Countries with abundant resources are faring worse in terms of development than those with less.
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley also called on all countries to sever economic and diplomatic ties with Pyongyang to curb its nuclear programme.
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
US has sent out a warning bell to India for carrying out business with Russia.
Reliance Industries has since April stopped selling gasoline and gas oil to Iran in an apparent bid to escape sanctions by the US, where it is eyeing an acquisition.
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The government on Tuesday cleared nine fresh proposals for setting up special economic zones, most of which are related to IT and ITES, followed by the bio-technology sector.
IOC owns about 74 per cent in BRPL and the merger would be effective on Wednesday, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shareholders of BRPL will get four shares of IOC for every 37 shares they held.
The reversal of Trump's policy with regard to Iran, like the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, may not be a matter of just turning the clock back, but one of patient negotiations, with uncertain consequences in the post-COVID-19 world, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Natural gas is clearly a Union subject but states and the courts have ignored this rule and added to the chaos, says Latha Jishnu.
The bond market expects at least 25 basis points cut in the June 6 policy.
Research and ratings agencies like Icra and Moody's have said the CAD in 2018-19 would be much higher than 2017-18
The rouble has fallen about 45 per cent against the dollar this year.
Industry sources said the carrier owed over Rs 620 crore to BPCL and HPCL, besides Rs 160 crore to IOC. However, Kingfisher Airlines is not the only company with oil dues. Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways and state-owned Air India started this financial year with accumulated dues of Rs 4,000 crore to oil companies and airports, sources said. The three airlines are collectively projected to incur operating losses of Rs 5,000 crore, industry estimates suggest.
Govt may further hike excise on petrol, diesel before Budget.
Can we find fault with RBI for not intervening enough in the market? Actually no, say some experts. A correction in rupee was long overdue.
There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability. That India needs a spell of benevolent dictatorship. Of course, they have never lived under one, points out Shekhar Gupta.
The CM has announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of those killed.
China is engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. Beijing has also made substantial progress in militarising its man-made islands in the past few years, which it says it has the right to defend.
"10 minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone".
India became more dependent on Iraqi oil recently after it cut supplies from the sanctions-hit Iran.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sudnay arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit.
Markets finished the session on a dismal note with Sensex closing at its lowest level since August 2014.
'It is in the interests of everybody, including those named in the report, to have the truth established,' says UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor.
Jagat hands over Congress letter on Iraq visit to ED
Amidst a storm over proposal to shut petrol pumps during night to taper fuel demand, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday said the government had not made any such proposal and the idea had come from public.
Modi would be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on June 13-14.
India and Pakistan will on Tuesday discuss financing of the $4.1-billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, the transit fee that Islamabad will charge for allowing the passage of the pipeline to India and security issues.
Last week, Pakistan and Iran had signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the 2600-km project.
Value addition is one of the chief requirements for coconut to become a commercially lucrative crop. Surinder Sud reports.
Geopolitical climate and equity markets as supportive for gold's role as a risk hedge.
General Soleimani headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force and also served as Iran's pointman on Iraq.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has rubbished US criticism of it teaming up with a Chinese firm to acquire a Syrian oilfield,
The 15-member body called for enhanced actions, from closing financial system loopholes to stopping the abuse of charitable causes, as well as updating the existing IS and Al Qaeda sanctions list.
Risk sentiment is likely to be favourable if oil prices stay benign, global growth sentiment remains robust and the dollar index does not break out, says B Prasanna.
'There will be much for President Trump and Prime Minister Modi to discuss including growing Chinese military cooperation with Pakistan, which heralds a new attempt by China and Pakistan to neutralise India's influence in its Indian Ocean neighbourhood,' notes Ambassador G Parthasarathy.
