.\n
'People should realise that what we are fighting for today is actually for tomorrow, for future generations.'
Companies awarded blocks in three rounds of India's New Exploration Licencing Policy are expected to invest $3 billion in exploration, junior oil minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said on Tuesday.\n\n\n\n
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has made a huge gas find in the Krishna Godavari-Basin, ONGC Director Offshore Operations N K Mitra said in New Delhi on Friday.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the international arm of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, will take 25 per cent stake in two deep sea oil and gas exploration blocks in Nigeria.\n
Heavy falls at isolated places are very likely over Kerala on April 29 and 30. The system will not make landfall in Tamil Nadu, but may bring light rain in some northern parts, it said.
China and Pakistan on Friday signed eight agreements, including a whopping $18 billion deal to build a 200 km-long strategic tunnel through the rugged PoK, as the two all-weather allies sought to boost economic ties and supply critical oil to the energy-hungry Communist giant.
Injury due to self-cleaning of ears with Q-tips or sharp objects like pencils, pins, forceps also contribute to hearing loss, warns Dr Aditi Sinha.
French oil major TotalFinaElf is keen on taking stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's deep-sea oil and gas blocks.\n\n\n\n
The development marks a major milestone in Indian Navy's submarine programme as the vessel is expected to bolster India's maritime prowess
The blocks on offer include one in the prospective Krishna-Godavari basin in the Bay of Bengal, where Reliance Industries found a large field with estimated reserves of 14.5 trillion cubic feet of gas last year.\n\n\n\n
India's Reliance Industries raised on Wednesday its estimate of gas reserves -- already one of the country's largest recent finds -- by nearly 40 per cent, and unveiled ambitious investment plans for oil to telecoms.
Riled by Sri Lanka's request to defer the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota Port, China on Monday took a dig at India, saying it was "senseless to pressure" Colombo by citing the issue of security concerns.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has struck a large gas field in the Krishna-Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal, home for the gigantic gas find of Reliance Industries Ltd.
In all likelihood, the next conventional Chinese attack on India would be preceded by a massive cyber attack designed to cripple Indian networks and interfere with our disaster-relief programmes.
