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New Delhi: India and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)Tuesday agreed on "the vital importance of fostering even deeper energy cooperation" between the two sides at a high-level meeting held. The meeting was co-chaired by India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep...

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday appeared upbeat over progress in talks between India and the United States for a bilateral trade agreement aimed at benefiting both countries. Goyal said talks with the United States were "moving fast and in a good direction", without...

New Delhi: India's next phase of economic growth must be driven not just by manufacturing but by innovation, design and technology development, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday, urging businesses to move beyond the 'Made in India' vision and embrace an 'Imagined in India' approach...

Chicago: Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount's buyout of Warner Bros Discovery agreed to settle their lawsuits Monday, effectively paving the way for the USD 81 billion mega merger to cross the finish line, with some new commitments from the company. The blockbuster deal...

Bhabanipatana: A Class IX student of Vikas Residential School in Bhabanipatana has built a two-seat solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) using scrap materials salvaged from a garage. Combining lessons in energy, engineering and hands-on learning, Swaraj Satapathy completed the vehicle in about three months and named...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has struck gas in a deepwater well off the eastern coast, with the discovery’s proximity to Odisha potentially allowing faster development if appraisal confirms commercial viability, the state-run explorer said. ONGC made the discovery September 18 at...

Washington: The US Department of Commerce has postponed its preliminary decision in a countervailing-duty investigation into imports of welded stainless line and pressure pipe from India, pushing the deadline from October 8 to December 14. The investigation also covers imports of the same product from...

New Delhi: The output of nine key infrastructure sectors slowed down to a three-month low of 4.8 per cent in August due to a fall in the production of coal, natural gas, crude oil, and fertiliser, according to the government data released Monday. The output...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The seventh session of the 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly (Monsoon Session) begins Tuesday, with the Opposition gearing up to corner the government over the MMDR Amendment Act, flood management, school textbook errors, law and order, agrarian distress, and the trafficking of...

Mumbai: Market benchmark indices ended higher Monday, with the Sensex climbing 564 points and the Nifty rising for the fourth day, amid cooling crude oil prices, fresh foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in global equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 564.03 points, or...