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Big firm products top worst plastic litter list: Report

7:41 pm October 23, 2019

Manila: Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of multinational corporations, an environmental pressure group said Wednesday. Coca-Cola, Nestle and PepsiCo were named by Break Free from Plastics, a global coalition of individuals and environmental organisations, who warned the companies largely avoid cleanup responsibility. The coalition’s volunteers […]

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 […]

Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests

Hong Kong police say homemade bomb targeted officers

9:29 pm October 14, 2019

HONG KONG: A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to “kill or to harm” riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. The “loud thud” Sunday night close to riot officers who had […]

Gas explosion kills 9, injures 10 in east China

7:51 pm October 13, 2019

Beijing: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says nine people have been killed in a restaurant gas explosion in eastern China. The explosion Sunday morning gutted the restaurant and damaged neighboring shops in coastal Jiangsu province’s Wuxi city. CCTV reported that 10 others who were injured are in stable condition. Over 200 rescue workers have been dispatched […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

India, China decide to set up new mechanism to address trade and investment issues

6:50 pm October 12, 2019

Mamallapuram: India and China on Saturday decided to set up a ministerial-level mechanism to resolve issues relating to trade, investment and services as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to further broadbase bilateral ties during their two-day informal summit. In the talks, the Chinese president also agreed to take sincere steps […]