Oil and gas exploration in India has taken a quantum leap with three significant oil and gas discoveries and about $416 million already invested in less than three years, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik has said.
Text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
India will use the services of its former diplomats in its pursuit of energy security through acquisition of oil and gas properties abroad particularly in West Asia, Africa and Central Asia.
Robert De Niro launched the Tribeca Film Festival as a measure to revive the lower Manhattan area devastated by the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Seven years later, the festival has become the largest film event in New York City. Manhattan is a perfect place for the festival -- combining the city's high film culture with its ability to party and celebrate.
All five gold medals India earned from athletics at the Afro-Asian Games were from field events.
India's share from oil fields abroad where it has taken equity stake, will spiral more than three-folds to 13 million tonnes of crude by 2007, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
Let us come together as an international community and condemn this senseless violence while properly honouring the memory of the victims.