Brisbane becomes the third Australian city to get the Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Indian Oil Corporation may bid for acquiring petrol pumps owned by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Jet, a subsidiary of Canoco Philips, in Thailand to expand its retailing operations beyond India.
Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest oil firm, lost about Rs 4,900 crore (Rs 49 billion) in revenues during the first quarter of the current fiscal on selling fuel below the cost.
Cricket and the Olympics made for strange bedfellows when the sport featured in its roster for the first and only time in the 1900 edition of the games in Paris.
Only 47 per cent of tickets have been sold so far, while premium events and opening ceremony have been technically sold out
On Wednesday, Thakur asked the protesting wrestlers not to take any step that could undermine sports or hurt players, and said appropriate action will be taken once the probe into their allegations is completed. He also urged the wrestlers to be patient and have faith in the apex court.
The US needs to make a more serious commitment to the fight against performance enhancing drugs.
Tatas have joined hands with state refiner Indian Oil and exploration firm Oil India Ltd to consider bidding for acquiring Caspian Energy Group LLP's (CEG) interest in an Azerbaijan oil field.Tata Petrodyne Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, has joined the IOC-OIL combine to make a bid to buy CEG's 51 per cent stake in the Shivran Oil Operating Company that runs the Kyurovdag oil field in Azerbaijan, industry sources said.
IOC had challenged the Uttar Pradesh government decision.
IOC's marketing director GC Daga said that the company is planning to open 1,000 rural outlets with Kisan Seva Kendras or farmer service centres attached to them.
Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage on September 5, 1972 at the athletes' village by Palestinians from the Black September group.
The International Olympic Committee will issue guidelines this week aimed at protecting athletes and visitors from Zika, a mosquito-borne virus spreading rapidly across South America months before the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
Olympic chief Bach said on Saturday that he was sure clean Russian athletes would compete at the 2016 Games
