The prime minister held a meeting with chief ministers via video-conferencing, and said it was imperative to work on war footing, identify hotspots, encircle them and ensure that coronavirus does not spread out.
The release of Mohd Aseeb Shaikh early on Wednesday morning came after sustained efforts, including negotiations with the abductors, sources told PTI in Delhi. Shaikh, who hails from Mumbai, was abducted alongwith three of his co-workers of a petroleum company on May 13 in the oil-rich Heglig area in southern Sudan.
The lack of a strong diversity policy on the part of companies, a limited pool of women candidates as well as socio-cultural factors contribute to their low numbers.
This is a reward for its cooperation in fighting terrorists.
The Daily Telegraph of London reported on Tuesday, the first day of Ban in office, that UN peacekeepers and civilian staff were raping and abusing children as young as 12 in southern Sudan.
The actor is trying hard to push awareness about the ongoing violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
The plane was on an internal flight to the capital, Khartoum.
M&M is keen to increase the number of factories in the Africa region and plans are afoot to have one each in Sudan and Kenya.
A coconut octopus, a burning forest, a rare rhino's last moments and a pair of sleeping squirrels all feature in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 People's Choice Award. This year's competition attracted more than 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs across the world. Voting for the The People's Choice Award is open until 2 pm February 2.
These pictures say more than words ever could.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd on Monday said it has achieved its biggest ever breakthrough in overseas markets with a turnkey contract worth $457 million for setting up a 500 MW steam power plant in Sudan.
The Mission was established in March, 2005 to monitor the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement.
'It's a moot point if Kailaasa will ever evolve beyond being a haven for a fugitive from justice,' notes Devangshu Datta.
Indian power expertise to Sudan for oil, gas blocks
Vice President John Garang was killed when a Ugandan presidential plane he was travelling in crashed into a mountain range in southern Sudan
Hindujas said the deal was struck by Ashok Leyland, an Indian company owned by the Hindujas.
Videocon Industries is eyeing oil fields in Sudan and Yemen and is considering investing in the development and exploration of oil in India and in the Middle East.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
The Indian armed force will police the southern Darfur region, which has been wracked by ethnic conflict between Muslim and Christian militia.
Global food giant Heinz on Monday withdrew some of its products from the Chinese markets as health authorities found that they contained the carcinogenic Sudan-I dye, the state media reported.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp, which is laying a 741-km long petroleum product pipeline in Sudan, will also build a $1.2 billion oil refinery in the African nation.
The experts agreed that the lockdown has helped in slowing down spread of the virus but insisted that the situation has not reached a plateau and that there was an urgent need to upgrade healthcare facilities to deal with the crisis.
For Rohit, the cause of rhino conservation is one that is very close to his heart.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has signed a $194 million contract with the Sudan Government for construction of a 741-km long multi-product pipeline.
Thousands of people have lost their lives and thousands more displaced in the violence in South Sudan. The United Nations mission and humanitarian agencies are under strain to protect camps and to provide internally displaced persons with water, food and other emergency relief. What flared up as a political conflict in South Sudan is now assuming an ethnic character.
Leading business groups of the country like Reliance and the Tatas have shown interest in entering the Sudanese market, Ambassador of Sudan in India Abdal Mahmood Adbal Haleem Mohammad said on Monday.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, will acquire 11 per cent stake in a 744 million barrel oil field in Sudan for $125.4 million.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is in talks with two Middle-East Asian companies to acquire stake in an oil field in Sudan that is estimated to hold oil reserves in excess of 3.5 billion barrels.
The affected nurse is being treated and is recovering well, junior foreign minister V Muraleedharan said. Meanwhile, China has locked down five cities, including Wuhan, suspending all public transport in an unprecedented move to contain the coronavirus that has infected over 630 people and left 17 others dead.
Malaysian oil firm Petronas has cleared the way for ONGC Videsh Ltd's acquisition of stake in two onshore oil blocks in Sudan by waiving off its first right to buyout Austrian firm OMV's stake.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, has retained the services of Trafigura Ltd of London till March next year to trade 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil that it gets in lieu of its share in a Sudan oil field.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Saturday cleared ONGC Videsh Ltd's proposal to acquire stake in two oil blocks in Sudan.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is talking to China National Petroleum Corporation, the Chinese national oil company, for a stake in the recently discovered Mulut Basin oilfield in Sudan.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has acquired stake in two oil blocks in Sudan for $136 million.
Iceland retained the top spot while Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world.
The govt said that states have been asked to classify districts which have reported a higher number of cases as hotspots, the districts where cases have been reported as non-hotspots, and green zones where no cases have been reported.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, has submitted bids for acquiring two more oil blocks in Sudan.
The government on Tuesday said that it was in talks with CNPC of China and Petronas of Malaysia for buying their share of 8.4 million tonnes per annum of crude oil in a Sudan oil field where state oil firm ONGC Videsh Ltd has taken 25 per cent stake.
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