President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Donald Trump’s core demand in the negotiations. The deal funds the government at current levels through March…
MUMBAI: Across-the-board selling pulled the sensex down by nearly 1,200 points on Friday as foreign funds sold heavily again in the closing hours. This was the fifth consecutive session of losses for the index, losing nearly 4,100 points or 5% during the week.A host of global and domestic factors – a hawkish statement from the…
NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance Industries Ltd has signed a deal to import crude oil worth $12-13 billion a year from Russia’s Rosneft for 10 years, sources said. Russian state oil firm Rosneft will supply up to 500,000 barrels per day (25 million tonne a year) of crude oil to Reliance, they said. Reached for…
HYDERABAD: AM Green Ammonia India pvt ltd on Monday said it executed a firm and binding power purchase agreement (PPA) with clean energy solutions provider Gentari through its subsidiary, Gentari Renewables India Castor One Private Limited. Gentari will supply 650 MW round-the-clock (RTC), carbon-free energy to power AMG Ammonia’s upcoming green ammonia facilities as part…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said it reached an agreement on Tuesday with the Justice Department that will allow it to submit names for background checks and security clearances, needed for access to classified information. Trump’s team last week signed a separate agreement allowing direct coordination with federal agencies and access to documents, but…
India has signed a $98 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve horticulture crop productivity, the ministry of finance announced on Friday.“The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $98 million loan to improve horticulture crop farmers’ access to certified disease-free planting materials, which will boost…
The Trump transition team, led by incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Biden White House on Tuesday — a move that clears the way for coordination with the federal agencies they will soon take over, according to Politico. However, the Trump team is yet to sign an…
NEW DELHI: NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL), the renewal energy arm of NTPC, has inked an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh govt’s NREDCAP (New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh) to set up renewable energy projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore, as announced by the Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu NaiduNaidu further…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced on Thursday that it has signed an Implementation Agreement (IA) with the Australian Space Agency (ASA) to bolster cooperation on space activities, particularly focusing on the Gaganyaan mission, India’s first crewed spaceflight program.The agreement, signed on November 20 by D K Singh, Director of Isro’s Human Space Flight…
The excitement over Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki coming to Major League Baseball should be tempered by the likelihood that his signing will produce unintended consequences — teenage Latin American prospects who will be abandoned by the team that signs him. Sasaki, 23, might be a top-of-the-rotation starter as soon as next season. The current international…