The dethroning of Saudi Arabia's national oil company comes after a tumultuous period for Aramco. Its initial public offering fell short of Crown Price Mohammed bin Salman’s expectations.
The attack on Saudi Aramco facilities in September had raised questions about the Gulf nation's role as an anchor of stability in global energy markets.
Signed last year, Saudi-UAE joint project has been facing hurdles. Coastal refinery jointly owned by India's state-run oil firms likely to come up in Maharashtra.
President Donald Trump has boxed himself in with the Saudis and continues to blur the line between serving US national interest and his own self-interest.
The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the US has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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