Everything you need to know about Basin: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Basin: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Discovery of two fossils from the East African Rift has provided new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study.
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Videocon Industries Monday announced a significant natural gas discovery in its offshore Rovumal block in Mozambique.
Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) Vedanta group firm Cairn India Tuesday said it has made the 26th oil discovery in its RJ-ON-90/1 block in Rajasthan's Barmer district.
Itanagar, April 6 (ANI): Talks on initiating a holistic approach for sub-regional cooperation and mutual benefit vis-a-vis the management of the Brahmaputra river were held between Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan and Arunachal Pradesh Water Resource Development Minister (WRD) Newlai Tingkhatra here.
Rio de Janeiro, April 4 (IANS/EFE) Oil production in Brazil averaged 2.017 million barrels per day in February, down 8.5 percent from the same month of 2012, when output totaled 2.205 million bpd, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said.
Islamabad, Mar. 28 (ANI): India and Pakistan will both benefit if they work together to peacefully share and conserve the vitally important waters of the Indus River Basin, according to a US report.
Washington, March 27 (IANS) India and Pakistan will both benefit if they work together to peacefully share and conserve the vitally important waters of the Indus River Basin, according to a new report.
Shillong, March 22 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday presented a deficit budget for 2013-14 while levying no fresh taxes but increasing royalty on coal.
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Skull pieces of an early human buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China exhibit a now-rare congenital deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common among our ancestors.
Wellington, Mar 18 (ANI): The second Test match between England and New Zealand ended in a draw after the final day's play was washed out due to persistent rains and the three-test cricket series between thee two teams will go to a deciding match in Auckland, starting on Friday.
Wellington, Mar 16 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook enforced the follow-on after a six-wicket bag from Stuart Broad helped the tourists dismiss New Zealand for 254 in their first innings of the second Test match in Wellington, falling 11 runs short of avoiding follow on.
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Although Matt Prior missed out on a seventh Test century in the first innings of the second Test match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, the wicketkeeper is on course to top legends like Alan Knott, Alec Stewart and Les Ames in the pantheon of England glove men
Washington, March 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Young adults are fleeing rural America, leaving behind a record number of counties that are dying off -- or "naturally decreasing" -- through a higher number of deaths than births, according to population estimates by the US Census Bureau.
Wellington, Mar. 14 (ANI): Former Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori is close to returning to action for the first time in six months after succumbing to a long-term nagging Achilles tendon injury.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) GVK Coal Infrastructure (Singapore) Pte Ltd (GVK Hancock) and Aurizon of Australia have agreed to jointly develop rail and port infrastructure, GVK Power said here Monday.
London, Mar 11 (ANI): England captain Alastair Cook has admitted star batsman Kevin Pietersen's knee is bit of concern ahead of their second Test match against New Zealand in Wellington.
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Holding that the Indus Water Treaty is a well-thought-out document, a former chairman of the Central Water Commission Friday blamed the lax implementation by India and Pakistan for its ineffectiveness.
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A gigantic asteroid that slammed into Australia more than 300 million years ago changed the face of the Earth forever, says a British media report.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): A giant asteroid that struck Australia more than 300 million years ago changed the face of the Earth forever, a new study has claimed.
London, Feb.5 (ANI): A new kind of pterosaur, a flying reptile from the time of the dinosaurs, has been identified by scientists from the Transylvanian Museum Society in Romania, the University of Southampton in the UK and the Museau Nacional in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the chairman of the Central Water Commission to constitute a three-member expert committee to visit the Cauvery Delta Basin to make an assessment of standing crops in Tamil Nadu.
Mumbai, Jan 21, (IANS) Private oil and gas producer Cairn India Monday posted a 44 percent rise in its net profit in third quarter ended December 2012, over the corresponding quarter of last fiscal.
Wellington, Dec 12(ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chairman Chris Moller has publicly apologised to Ross Taylor for it's handling of the captaincy fiasco but confirmed no one will be sacked as a result.
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Hancock Coal Infrastructure Pty Ltd (GVK Hancock) has signed a deal with QCoal company of Australia to provide coal transportation services for its undeveloped coal projects in Australia's Queensland state.
Hyderabad, Dec 8 (IANS) Two floating re-gassified liquified natural gas (RLNG) terminals off Andhra Pradesh coast will be commissioned in two years, officials said.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of giving undue favours to some corporate companies and said the impression of him being honest was wrong.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. Tuesday after Congress members raised the issue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi allegedly favouring a foreign company in a gas exploration project.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were disrupted Tuesday as Congress members raised the issue of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi allegedly favouring a foreign company in a gas exploration project.
New Delhi, Dec. 3 (ANI): Alleging the Congress Party of defaming Gujarat and Chief Minister Narendra Modi by baseless charges, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday rubbished the accusation made by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari on Monday questioning the Gujarat government over the Tehelka magazine's expose on gas exploration in Krishna-Godavari Basin.
New Delhi, Dec. 3 (ANI): Congress leader and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) Manish Tewari on Monday questioned the Gujarat government over the Tehelka magazine's expose on gas exploration.
Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) A yacht club which is claimed as Beijing's first and comparable to the world's best examples of such centres is to be set up on a major waterway running through the city's downtown, Xinhua reported.
Mumbai, Nov.1 (ANI): Reliance Industries, controlled by Mukesh Ambani, India's richest person, has said in a statement that the allegations made by anti-graft crusader Arvind Kejriwal are "devoid of any truth or substance whatsoever".
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) India Against Corruption Wednesday turned its fire on Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani by alleging that S. Jaipal Reddy was axed as petroleum minister for refusing a RIL's proposal to hike gas charges and accused the government of promoting "crony capitalism."
Washington, October 30 (ANI): A team of researchers is studying a place on earth, which is very similar to the Martian crater where NASA's rover Curiosity roams, in the hope to find clues about life on the red planet.
New Delhi, Aug 28(IANS) India's official auditor has hauled up public sector Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) for inefficiency in its oil and gas exploration performance.
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) The pilot of a small aircraft died and and two people were injured when their plane crashed into a lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur region.
London, August 17 (ANI): The rise of one of the highest and flattest places on the planet - the Tibetan Plateau, in China's Sichuan province, began much earlier than thought, a new study has suggested.
Islamabad, Aug 14 (ANI): The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has accused India of destroying Pakistan's agriculture by building dams on rivers flowing into Pakistan.
Islamabad, Aug 14 (ANI): The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has accused India of destroying Pakistan's agriculture by building dams on rivers flowing into Pakistan.
Sao Paulo, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and its partners BG Group, Petrogal Brasil and Repsol Sinopec will sign 10 contracts worth $4.5 billion for the construction of oil vessel processing plants.
Tel Aviv, July 11 (IANS) Global warming could unleash more violent thunderstorms, flash floods and forest fires in the coming years, according to an Israeli researcher.
Washington, July 11 (ANI): For every one degree Celsius of warming, there will be approximately a 10 percent increase in lightning activity, a researchers has predicted.
Wellington, July 5(ANI): Newly appointed New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who is only 21-year old, showcased his mellowness by claiming that he would lead the Kiwis in his own way.
Veracruz (Mexico), June 29 (IANS/EFE) A mayor kidnapped last weekend in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz was found dead Thursday, authorities said.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Indian conglomerate GVK Group has refuted the charge of global environment watchdog Greenpeace that it had filed incomplete information about its $6.4 billion Alpha coal project in Australia.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Global environment watchdog Greenpeace has lodged a complaint against the GVK Group with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), saying the Indian infrastructure major had filed incomplete information about its $6.4 billion Alpha coal project in Australia.
Sydney, June 5 (IANS) Indian infrastructure major GVK Group suffered a setback Tuesday with the Australian government halting work on the $6.4-billion Alpha coal mine project in Queensland till it gets a nod from the Federal Environment Department.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday termed the nation-wide shutdown against last week's hike in petrol prices, as the common man's reaction to the wrong economic policies and corrupt governance of the Congress Party.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) To ensure free flow and clean water in the Ganga, the union environment ministry is formulating a plan to cut down the capacity of major hydroelectric plants operational on the river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) To ensure free flow and clean water in the Ganga, the union environment ministry is formulating a plan to cut down the capacity of major hydroelectric plants operational on the river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday.
London, May 26 (IANS) Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV, it was reported here Saturday.
Beijing, May 8 (IANS) Ruins of a Buddhist temple dating back to 1,500 years ago have been discovered in China's largest desert, offering valuable insight for historians studying Buddhism's spread from India to China, Xinhua news agency reported.
Keriya (Xinjiang, China) May 7 (Xinhua-ANI) -- The ruins of a Buddhist temple dating back 1,500 years ago have been discovered in China's largest desert, offering valuable research material for historians studying Buddhism's spread from India to China.
Rio de Janeiro, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The OGX oil firm, part of a consortium led by Brazilian magnate Eike Batista, Wednesday declared a crude discovery off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state to be commercially viable.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that state govt. should improve their performance of sewage treatment,
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): Global warming may initially make the grass greener, but not for long, a new study has revealed.
Washington, April 11 (IANS) The massive earthquake that shook Indonesia Wednesday brought back terrifying memories of the 2004 tsunami that swept through Aceh province.
Cape Town, Mar 30(ANI): Graeme Smith needs only six wins to achieve the world-record for most Test victories as captain.
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Leading infrastructure developer GVK has been bagged the 'Asia deal of the year' and the 'Asia outbound investor of the year' awards for its acquisition of the Australia-based Hancock Coal and infrastructure projects for $1.26 billion.
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): A rare skull fossil of a pterosaur has been discovered in northeast China, a press release from the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) said.
Wellington, March 24(ANI): South Africa's opening batsman Alviro Petersen played a patient knock of 96 not out from 244 deliveries against the Kiwis, on the first two truncated days of the final Test match in Wellington, and experts believe if he carries on to get a bigger score, then he could earn a ticket for the Test series in England later this year.
Durban, Mar 24(ANI): South African batsman Hashim Amla has undergone surgery for groin injury after being hit by New Zealand paceman Chris Martin's delivery yesterday.
Wellington, Mar 24(ANI): South Africa was on the receiving end of two contentious umpiring decisions on the first day of the final Test against New Zealand on Friday, but Proteas' assistant coach Russell Domingo has said the team is not going to lose much sleep over these howlers.
Wellington, Mar 20(ANI): The composition of the New Zealand batting card is still doubtful despite early indications that Daniel Flynn would play as an opener in the Wellington Test against South Africa.
Wellington, Mar 20(ANI): The composition of the New Zealand batting card is still doubtful despite early indications that Daniel Flynn would play as an opener in the Wellington Test against South Africa.
Wellington, Mar 17(ANI): New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling may miss rest of the series against South Africa due to a hip joint problem, and is highly unlikely to be recalled to play in next week's third test in Wellington.
Wellington, Mar 17(ANI): New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling may miss rest of the series against South Africa due to a hip joint problem, and is highly unlikely to be recalled to play in next week's third test in Wellington.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Scientists have released two new videos, which takes viewers through the moon's evolutionary history, and reveals how it came to appear the way it does today.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Scientists have released two new videos, which takes viewers through the moon's evolutionary history, and reveals how it came to appear the way it does today.
Wellington, Mar 9(ANI): Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder is taking an indefinite break from cricket to resolve personal issues after undergoing a "deeply stressful and emotional time" in the team.
Wellington, Mar 9(ANI): Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder is taking an indefinite break from cricket to resolve personal issues after undergoing a "deeply stressful and emotional time" in the team.
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): A new study has supported the theory of erosional origin of some linear dunes that are widespread on Earth and Saturn's moon, Titan.
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): Nicotine traces have been discovered in a 1,300-year-old Mayan flask decorated with hieroglyphics that apparently point to the intended contents, researchers say.
Beijing, Dec 27 (ANI): China has won approval for oil exploration and extraction in Afghanistan, gaining potential access to millions of barrels of oil in the war-torn nation.
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time recorded the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs in Antarctica.
London, Dec 5 (ANI): The discovery of a number of artefacts in the Cambridgeshire Fens is being said to be the largest collection ever found in one place in Britain and also gives and astonishing insight into life in the area 3,000 years ago.
Canberra, Sept 19 (ANI): Indian infrastructure giant GVK will pay 1.26 billion dollars to acquire a majority stake in coal assets owned by Australia's Hancock Group.
Washington, Sept 17 (ANI): A Florida State University geochemist and his team have uncovered the oldest prehistoric woolly rhino ever found in Tibet.
Washington, Sept 14 (ANI): German ichnologists have discovered a sophisticated underground animal world that existed 240 million years ago in Morocco.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Both Houses of the Parliament have been adjourned till 2 p.m. today with the opposition demanding a discussion on corruption and Lokpal Bill.
Washington, August 17 (ANI): The fossil of world's oldest known fingernails has been found. The fossils were collected over the last seven years in northwestern Wyoming's Bighorn Basin.
Washington, August 14 (ANI): Rocks from the fossil Permian Reef in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas are revealing secrets about changes in sea level and marine life 265 million years ago, according to two Texas A and M University researchers.
Kolkata, Aug 8 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) General Secretary Prakash Karat has criticized Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over her indictment in the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on irregularities observed in Commonwealth Games.
Islamabad, Aug 6 (ANI): Experts and analysts have questioned China's claim that terrorists trained in Pakistan had carried out acts of violence in Xinjiang, terming it a 'smokescreen' to hide the true reasons behind the attack.
Washington, August 06 (ANI): A USC researcher has given insight into how the ocean impacts climate change.
Beijing, June 30(ANI): The trunk line of the world's longest natural gas pipeline, or main line of China's second west-to-east natural gas pipeline, went into operation today.
Karachi, June 13(ANI): A section of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) has been incorporated in the police case against the Rangers personnel involved in the extrajudicial killing of a youngster in Karachi.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): A major mass extinction of 47 species of mollusks took place in North America in the first half of the 20th century after the watershed in which they lived was dammed.
London, June 2 (ANI): A team of international scientists has created the first-of-its-kind topographic map of one of the last uncharted regions of Earth - the Aurora Subglacial Basin, an ice-buried lowland in East Antarctica larger than Texas.
Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): A study has found that contemporary climate change is affecting extinction rates.
Washington, April 5 (ANI): A new study on the origin and evolution of peculiar morphologies caused by ancient subterranean springs in the central pre-Pyrenees of Catalonia (Spain) may aid the search for water on Mars.
Karachi, April 1(ANI): The Pakistan Navy has handed over the command of the counter-piracy fleet Combined Task Force-151 (CTF-151) to the Singapore Navy after an eventful period of four months.
Washington, March 29 (ANI): A new report from a University of Arizona-led research team has revealed that wind is a much more powerful force in the evolution of mountains than previously thought.
Wellington, Mar 27 (ANI): New Zealand's bowling coach Allan Donald believes that Tim Southee could become the best swing bowler in world cricket within the next 12 months.
Tokyo, Mar.22 (ANI): Geologists have warned that another earthquake could strike Japan as the one that struck the nation on March 11 had altered the earth's surface.
Mexico, March 17 (ANI): A U.S. archaeologist has said that the collapse of the Mayan civilization was due to environmental damage caused by deforestation and damage to the agricultural system.
Tokyo, Mar.14 (ANI): Japan is facing mounting humanitarian and nuclear emergencies as the death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Friday is rising rapidly as relief efforts intensify.
Wellington, Mar 14 (ANI): New Zealand PM John Key apparently left Shane Warne speechless at the Fill The Basin For Christchurch charity match.
Wellington, Mar.9 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister John Key claims that he will be nervous while facing legendary leg spinner Shane Warne in the 'Fill the Basin for Christchurch' charity Twenty20 cricket match at the Basin Reserve on Sunday.
Wellington, May 8(ANI): Australian leg-spin legend Shane Warne's fans are being offered the chance to bid to face an over from him to raise money for New Zealand's earthquake victims.
