Engineers India (EIL) in consortium with Oil India has decided to bid for acquiring 61.65% stake of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) in Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) with EIL taking the minority stake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan January factory output to rise for first time in three months: Reuters poll
Japan's industrial production likely grew for the first time in three months in January as manufacturing activity picked up globally, a Reuters poll found on Friday, offering a glimmer of hope for an ... ( read original story ...)
Board of Engineers India approves proposed acquisition of stake in Numaligarh Refinery
The Board of Engineers India (EIL) at its meeting held on 18 February 2021 has approved submission of a bid by EIL (minority stake), in consortium with Oil India (OIL) (i.e., the lead member) (and if ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finds More Than 90 Cases of New COVID-19 Virus Variant
Japanese health authorities have found more than 90 cases of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the government's chief spokesman said on Friday. The mutant variant, known as E484K, has been found in ... ( read original story ...)
Rugby: Japan’s Top League aims to go out on a high
Japan's Top League will look to put a year lost to the COVID-19 pandemic behind it on Saturday when play returns for the final season in the competition's current guise. Bolstered by the arrival of ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh terror outfit aided PFI members
The two members of Popular Front of India (PFI), who were arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday, were in contact with Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. Uttar Pradesh STF officials said ... ( read original story ...)
Ambassador: Saudi investors want to invest $5bn in Bangladesh
Essa Yussef Essa Al Dulaihan, the Saudi Arabia ambassador to Bangladesh, said the investors are particularly interested in investing in the South Asian country's tourism sector ... ( read original story ...)
Generation Garuda: Marc Klok on Indonesia’s youngsters, growth during a pandemic and his own national team future
Jakarta: Where they go, he once went. Indonesia’s top talents are, in unprecedented numbers, spending their formative years in the professional game away from home, and one man understands their ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia posts 2nd straight quarter of c/a surplus, BoP at a deficit
Indonesia posted its second straight quarter of current account surplus in the last three months of 2020, amounting to $795 million, or 0.3% of gross domestic product, versus the third quarter's 0.4% ... ( read original story ...)
China reveals soldier deaths in India border clash
China has for the first time revealed that four of its soldiers died during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in June last year. The men died after fighting "foreign troops" who ... ( read original story ...)