New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil stated she would be a ‘political president’ rather than being a ‘rubber stamp.”

Pratibha added, “There are several issues on which suggestions could be passed on to the government. A president can always discuss suggestions on critical issues and the government after due consideration can accept or reject those.”

New Delhi: A governmental restructure in the Con

New Delhi: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) lifted 33 notches to 369th position in the newly issued 2007 version of Fortune Global 500 list.

According to the company release, “After making a debut in the turnover-based annual Fortune Global club two years ago (with a rank of 459), ONGC has moved up steadily, thanks to its advancing topline.”

NEW DELHI: The Government has planned to undertake a major afforestation programme for greening 6 million hectares of degraded forest land; It would be one of the world’s largest afforestation efforts in recent times, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.

New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL (India) and Apollo Tyres has signed up a contract for making power from steam.

According to the company release, GAIL will supply steam from its Vaghodia Compressor Station (near Vadodara) to Apollo Tyres that would produce power for it.