Sweeping oil reform in Venezuela approved, operators expected to gain autonomyVenezuela's lawmakers have approved a major oil law reform. This move aims to boost oil and gas production and attract foreign investment. ...
30 Jan, 2026, 06.05 AM IST
Venezuela eyes 2026 oil boost, interim leader calls for opposition talksVenezuela aims to increase oil output significantly this year. New reforms will allow private companies to invest in the nation's oil secto...
25 Jan, 2026, 06.43 AM IST
Venezuelan banks will get $300 million of oil money to sell on exchange market, sources sayVenezuelan banks will receive 300 million dollars from oil revenues. This money comes from an account in Qatar. The banks will sell these d...
17 Jan, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
India proposes 7 key pillars to expand ties with Caribbean as leader of Global SouthIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the second India-Caribbean Community (Caricom) Summit in Guyana, proposed seven key pillars to ...
22 Nov, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
Downsides of coalition govt are as exaggerated as virtues of single-party ruleMost people equate a government by a single party that enjoys a majority in Parliament with political stability, efficient decision-making ...
14 May, 2024, 10.47 PM IST
Proposed change to forest law will boost oil explorationIndia's hydrocarbon exploration could be boosted by a proposal to amend the forest conservation law.The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bil...
16 May, 2023, 01.04 AM IST
Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law changeWhile women are no longer jailed for premarital sex, new births require the parents' marriage certificate, health insurers do not offer mat...
20 May, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
Status of TN oil wells hazy as CM Palaniswami vows to protect Cauvery deltaThe status of crude oil and natural gas wells in the Cauvery Delta region of Tamil Nadu has come into question after chief minister Edappad...
13 Feb, 2020, 01.44 PM IST
25 years of reforms: How India changed its character and will never be meek and desperate againThe quarter century since 1991 that started with a crisis and generated so much promise is best understood as the story of a country that c...
21 Jul, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
Cabinet nod for new gas pricing; exploration regime liberalisedReliance’s partner BP welcomed the decisions saying that, apart from spurring investment, they would also help develop a competitive gas ma...
11 Mar, 2016, 12.51 AM IST
need2know: Big decisions in oil, gas likely todayA clutch of reform proposals are expected from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) aimed at the upstream hydrocarbon sector to...
10 Mar, 2016, 08.40 AM IST
India, Mexico sign MoU on space cooperationExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Mexican counterpart Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena also decided to explore cooperation in the...
22 Oct, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Its solutions are textbook-sound, to a faultThe Economic Survey makes sense when it expects growth to go north of 5 per cent this fiscal and the fiscal and current account deficits an...
10 Jul, 2014, 03.03 AM IST
CII unveils 100-day agenda for new government; stresses on GSTBoosting economic growth in India requires immediate introduction of GST, containing subsidies, monetary easing and fast-tracking of stalle...
01 Apr, 2014, 04.51 PM IST
- Govt doesn’t have a case for controlling gas prices: SC Tripathi, Former Oil Secy
'How do you make averages of $2, $4.2, $6, $10, $12, $16 and under which law is government going to control the price?'
25 Jan, 2013, 03.31 PM IST
- Russia is Putin, Act III
As Vladimir Putin begins his third term as Russia's President, his halo has definitely slipped.
10 Mar, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Democracy a far cry in Russia, says Khrushcheva
There is a long way to go for democracy to come of age in Russia, says Nina L Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev.
25 Aug, 2011, 05.38 AM IST