India loses ONGC Videsh discovered Farzad-B gas field in IranONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), had in 2008 discovered a giant gas field...
18 May, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says 'we have to act'While a Senate vote on new gun control would be the first in several years, Democrats do not have the votes to pass any significant reform.
24 Mar, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
India set to lose Farzad-B gas field; Iran to prefer domestic companies over foreign firmsAfter sitting over OVL's proposal for years, the National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) informed the firm in February this year about its intention...
18 Oct, 2020, 01.48 PM IST
Iran agreed to buy OVL gas but US sanctions stalled talksAny company investing in the Iranian oil field will attract US sanctions, crippling its ability to access the international financial syste...
05 Sep, 2019, 04.46 PM IST
Adityanath doles out Rs 1,400 crore worth of projects in Noida, Gr NoidaDuring the visit, he also laid the foundation stones of three major infrastructure projects altogether costing Rs 1,165.28 crore.
25 Jan, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
Pathankot attack: Two terrorists hide through night, renew airbase attackAt the time of going to the press, two more fidayeens were holed up at the base and the operation by security forces to flush them out was ...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
Year-end special: 2016 can also be remembered as the year of militant attacksUri attack shook India so much that it hit terror launch pads in PoK with a surgical strike. Here's an analysis of such attacks that killed...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.10 PM IST
Delhi most vulnerable UT in India’s first disaster risk index, Maharashtra leads statesThe index factors in exposure of population, agriculture and livestock and environmental risk in drawing up the rankings.
10 Jun, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
6 ways to verify your income tax returnAs per the existing tax laws, a return filed by the taxpayer is not valid until it is verified as filed by the concerned assessee.
03 Aug, 2017, 05.20 PM IST
Startup India: Intent declared, action should followThe action plan is great in a number of ways and has the potential to be path breaking, but also contains some topics that need to be addre...
20 Jan, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
ISRO focussing on low cost access to space: A S Kiran KumarIndian Space Research Organisation is moving forward with the development of heavy lift launchers and reusable launch vehicles with its mai...
19 Sep, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
Narendra Modi government eases incorporation of business, process to take just 1 form starting todayNew enterprises needed to fill up eight separate forms earlier. This is part of govt’s drive to make it easier to do business in the countr...
01 May, 2015, 07.47 AM IST
Has commercialisation of books killed good writing? Jaipur Literature Festival debatesCelebrated Tamil writer C S Laxmi expressed the concern "amidst the intellectual community" about the commercial aspect overtaking real wri...
23 Jan, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
Books: Top authors' top reads in 2014Amit Chaudhuri, who is also an acclaimed musician and a professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia, named four b...
28 Dec, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Jhumpa Lahiri, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi in DSC Prize shortlistLahiri's "The Lowland", an intimate portrayal of two brothers and political passion was earlier on the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist as w...
28 Nov, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
Developer earns Rs 893cr toll on Gurgaon expresswayBut there is doubt among some National Highway Authority of India officials about the toll records since the volume of traffic has risen st...
10 Sep, 2013, 04.57 AM IST