Oil explorers may get legal shield if assets stripped offIndia's oil ministry proposes a draft contract offering compensation to explorers if the government seizes assets or contractual rights und...
23 Jul, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
Trump seeks to bring first group of white South Africans to US next week amid controversy: 10 pointsThe Trump administration planned to resettle 54 white Afrikaner South Africans in the US as refugees, potentially arriving in Washington D....
10 May, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
Who is Ebrahim Rasool? South African ambassador to the U.S who has been declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country by Donald Trump; here's the reason whyTrump administration expels South Africa’s ambassador over Musk criticism and land reform disputes. Explore the diplomatic fallout and Expr...
16 Mar, 2025, 02.33 AM IST
South African President calls Elon Musk to defuse tensions with Donald TrumpDonald Trump had threatened to cut funding to South Africa, and called out the government for doing “some terrible things, horrible things”...
05 Feb, 2025, 12.49 AM IST
Rule of law, freedom key to getting viksitThe broader point is capitalism and democracy have an intricate relationship that needs to be maintained. China may have had a surge in eco...
15 Oct, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: StudyWhile the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous lev...
23 Jan, 2024, 01.30 PM IST
Law may be updated for adequate oil assets compensationOil ministry draws up plan to protect investors against expropriation after consultations with law and finance ministries, may present prop...
05 Jun, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
Energy giant ExxonMobil keen on India, seeks legal shield"What we are looking to do in the Indian upstream is to move from 'very interested' to 'committed'," Monte Dobson, lead country manager-Sou...
20 Jan, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
ExxonMobil wants global arbitration option, compensation assuranceExxonMobil appears to be warming up to India lately. It recently signed a preliminary agreement with ONGC to undertake joint technical stud...
05 Dec, 2019, 06.58 AM IST
Cairn says it took $500 mn hit due to retro tax in IndiaThe company said it is seeking full restitution for losses totalling over $1.4 billion (about Rs 102,00 crore ) resulting from India’s expr...
11 Sep, 2018, 11.26 PM IST
British company Cairn Energy says hit by $500 million loss due to Indian retrospective taxThe company said it is seeking full restitution for losses totalling over $1.4 billion (around Rs 102 billion) resulting from India’s expro...
11 Sep, 2018, 05.01 PM IST
Donald Trump wants Mike Pompeo to study "killing of farmers" in South AfricaThe rand currency dropped more than 1.5 percent against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Thursday after Trump's tweet had circulated in So...
23 Aug, 2018, 03.57 PM IST
China bans cities from encroaching farmlandsFor the first time in two decades, China has banned cities from encroaching nearby farmlands, scaling down its massive urbanisation push .
03 Nov, 2014, 07.48 PM IST
- Indian oil firms face loss of millions in Venezuelan project
A consortium of three Indian state-run oil majors is facing the "threat of nationalization or expropriation" of their assets in that countr...
06 Aug, 2012, 05.16 AM IST
- FIPPA, CEPA to conclude soon: Commerce Minister
Commerce Minister has said the Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement and Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement betwe...
24 Sep, 2010, 11.15 AM IST
- Very slippery ground in oil
Is it a good strategy for India to follow China and buy up large oilfields abroad as energy security? ONGC is investing a few billions in p...
20 Mar, 2010, 04.34 AM IST
- Chavez to seize banks if finance crisis reaches Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez said he would "expropriate" Venezuela's banks if they are hit by a finance crisis like the one that has rocked the wo...
03 Nov, 2008, 07.00 AM IST