Petrochemical investment region in Tamil Nadu approved
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) The union government has approved setting up of a Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu, Minister ... Read more...
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Cuba tests biofuel vehicle
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 23 (IANS/EFE) Cuba has for the first time tested in a vehicle biofuel from the jatropha plant produced in a new factory on the island, state-run media reported ... Read more...
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Mexican firm eyeing Cuba offshore oil projects
April 13th, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Havana, April 13 (IANS/EFE) Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his country's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, is considering participating and investing in crude and natural gas exploration and production projects ... Read more...
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China to compensate for sea pollution
March 5th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China will set up a monitoring system to compensate for oil spills in the Bohai Sea off its northeastern coast, an official said Monday.The marine department ... Read more...
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Vidya Balan face of Victoria’s Indian Film Festival
February 28th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Actress Vidya Balan has been roped in as the brand ambassador of Victoria's Indian Film Festival to be held in Melbourne this year."I am delighted ... Read more...
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Chinese-Spanish venture makes oil find in Brazil
February 28th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 28 (IANS/EFE) Chinese-Spanish oil venture Repsol Sinopec Brasil has made a new oil find in Brazil's deepwater Campos Basin, with the discovery offering one of the heaviest accumulations ... Read more...
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Ethiopia seeks India’s financial muscle for its rail project
January 28th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, Jan 28 (IANS) Ethiopia wants $300 million more from India for an ambitious railway project that would connect it with neighbouring Djibouti, a venture that India backs ... Read more...
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Brazil to invest $540 bn in energy projects
May 6th, 2010 - 7:39 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, May 6 (IANS/EFE) Brazil will invest 951 billion reais ($540 billion) in energy projects over the next nine years, state-owned Energy Research Corporation has said.
Around 70 percent of the investment will ... Read more...
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CO2 pumped deep underground could make geothermal energy projects more efficient
December 30th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 30 (ANI): Scientists have proposed that carbon dioxide (CO2) pumped deep underground for storage could be used to make geothermal energy projects more efficient.According to a report in Discovery News, ... Read more...
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South Korean firm to invest $1.7 bn in Myanmar
September 2nd, 2009 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Sep 2 (Xinhua) South Korea's Daewoo International Company will invest $1.7 billion in gas exploration and production projects in western Myanmar, in which two Indian companies have a combined stake of ... Read more...
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Now Australian films head the India way too
April 27th, 2009 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
By Arpana
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) International interest in India's Rs.100 billion ($2 billion) film industry is surging. After Hollywood giants, Australian filmmakers in search of innovative stories and financial partners ... Read more...
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Canada looks for Indian investment in oil sands
January 13th, 2009 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The global economic downturn has affected the development of oil sands in Canada, according to a Canadian minister who said the country was looking for Indian investment ... Read more...
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39th IFFI to host Wong Kar Wai retrospective in association with Palador
November 19th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): Palador, the undisputed leader in the World Cinema category with over 1,000 of the best and most awarded films, is all set to make its ... Read more...
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Country’s first petrochemical investment region coming up
May 27th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) India will soon have its first petroleum, chemical and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR) operational near Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Ram Vilas Paswan, minister for chemicals and fertilisers, ... Read more...
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