Indian Oil Corporation will buy 40 per cent of ONGC Videsh Ltd's stake in the Greater Nile Oil Project in Sudan.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has retained services of Trafigura Ltd of London to trade its share of 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil from the Greater Nile Oil Project in Sudan in the international markets.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp will finalise this month the purchase of a 25 per cent stake in Sudan's controversial oil project from Canada's Talisman Energy Inc, officials said.
India on Wednesday stepped-up diplomatic initiative to secure an oil field in Sudan, by asking Malaysia to support ONGC Videsh Ltd in picking up 25 per cent stake in the Greater Nile Oil Project.\n\n\n\n
The Sudanese government is believed to have vetoed Malaysian oil major Petronas' move to buy Talisman Energy in Greater Nile Oil Project and has favoured state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd for picking the Canadian firm's 25 per cent stake.
As the pandemic unfolded, the India-China relationship has come under severe stress. To restore normalcy, agreements between the two countries must be respected scrupulously in their entirety. Where the Line of Actual Control is concerned, any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo is unacceptable, declares External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, will give Sudan 5 per cent of its stake in two prized oil blocks in the African nation for free, as a quid pro quo for Khartom accommodating it in another producing oil field.
Almoez Ali scored a spectacular overhead kick for a record ninth goal of the tournament to set Qatar on their way to a first Asian Cup triumph with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times champions Japan on Friday.
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Major Suman Gawani, who served as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan, is the first Indian to receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. 'On seeing the Indian flag on my uniform,' she says,' the locals would get very excited and say, 'Hindi, Hindi'.'
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period.
'Clearly, Washington has all but given up hope following US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells's stormy visit to Colombo last month where she read the riot act to Sri Lankan leaders to sign the pending status of forces agreement allowing American troops to use Sri Lanka as a hub for operations in the Indian Ocean,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Amal Clooney's must-read speech about 'the person who has her complete admiration'.
The report documents allegations of reprisals and intimidation in 38 countries, some of which are members of the Human Rights Council.
If convicted, Asaram faces maximum sentence of 10 years.
The 22-year-old was named in Arnold's first squad last week as the new coach looks to regenerate the team with youth after the Socceroos' group stage exit at the World Cup.
Dehorning grabs the spotlight again after the death of the last male northern white rhino.
The 45-year-old rhino named Sudan had been in poor health in recent days and was being treated for age-related issues and multiple infections.
Gazing upon the prize-winning images of the Siena International Photo Awards 2019 is something of a roller coaster experience. The overall winner is a compelling picture of a boy trying to retrieve his ball behind an armed guard in Liberia, taken by British photographer Jonathan Banks. He was up against some extremely talented competition, as our selection shows.
The 29-year-old, who has studied electrical engineering in Sudan, lived in Birmingham's Sparkhill district. He describes himself as a shop manager.
The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
Among small states, Mizoram ranked first, followed by Manipur and Goa.
The new measures will include additional interviews of applicants' family members, and close scrutiny of potential ties to organised crime, said senior US officials.
The announcement came as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decided to re-designate about 10 countries as 'Countries of Particular Concern'.
'Ishant has a slight ankle niggle and he would not like to aggravate his injury before the South Africa series'
This classification of districts is to be followed by states and union terrotories till a week post May 3, when the second phase of lockdown will end, for containment operations.
"Today we've voted for love, for equality. It's time for more marriages, more love, more respect. This belongs to us all. This is Australia," said Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian prime minister after the announcement.
'China is monitoring films like ours and making sure it doesn't get a platform.'
IOC President Thomas Bach asked members of the Olympic body at its session in Buenos Aires to support the creation of a refugee team, along the lines of the one that competed at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The members responded with applause.
A meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed India's preparedness to deal with the virus amid mounting global concern over increasing number of cases in China and several other countries.
Travel photographers take note! The competition is already fierce in the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest, now underway. National Geographic editors have pulled together some of their favourite entries so far from all three categories - Nature, People and Cities. Once the competition closes, a panel of judges, selected by National Geographic Travel, will choose a winner in each of the categories and also name an overall winner. A public vote will also see a people's choice winner named. The photographer scooping the top prize will win $10,000 and have their winning image posted on the Nat Geo Travel Instagram account. The contest is now open and entries can be submitted until May 31, 2018.
A quick scan of prime ministerial speeches at the PBD going back to 2009, another election year, reveals no political utterances by either Modi or his predecessor, Dr Manmohan Singh.
Her motto: Why blend when you were made to stand out!
By April, operational guidelines for the scheme will be finalised and shared with states
China's Su Bingtian held off his opponents with a late burst of speed to win the event in 9.92 seconds.
The World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption.
Modelled loosely around the National Highway System of the US, he in 2001 launched the Golden Quadrilateral and the North-South & East-West Corridor projects to build 4/6 lane highways between four top metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata as well as from Srinagar to Kanyakumari and Porbandar to Silchar.
''We had three positive cases, but our success was the three not going up to 30 or 100.' 'Also, all the three survived the virus,' says Kerala's Health Minister K K Shailaja.
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