For cooperating in their road and transport sector, India and China are set to sign an agreement when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Beijing in next October. Transport ministries of both countries have approved the details of the proposed agreement. Last year, India had reached out to Chinese infrastructure companies to invest in the road sector. Identified areas of cooperation include sharing best practices in road and bridge building technologies, policies, intelligent traffic system bes
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Oil-rich South Sudan looks to India to up its agri-production
To improve its agricultural and food security practices, South Sudan is looking to India. The oil-rich African country hopes the New Delhi visit of Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of the world's youngest nation, will lay a solid foundation to further promote bilateral relations with India. Mayardit is to be in India from August 26-28.
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Domestic crude oil output in India dips by 2.3%
Indian oil refinery companies have imported 15.944 million tonne of oil in July against 14.594 million tonne in the same month last year as the domestic crude oil output has diminished. Domestic oil production dropped by 2.3 per cent in July, states the data of the Union Ministry for Petroleum & Natural Gas.
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India consumed 17.80 mn t steel during April-June: Govt
India had a steel stock of 1.824 million tonne after real consumption of 73.33 million toone by the end of 2012-13, said the Union Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma recently. By the end of last June this year, the country had a steel stock of 1.626 million tonne, he added.
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India, China to share practices in road construction
When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China in October next, India and China are set to sign an agreement for cooperation in the road and transport sector. The areas of cooperation have been identified and agreed by both the sides and these include sharing the best practices in road building technology and road safety related issues. China has made huge progress in building world class highways and over 60,000 km of expressways.
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Iraq denies crude oil at special price to India
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani said the country could not sell crude oil at a concessional price to India as its laws do not allow such a move. Iraq is the second-largest supplier of oil to India, which imports about 20 million tonne of crude oil from the gulf nation annually
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Oil firms may cut petrol prices by more than 1 Re
Considering the latest fall in international oil rates, oil firms in India plan to slash petrol prices by more than one rupee per litre shortly. But the oil companies may have wait for the Parliament's decision to hike diesel prices.
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IGS to supply gas to India
Global oil and gas major BP plans to sell some of the US Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) in India through its joint venture firm Indian Gas Solutions (IGS). It may be recalled that IGS is a joint venture between BP and Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries,. BP earlier agreed to buy 4.4 mn tpa of liquefaction tollin
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India has the potential to become a ship-building hub: Vasan
Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan has stated that India has tremendous potential to become the next hub of ship building. He was speaking at the launch of INS Vikrant in Kochi on August 12. Vasan stressed the need for a vibrant shipbuilding industry and more shipyards. The Minister said that there are vibrant shipbuilding industries behind the growth of major economies like USA, some European countries, Japan and Korea.
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Vizag port pitched as an alternative for foreign trade
Considering the Visakhapatnam port's modern facilities and its appropriateness, stakeholders of both India and Nepal have underlined the need to open the port as an alternative port for India's foreign trade, said Sushil Mulchandani, chief operating officer of Visakha Container Terminal Private Limited. He was addressing Nepal-India Business Conclave, 'Visakhapatnam Port: Additional Gateway for NepalÂ’s Export Import Traffic.' in Kathmandu on August 11. Visakha Container Terminal is the operator