G20 leaders vow to fight terror; Paris attacks take centre stage

Paris attacks took the centre stage at the G20 Summit on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for a united global effort to combat terrorism as world leaders joined a clarion call to......

G20 summit: Terrorism, climate change to top Modi's agenda

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to raise issues related to terrorism, climate change and global cooperation to unearth black money, among others, during the two-day G-20 Summit beginning......

The morning-after principle

Humanitarian intervention has little meaning unless the international community is willing to engage in the aftermath, says Shyam Saran. When the Cold War ended in 1990, the West declared victory......

Japan: A model of resilience

Japan has always been the quickest to extend relief to any country facing a humanitarian crisis. In the wake of its cataclysmic earthquake and subsequent tsunami,former Indianambassador to......

Sitharaman expects India to become a developed nation by 2047

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government is close to reaching saturation in implementing social sector schemes designed to provide basic necessities to the poor. Image:......

Investors may want to bottom fish in stocks of oil marketing companies

Margins for the oil refining and retailing sector have moved off their peaks, and the average integrated margins (refining plus marketing) for oil marketing companies (OMCs) have normalised.......

Capital expenditure by 54 large CPSEs, key depts rose 93% in April-May

Capital expenditure by 54 large central public sector enterprises and five departmental arms, having a capex minimum target of Rs 100 crore, rose 93 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in the April-May......

'ONGC is venturing into high-risk ultra-deep water exploration'

'We plan to add over 100,000 square kilometres every year, to reach an ambitious target of 500,000 square kilometres by 2025.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ONGC In the wake of ONGC discovering what......