GVK Wins Court Fight Over Australian Coal Mine
Melbourne: Green groups lost a fight to stop billionaire Gina Rinehart and GVK from building a giant coal mine in Australia, as a court on Friday dismissed an appeal against the state of Queensland’s environmental approval for the project. Conservation group Coast and Country, originally... read more »
ONGC to buy 15% stake in Russia’s 2nd biggest oil field
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Friday agreed to buy 15 per cent stake in Russia’s second biggest oil field of Vankor from Rosneft for USD 1.268 billion, its fourth biggest acquisition ever. ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of the state explorer, signed an agreement to buy 15 per... read more »
Coal scam: former Coal Secretary granted bail
Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and four others, including a senior public servant, were on Friday granted bail by a Special Court in a coal block allocation scam case. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief to Gupta, serving public servant K S Kropha, who was a former Joint Director... read more »
Pressure for rate cut mounts as Raghuram Rajan completes second year as RBI...
Known for his hawkish outlook, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan completes two successful years in office today. Bringing the retail inflation down to 3.8 per cent in July from 9.8 per cent in September 2013, Governor Rajan now faces the challenge for rate cuts with the finance ministry... read more »
Hope NBA draft helps cricket-mad India take to basketball: Satnam
After becoming the first Indian-born player to be picked in the NBA, Satnam Singh Bhamara hopes his selection in the US-based league will kickstart a basketball boom in cricket-obsessed... read more »
Sri Lanka: le président Maithripala Sirisena dissout le Parlement
Le président sri lankais a annoncé ce vendredi soir la dissolution du Parlement, une mesure attendue depuis plusieurs mois. Maithripala Sirisena, élu en janvier dernier, n’avait en... read more »
Vatican recognises state of Palestine; Israel irked
Israel expressed disappointment when the Vatican announced last month that it had reached final agreement with the “State of Palestine” on the treaty. The Vatican signed a... read more »
CBI interrogated Sooraj Pancholi
CBI interrogated Sooraj Pancholi in Jiah Khan’s suicide case. Aditya Pancholi was examined on May 13, when CBI carried a search operation at his residence. During the searches, CBI... read more »
Amid Lalit Modi Controversy, Vasundhara Raje Reaches Delhi for NI...
Embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has reahced Delhi, to attend a NITI Aayog meeting. She is also likely to meet top BJP leaders even as opposition clamour continues for her... read more »
