For decades, India has kowtowed to Gulf countries, notably Iran. With large shale gas deposits and new technology to extract it, India can afford to act tough, says Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar.

Noor Mohammad

New Delhi: While the euro zone debt crisis is a looming threat to the global economy, it has brought some cheer to policymakers here. Global crude prices have fallen by $15 a barrel thanks to the European turmoil, a development which stands the Indian government in good stead as it tries to cut the worrisome fiscal deficit, as lower oil prices would reduce its subsidy burden.

Indian physicists involved with the CERN experiment under way in Europe reacted enthusiastically to the peaking of energy levels at the world

A new winter tradition is emerging in Britain. Whenever a cold snap occurs, commentators fret that the country

Solar thermal power company eSolar Inc said on Friday it granted South African company Clean Energy Solutions exclusive rights to represent and distribute eSolar's concentrating solar power technology across seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Johannesburg-based Clean Energy Solutions develops renewable energy projects.

Chennai: Solar thermal heating system is fast replacing petrofuels globally and China is leading the fray, followed closely by Germany . India is considered to have a vast potential but only a nano-fraction has been achieved so far.

President Obama wants to make the United States

Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, is burning more crude in domestic power plants to keep new wells pumping and produce cleaner electricity, likely eliminating demand for imported fuel this summer.