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BP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster

BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon...

📅 November 18, 2012

“Omnishambles” – word of the year by Oxford English Dictionary

"Omnishambles" has been named word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary. The meaning of the word...

📅 November 17, 2012

Indiaex-2012: US And Indian Navies Demonstrate Submarine Rescue Operations

INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. First time where the compatibility of a U.S. Navy’s...

📅 November 16, 2012

Greece’s economic depression deepens in 3rd quarter

Greece’s economic slump deepened in the 3rd quarter, with its O/P shrinking 7.2% on an annual basis as...

📅 November 16, 2012

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak honoured with Kyoto Prize

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Ms Spivak is amongst the recipients of this year’s Kyoto Prize. She won the award...

📅 November 15, 2012

U.K. halts further aid to India

Buckling under mounting domestic pressure, the British government declared stop to additional financial aid to India but all...

📅 November 13, 2012

India set to join talks for creating “RCEP”, the largest trade bloc

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) = 16 Countries = 10 (ASEAN Countries) + 6 Others (China + Japan...

📅 November 13, 2012

Pakistan relaxes land route trade rules

Pakistan has moved nearer to conceding the promised most-favored nation status to India by the year-end by increasing...

📅 November 12, 2012

Nepal elected to UN ECOSOC board

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Nepal along with 17 other countries were elected board members of...

📅 November 11, 2012

India, Britain to step up cooperation in cyber security

India and Britain decided to step up cooperation in cyber security during their Foreign Minister-level talks. SHARED CORE...

📅 November 10, 2012

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