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3 healthy vegan recipes you should try at home

3 healthy vegan recipes you should try at home

Rediff.com21 Nov 2019

Surprise your loved one with these simple and healthy meals.

Officer and a Gentleman

Officer and a Gentleman

Rediff.com15 Nov 2021

Having known Vice Admiral Hari Kumar personally and professionally, Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd) wishedshim a fantastic tenure as Chief of the Naval Staff. Under his command may the Indian Navy grow in all dimensions as the nation strive to establish itself as a credible sea power in future.

Jio postpones roll-out of phone developed with Google to Diwali

Jio postpones roll-out of phone developed with Google to Diwali

Rediff.com10 Sep 2021

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on Friday announced deferring the roll-out of the JioPhone Next - the low-priced smartphone it has developed with Google - to Diwali. The phone was previously to be launched on September 10. Ambani at the shareholder meeting of his flagship Reliance Industries in June, had stated that the JioPhone Next will be available for purchase on September 10.

Why has Priyanka dropped 'Jonas' from her name?

Why has Priyanka dropped 'Jonas' from her name?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

Pooja shoots with Amitabh... Like Sunny and Dulquer's selfies? What Rhea does to feel the newnormal?

Oil PSUs to set up 22,000 EV charging stations

Oil PSUs to set up 22,000 EV charging stations

Rediff.com9 Nov 2021

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and two other public sector oil firms will install 22,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations over the next 3-5 years to support the nation's target to reduce its carbon intensity and reach net zero emissions by 2070. IOC, the country's largest state-controlled refiner by capacity, will set up EV charging facilities at 10,000 fuel outlets over the next three years, chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya said. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said it will set up 7,000 stations over the next five years while Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has plans for 5,000 stations.

Credit Suisse downgrades RIL to underperform

Credit Suisse downgrades RIL to underperform

Rediff.com6 Aug 2019

The brokerage reduced its target price for the company to Rs 995 per share from Rs 1,350 apiece. Credit Suisse said RIL's liabilities increased from $19 billion to $65 billion in four years.

Jewellers can now repay part of loan in physical gold

Jewellers can now repay part of loan in physical gold

Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

The RBI on Wednesday asked banks to provide an option to jewellery exporters and domestic manufacturers of gold jewellery to repay a part of Gold (metal) Loans (GML) in physical gold. As per the extant instructions, banks authorised to import gold and designated banks participating in Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 (GMS) can extend GML to jewellery exporters or domestic manufacturers of gold jewellery. GML are repaid in Indian rupees, equivalent to the value of the yellow metal borrowed.

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Advertising titan, civic activist, actor, writer Gerson da Cunha is dead

Rediff.com7 Jan 2022

Ad man Gerson da Cunha, a multi-faceted personality who was very passionate about civic activism in later years, died in Mumbai on Friday. He was 92.

Carens is another arrow in Kia's packed quiver

Carens is another arrow in Kia's packed quiver

Rediff.com29 Jul 2022

The Carens is a warning for cars such as the Tata Safari, Hyundai Alcazar, Maruti Ertiga, Toyota Innova Crista and Mahindra XUV 700, because Kia punches much harder than others in its weight category.

HPCL-MRPL merger hits cash hurdle

HPCL-MRPL merger hits cash hurdle

Rediff.com28 Apr 2019

The merged entity will become the third biggest refiner behind IOC and Reliance Industries.

Oil and gas price volatility likely to continue in 2021

Oil and gas price volatility likely to continue in 2021

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

A swift recovery in oil demand in India is not only helping the stability of the global market, it is giving huge fiscal headroom to the government in terms of additional excise duty.

Is another oil price hike looming in India?

Is another oil price hike looming in India?

Rediff.com28 Jan 2022

India is back on the diplomatic table pushing oil producing countries to raise production in a bid to cool down runaway oil prices. Brent crude oil prices traded above $90 a barrel, on Thursday, for the first time since 2014. Brent is the most popular marker for crude oil trade. It is used as a benchmark for two-thirds of the world's internationally traded crude oil.

NDA 11,000 Votes Short In Presidential Poll

NDA 11,000 Votes Short In Presidential Poll

Rediff.com7 Jun 2022

That's a deficit the NDA will have to make up with the help of 'friendly' alliance partners, the very groupings the PM has said are 'family-run'.

Mukesh Ambani looks to repeat telecom feat in new energy

Mukesh Ambani looks to repeat telecom feat in new energy

Rediff.com8 Aug 2022

Reliance Industries Ltd, whose offering of rock-bottom tariffs shook up the telecom industry, is looking to repeat the feat in the green energy business, where its billionaire chairman Mukesh Ambani sees promise to outshine all existing growth engines in 5-7 years. Having pledged Rs 6 lakh crore on green energy, Ambani says RIL will scale up investments in this business which will start going live in the next 12 months. "Over the next 12 months our investments across the Green Energy value chain will gradually start going live, scaling up over the next couple of years," Ambani, chairman and managing director of RIL, said in the company's latest annual report.

How to get out of the Great Indian Slump

How to get out of the Great Indian Slump

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

'Should the most important part of economic reform not comprise the way we look at the fiscal deficit?', asks T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.

Tough times made me stronger but needed calm and clarity: Dhawan

Tough times made me stronger but needed calm and clarity: Dhawan

Rediff.com20 Jan 2022

Shikhar Dhawan believes that every lean patch in his career has made him "stronger" but it is his clarity and calmness that has enabled him to ride over rough times.

ONGC, IOC, others to spend Rs 1.11 lakh cr capex in FY23

ONGC, IOC, others to spend Rs 1.11 lakh cr capex in FY23

Rediff.com2 Feb 2022

State-owned oil firms such as ONGC and IOC will invest over Rs 1.11 lakh crore in the next fiscal year starting April as they supplement the government's massive spending programme to spur economic growth. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), GAIL (India) Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) will together make a 7.4 per cent higher capital expenditure in the 2022-23 fiscal (FY23). The capex spending of Rs 1.11 lakh crore in 2022-23 compares with a revised estimate of Rs 1.04 lakh crore for the current fiscal year that ends in March, according to Union budget documents.

'AI is going to be used as a weapon by the bad guys'

'AI is going to be used as a weapon by the bad guys'

Rediff.com17 Oct 2022

'This is a race where every technology can be used by the bad guys and good guys.'

Indian Army gets 'Desi Bofors' guns

Indian Army gets 'Desi Bofors' guns

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

The artillery pounds targets and keeps the enemy's head down, preventing them from firing at attacking troops.

Rupee slide to impact Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum most: Fitch

Rupee slide to impact Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum most: Fitch

Rediff.com29 Aug 2013

The rated oil and gas companies, Fitch said, have a significant proportion of foreign currency-denominated debt.

Meet the most intimidating motorcycle on Indian roads

Meet the most intimidating motorcycle on Indian roads

Rediff.com29 Jun 2016

More than 2.6 meters long, a metre wide, and boasting a dry weight of 421kg, here is the flagship and most intimidating motorcycle on sale, the Indian Roadmaster.

Indian Army flexes muscles near Pak border

Indian Army flexes muscles near Pak border

Rediff.com21 Dec 2013

Ahead of Director-General of Military Operations-level talks next week, an elite Strike Corps of the Indian Army carried out wargames near the India-Pakistan border involving over 15,000 troops and over 100 tanks.

Indian firms to raise $5-billion forex loans

Indian firms to raise $5-billion forex loans

Rediff.com22 Jul 2016

The private companies announced projects worth Rs 11.33 lakh crore (Rs 11.33 trillion) during 2014-16.

Reliance reboots Aramco deal, to re-evaluate structure

Reliance reboots Aramco deal, to re-evaluate structure

Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

After missing two self-imposed deadlines, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday announced recalibration of a proposed $15 billion deal to sell 20 per cent stake in its oil refinery and petrochemical business to Saudi Aramco, saying the two firms have agreed to re-evaluate the proposed investment in light of the Indian firm's new energy forays. The stake sale talks, which were first officially revealed in August 2019, are being reset in light of Reliance making forays into new energy business in recent months by investing $10 billion in alternative energy over three years. To pivot to green energy, it has already bought a German maker of photovoltaic solar wafers and signed a deal with a Danish company to manufacture hydrogen electrolysers in India.

Remember Dalda? It's back to a New India!

Remember Dalda? It's back to a New India!

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

In its latest campaign, Dalda is stressing that it's now a refined oil brand and no longer just a vanaspati offering.

3 oil majors in race for BPCL's 53% pie: Sources

3 oil majors in race for BPCL's 53% pie: Sources

Rediff.com29 Jul 2020

According to sources, Russian energy giant Rosneft or its affiliates, Saudi Aramco and Reliance Industries are in race for BPCL's three refineries - Mumbai, Kochi in Kerala and Bina in Madhya Pradesh - 16,309 petrol pumps, 6,113 LPG distributor agencies and more than a fifth of 256 aviation fuel stations in the country.

RIL-Aramco deal fits well for both their future strategies

RIL-Aramco deal fits well for both their future strategies

Rediff.com23 Apr 2019

Aramco also plans to invest in building India's largest oil refinery on the country's west coast.

BPCL to sell Numaligarh refinery stake for Rs 9,876 cr

BPCL to sell Numaligarh refinery stake for Rs 9,876 cr

Rediff.com1 Mar 2021

Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Monday said it will exit Numaligarh refinery in Assam by selling its entire stake to a consortium of Oil India Ltd and Engineers India Ltd for Rs 9,876 crore. The sale of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd clears the way for privatisation of India's second-largest fuel retailer. In keeping with the Assam Peace Accord, the government had decided to keep Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in the public sector. As part of this, BPCL was to sell its entire 61.65 per cent stake to state-owned firms.

IOC remains the only Indian firm in Fortune 500

IOC remains the only Indian firm in Fortune 500

Rediff.com7 Jul 2003

The Indian Oil Corporation remains the only Indian firm in the Fortune 500 list of global majors and has improved its rank to 191 this year, from 226 the previous year.

IOC renews deal to buy up to 2 MT of oil from Russia's Rosneft

IOC renews deal to buy up to 2 MT of oil from Russia's Rosneft

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, has renewed a deal to buy up to 2 million tonnes of crude oil in 2022 from Russia's Rosneft, the Russian oil producer said. IOC had in February 2020 signed a deal with Rosneft Oil Company to import up to 2 million tonnes of oil via the port of Novorossiysk. In 2021, the deal envisaged supply of up to 1.7 million tonnes of crude oil but IOC bought just on parcel or shipload as the cost of transporting the oil made it uneconomical, when compared to alternatives. For 2022, the deal is for the supply of up to 2 million tonnes of oil from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

IOC Should Not DIE!

IOC Should Not DIE!

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.

7 bikes that Indians rejected

7 bikes that Indians rejected

Rediff.com13 May 2016

...because their design did not get a thumbs up from motorcycling enthusiasts here

Will the tumultuous events in Saudi affect Indian oil?

Will the tumultuous events in Saudi affect Indian oil?

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world's third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.

Petrol, diesel prices need to be hiked by Rs 12: Report

Petrol, diesel prices need to be hiked by Rs 12: Report

Rediff.com4 Mar 2022

Petrol and diesel prices, which have been on a freeze for the past four months in view of assembly elections in states like Uttar Pradesh, need to be increased by over Rs 12 per litre by March 16 for fuel retailers to break even. International crude oil prices shot above $120 a barrel for the first time in nine years on Thursday before retreating a little to $111 on Friday, but the gulf between cost and retail rates has only widened. With international oil prices - on which domestic fuel retails are directly benchmarked - spiking in the last two months, state-owned fuel retailers "need a massive price hike of Rs 12.1 per litre on or before March 16, 2022, just to breakeven and a price hike of Rs 15.1 is required" after including margins for oil firms, ICICI Securities said in a report.

How COVID-19 spoilt India's oil bonanza

How COVID-19 spoilt India's oil bonanza

Rediff.com1 May 2020

'The impact of COVID-19 on the economy has been so overwhelming that even a significant drop in global oil prices, which in normal times would have brought cheer, has posed new challenges for the government,' observes A K Bhattacharya.

4 trends that shaped Indian industry in 2017

4 trends that shaped Indian industry in 2017

Rediff.com26 Dec 2017

From crisis leaders to future Goliaths, India Inc saw them all in 2017, says Shailesh Dobhal.

Weak crude oil may bring Rs 88,800-cr gains this year

Weak crude oil may bring Rs 88,800-cr gains this year

Rediff.com9 Aug 2015

Indian basket at 6-month low of $49.11 a bbl

What makes India a hotspot for global oil firms

What makes India a hotspot for global oil firms

Rediff.com21 Aug 2019

Experts say local demand, government policies in retail and refining sector are attracting foreign players.

Reliance Q3 net up 12% on strong momentum in retail, Jio

Reliance Q3 net up 12% on strong momentum in retail, Jio

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported a 12 per cent rise in December quarter net profit on improving oil-to-chemical business, strong continued momentum in retail and steady telecom unit Jio.

Why gold refinery consolidation is the need of the hour

Why gold refinery consolidation is the need of the hour

Rediff.com25 Apr 2016

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's decision to cut arbitrage may ensure that the standards of purity of the refined gold in the Indian market meet the global benchmark