1 killed, hundreds evacuated after 70 explosions hit gas pipeline in Boston

Dozens of explosions triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday, killing 1, injuring at least six people and prompting the evacuation of hundreds,......

US formally exits Paris climate deal

The United States formally exited the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday amid election uncertainty, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intent to remove the country from......

North India could see 100,000 cases per state per day

'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE: People burn bodies of their relatives who died due to COVID-19......

From Oxford to Harvard, voices of support for Jamia, AMU

IMAGE: A demonstrator attends a protest against the Citizenship Act and to show solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Amritsar on Tuesday. Photograph: Munish Sharma/Reuters The......

Stimulus packages: Panagariya cautions Modi govt about going overboard

India should take 'measured approach' with stimulus packages to deal with COVID-19 by limiting interventions to the provision of food, shelter and basic necessities of life for all; forbearance on......

RIL to divest in oil and gas arm abroad

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will induct a strategic partner in its overseas oil and gas projects which are being spun off into a new entity. Sources familiar with the development said RIL is to......

ONGC, Sinopec buy Columbia firm for $850m

The 50:50 joint venture of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and China's Sinopec has acquired Columbian oil firm Omimex de Columbia for $850 million. "Omimex has oil and gas operations......

OVL wins bid to buy Columbia oil firm

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of state-owned ONGC, and Chinese firm Sinopec have jointly won the bid to acquire Columbian oil firm Omimex de Columbia."Just now, we have been informed......

Critics question claims of 'Green' Winter Games

Sites for Vancouver's Winter Olympics boast low-flow toilets that use rainwater to flush, energy efficient grass-clad roofs and separate bins for compostable waste, setting them on course to meet......