'This confrontation could have been avoided by a less arrogant administration that initially listened, used whatever negotiating skills they had and tried to be more credible,' observes Ramesh Menon.
Oil sank to the lowest level in a month after shedding all of its gains from the US-Iran clash as traders waited to see whether any further hostilities will disrupt exports from the East Asia.
Without directly referring to the farmers' agitation, which entered the 17th day on Saturday, Modi said agriculture reforms as part of government efforts are aimed at removing roadblocks, and the new laws will also bring in technology and investment in the sector.
In the last one week several companies have had to face the hurdle of making a distinction between what's essential and what's not. To help them the government has now clarified that grocery would include hygiene products such as hand wash, soaps, disinfectants, body wash, shampoo, surface cleaners, detergents, tissue paper, toothpaste, oral care, sanitary pads, diapers, chargers and battery cells, etc.
Although assembly election are 16 months away, it makes sense to let his party know he's very much in the running for the job he's currently holding.
Among the panels announced on Thursday is the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) to be headed by the prime minister with Shah as the other member.
Mayawati said the "chaiwala" prime minister has now turned "chowkidar" and this shows the "change" India witnessed under this government.
The OilMin is likely to announce the price for next six months soon.
Last week, RIL and urea companies failed to settle the key terms of gas supply from April 1 upon expiry of the five-year contracts that priced gas from the eastern offshore KG-D6 fields at $4.205 per million British thermal units.
With the price of gas from its fields in the Krishna-Godavari basin expected to be higher than rivals, Reliance Industries is targeting automobiles and domestic users because power and fertiliser plants may not be able to afford it.
Several families were evacuated from Champakkara area near Kochi after leakage of ammonia gas from a barge on Friday night, district authorities said
Analysts and the central bank remain concerned about widening oil subsidies.
Pune-based Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation said on Monday it would be investing Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) to set up a greenfield ammonium nitrate plant in Paradip in Orissa.
India's total fertiliser subsidy burden in the current financial year is more than double the budgetry allocation of Rs 24,500 crore (Rs 245 billion) as announced in the Budget.
Cumulatively, the eight core sectors grew by 4.2 per cent in 2017-18, lowest in the last three financial years.
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Lawyers say open offer must for twin stake purchase to meet Sebi rules.
Do the actual numbers bear out the claims made by the government or do they suggest something else? asks A K Bhattacharya.
The high-pitched election speeches skipped corporate issues, unlike during the assembly polls about four months ago.
These stocks have rallied up to 25% on the BSE in the past month, against the Sensex's 1% gain.
The PM alleged that a 'PC' (percentage commission) culture has become the state government's identity.
The Rs 3,200-crore (Rs 32 billion) Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd is expecting to land itself long term gas supply contracts to various domestic fertiliser and power producers, including the Dabhol project, by the end of this year.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
From carrying portraits of their sons and husbands who have committed suicide due to agrarian distress to picketing to doing sewa 24x7 at langars, women have shown a rare determination not to capitulate before the government.
The standard line that is used for anyone -- academics, minorities, farmers, dissident industrialists -- who points out that what the government is doing is wrong is being anti-national and separatists, reveals Aakar Patel.
Barring rice, spices, iron ore and pharmaceuticals, all the remaining 26 key sectors registered negative growth in May. Imports too plunged 51 per cent to $22.2 billion in May.
Softening inflation, Das said would make available more policy space to the central bank to address risks to the growth going forward.
Bangladesh government has agreed in principle to construct a 30-km pipeline for supplying gas to the Tata Group's proposed fertiliser plant in Chittagong.
Addressing an election rally at Government Polytechnic Ground at Khurja town in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, he also raked up the demonetisation issue, saying all sections of people of the society suffered losses due to the Centre's move.
After being forced to resign as chairman of MCF, Mallya is now keen on increasing his stake in the company
He said that Stalin has come a long way from organising youth under the party in his younger days to moulding himself as a future leader of the DMK.
