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India tells Russia that Kudankulam plant safe: diplomat

11:41 pm November 12, 2019

New Delhi: In the wake of reports of a cyber attack on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Indian authorities have apprised Russia that necessary steps have been taken to prevent similar incidents in future, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday. The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is a joint venture between India […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM convenes cabinet meet, Maharashtra likely on agenda

4:22 pm November 12, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, apparently to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra. The meeting was convened amid an ongoing political stalemate in the state where no party has been able to form the government so far after the assembly election last month. The prime minister is to […]

ONGC to look at HPCL, MRPL merger post-June 2021

ONGC Videsh makes two new oil discoveries in Colombia, Brazil

1:51 pm October 16, 2019

New Delhi: ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), on Wednesday said it has made two new oil and gas discoveries in Colombia and Brazil, strengthening its reserves in Latin America. OVL made an oil find in Colombia’s onshore exploration block CPO-5 in the Llanos basin and major […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US detains goods from 5 countries for suspected forced labour

11:47 pm October 1, 2019

Washington: The Trump administration is detaining clothing, gold, diamonds and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by five companies based in Brazil, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia and Zimbabwe. An official at US Customs and Border Protection, Brenda Smith, says her agency issued orders to immediately detain the goods […]

Rights group says Bolsonaro gives ‘green light’ to Amazon illegal loggers

9:15 am September 18, 2019

Sao Paulo: Human Rights Watch has accused Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro of giving a “green light” to illegal loggers to destroy the Amazon and failing to protect those defending the world’s largest rain forest. Bolsonaro, whose anti-environment rhetoric and policies have been widely blamed for a spike in fires and land clearing in the Amazon this […]