Budget 2o24: What's cheaper and what's costlier? Here's the listUnion Budget 2024 Cheaper Costlier List: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced customs duty cuts on gold, silver, platinum, and oth...
24 Jul, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Govt amends ammonium nitrate rules to curb pilferage; introduces fire-fighting provisionsNearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate was stored at Beirut's port for six years that detonated in August 2020, wreaking death and destructi...
21 Sep, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Fertiliser sales up 12% year-on-year in April-December periodThe FY 2021 is to be a pivotal year for the fertiliser industry characterised by record sales volume growth, healthy profitability and allo...
27 Jan, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to UN: Hezbollah storing missiles in BeirutIn an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu pointed to maps purportedly showing the missile depot's location next to a gas compan...
30 Sep, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
Warnings flashed for years of explosives at heart of Beirut, shows a newly surfaced documentYet in a circle of negligence, nothing was done - and on Tuesday, the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up, obliterating the city's main ...
08 Aug, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
Beirut's accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disasterProkoshev said the ship was carrying 2,750 tonnes of a highly combustible chemical from Georgia to Mozambique when the order came to divert...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
Govt may consider import duty cut on raw material for fertiliser industry in BudgetThe government may consider cut in import duty on raw material used in the fertiliser industry in the forthcoming budget with a view to boo...
26 Jan, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
Future of health: This temperature-sensitive gel treatment could seal eye injuriesThe reversible, temporary seal developed at University of Southern California (USC) changes from a fluid to a super-strong semi-solid.
08 Dec, 2017, 05.42 PM IST
Coal India to buy 50% stake in IOC’s explosives divisionCoal India Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire 50% stake in Indian Oil Corporation’s explosives division.
06 Feb, 2016, 01.42 AM IST
Vedanta lines up over Rs 20,500 cr for Rajasthan businessMining conglomerate Vedanta has set aside more than Rs 20,500 crore towards investment in oil and gas and zinc business in Rajasthan over t...
16 Oct, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
Budget 2012: IFAPA proposes WTO recommended level of duties on Ferro Alloys & its Raw MaterialsThe association is also looking forward to a reduction in the duty on basic raw material to 0% from the present level of 2.5%-7.5%.
23 Feb, 2012, 02.31 PM IST
- Fertiliser stocks up ahead of cabinet meet
Shares in most fertiliser stocks gain on hopes that the government would consider giving freedom to fertilisers companies to fix maximum re...
30 Jun, 2011, 11.38 AM IST
- Cabinet defers decision on freeing DAP prices
Cabinet today deferred a decision on giving fertiliser firms the freedom to fix the maximum retail price of di-ammonium phosphate.
23 Jun, 2011, 02.35 PM IST
- CIL's explosives auction fizzles out
Coal India’s (CIL) much-hyped reverse auction to buy Rs 1,380 crore of explosives has bombed. None of the 26 explosives makers participated...
13 Jan, 2010, 04.17 AM IST
- Govt to approach US firm for neutralising Ammonium Nitrate
The government is contemplating to approach a US company which has a patent to neutralise the explosive properties of the ammonium nitrate ...
02 Oct, 2008, 01.31 PM IST
- Terror outfits strike a goldmine in coal pockets
Terrorists in India are headed to the coal mines across the country in search of RDX. Mining cos are told to beef up security on threat of ...
03 Aug, 2007, 01.30 AM IST
- Monsoon magic to work on fertiliser cos
A good monsoon across a large part of India is likely to rejuvenate fertiliser company stocks.
19 Aug, 2006, 02.49 AM IST