Singapore's Ng Ser Miang is expected to announce a bid for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Wednesday, a source close to the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday.
'Risk for the other residents of Olympic village and risk for the Japanese people is zero'
Indian Oil Corp, the country's largest oil firm, has opened its first petrol station in Mauritius, making it the second country after Sri Lanka where IOC has begun fuel retailing outside India.
A total of 11 countries are boycotting the championships due to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian boxers.
By forcing Kenyan athletes to undergo additional drugs tests before allowing them to compete in Rio, the International Olympic Committee is trying to intimidate his countrymen, a former running champion said on Wednesday.
In news that will please Indian sports lovers, IOA secretary-general Rajeev Mehta confirmed on Tuesday that the International Olympic Committee has lifted the ban on India.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will retest frozen samples from previous Games after an improved testing method led to hundreds of positive cases that went undetected, according to a German television channel.
Modi is believed to have signed on Ashok's appointment file before he left for Brazil to attend BRICS Summit, an oil ministry official said in New Delhi.
Indian Oil Corporation and its partner Oil India Ltd have won an oil block in Libya in the first ever joint foray in oil and gas exploration overseas.
Franchise is the future but Australia rule the here and now
Deutsche Bank has chosen Indian Oil Corp as one of the top global stock picks in the oil and gas sector.
The successor to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge will remain an unpaid volunteer after all six presidential hopefuls turned down the idea of a salary, Rogge said on Friday.
N G Kannan, director (marketing), Indian Oil Corporation, has taken over as the managing director of petro-retailer IBP Co Ltd.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russia from the Olympic Games
Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest oil marketing company, has put on hold its plan to set up a 15-million tonne refinery at Haldia due to the economic downturn.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no plans to cut short the global torch relay despite disruptions by protesters in London and Paris, Olympic chief Jacques Rogge told the Wall Street Journal. Reports the IOC executive board would consider scrapping the torch relay outside China at a meeting in Beijing later this week are "based on a misunderstanding", the IOC president told the paper.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), urging the world body's Executive Board to reconsider its decision to remove wrestling from the 2020 Summer Games roster.
The government has approved the merger of fuel retailer IBP Co Ltd with IOC in an amalgamation that would provide the state-run refiner improve profits and allow the new entity to compete against private firms and multinationals.
The International Olympic Committee's financial reserves edged close to one billion dollars in 2012 up from just $105 million (67 million pounds) when outgoing president Jacques Rogge took over 12 years ago, he said in his final report on Sunday.
The country's largest refiner Indian Oil Corp is planning an initial public offer of its Sri Lankan subsidiary Lanka IOC by June this year to raise between $20-25 million.
The choice of Beijing as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics over Kazakhstan's Almaty was a solid vote for the tried and tested, and the financial and organisational security of China.
UWW boss Nenad Lalovic also said the world body will require a "robust plan" from the stake-holders guaranteeing a "safe environment" where grapplers can report abuse and harassment, and a clear hearing process is in place.
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday warned India of a possible ban from the Olympics unless it resolves the spat over the country's sports chiefs. After a two-day meeting in Lusanne, the IOC executive board said India will have take care of a number of issues.
Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong's Sydney 2000 Olympic medal is back with the International Olympic Committee.
Thirty one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after 454 doping samples were re-tested from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
A Taiwanese Olympic gold medallist has lost his appeal against a ruling which barred him from taking part in an election for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' commission last year.
'The IOC was not consulted about the OCA decision with regard to the Asian Winter Games and was not involved in the decision-making process.'
Indian Oil Corporation may expand its Haldia refinery in West Bengal to 7.4 million tonnes from 6 million tonnes, IOC chairman M S Ramachandran said on Monday.
Female sport in Afghanistan has been crushed since the Taliban took over from a Western-backed government in August 2021.
The International Olympic Committee has warned of "appropriate measures" against India in its next executive board meeting this July if the country's sports ministry goes ahead with a legislation which puts a limit on the age and tenure of sports federation heads.
The International Olympic Committee will consider taking action against pole vault world champion Yelena Isinbayeva, a Youth Olympics ambassador, after her comments in favour of Russia's new gay law triggered a major controversy last month.
Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, M S Ramachandran, said on Wednesday that the possibility of merging its subsidiary IBP & Co Ltd with the parent company cannot be ruled out.
The defence budget was on Thursday increased to Rs 6.21 lakh crore for 2024-25 in a modest hike of 4.72 per cent from last year's allocation of Rs 5.25 lakh crore amid India's continuing border row with China in eastern Ladakh as well as concerns over evolving security situation in the strategic waterways.
'Bach's latest statement goes against Olympic principles.'
Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, India will seek to showcase its ascendency as a sporting power at the Asian Games, which opens formally on Saturday after an unprecedented one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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