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IOC signs pact with Nepal oil body

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) inked an agreement on the supply of petroleum products for the next 5 years. As per the agreement, IOC...

April 28, 2012

Monsanto maize seeds hit roadblock in Gujarat

The Gujarat Government has decided to stop procuring double-cross hybrid maize seed made by seed major Monsanto, which were distributed among the farmers in the tribal areas of...

April 27, 2012

Standard & Poor’s lowers India’s rating outlook to negative, warns of downgrade

Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the Global rating agency has lowered India’s rating outlook to -ve citing slow progress on its fiscal situation, as well as deteriorating economic indicators....

April 25, 2012

Deepwater Horizon: BP agrees to pay $7.8-billion settlement

British Petroleum agreed to pay $7.8 billion in to resolve private plaintiffs affected by the spill from one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill...

March 5, 2012

Delhi Court terms ‘Microsoft India’ as “Odd Man Out”

A Delhi Court removed Microsoft India from the list of 21 websites which were made party in a civil suit. The Delhi Court calling Microsoft as: “Not a...

March 5, 2012

$3.2-bn loss reported by Areva, the French nuclear giant

Areva, the France’s State-controlled nuclear giant reported to have lost around €2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) in 2011. This was much on the back of a troubled uranium mining...

March 5, 2012

Government decides to study the ONGC auction before further stake sales

Government  to study the ONGC auction process before moving ahead with further stake sale of companies. With LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) coming to the rescue the last moment,...

March 3, 2012

HDFC Bank overtakes SBI in Market Capitalization

Recently, the 17-year-old HDFC Bank for the first time became the most valuable lender in the country overtaking the 204-year-old State Bank of India in market capitalization. Up...

January 9, 2012

ONGC gets 25% in Kazakh Oil Field

India’s Flagship explorer ONGC’s overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh,has sealed the deal to take a 25% stake in Kazakhstan’s Satpayev acreage in the Caspian Sea, marking India’s first...

December 28, 2011

India-Iran: Settled to set a Mechanism for Payment of Crude Oil

India and Iran settled to set up a mechanism for payment of crude oil. The mechanism covers the payment to Indian exporters and a few other domains. In...

December 7, 2011

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