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Santos lowered its guidance for capital expenditure this year amid a delay in drilling at its Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea, but it is still aiming to resume work at the site by the year-end after resubmitting the environment plan for the controversial venture.

Former United States President and Republican party member Donald Trump may be soon charged by US prosecutors as the former president has informed that he has received a letter which says that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.  US 2020 elections, which brought democrat Joseph Biden to power as the President of the United States, also brought chaos in the White House, when then incumbent President of US< Donald Trump refused to accept the elections results, and his loyal followers tress-passed and vanadalised the mansion on capitol hill.  New federal charges, on top of existing state and federal counts in New York and Florida and a separate election-interference investigation nearing conclusion in Georgia, would add to the list of legal problems for Trump as he pursues the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Trump disclosed the existence of a target letter in a post on his Truth Social platform, saying he received it Sunday night and that he anticipates being indicted.

The shale patch is shedding rigs at the fastest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic despite healthy oil prices. Behind the drop in rigs is a tale of the haves and the have-nots. Private companies, which added rigs at a breakneck pace as the pandemic abated, have drilled up many of their best remaining wells, forcing them to decelerate.

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the BJP on Sunday said the collapse of the Mamata Banerjee government was just a matter of time. Speaking at a party programme in his Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, BJP MP Shantanu Thakur said the TMC government will not last beyond five months. «I have a hunch that this government will not last beyond five months,» he said.

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the BJP on Sunday said the collapse of the Mamata Banerjee government was just a matter of time. Speaking at a party programme in his Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, BJP MP Shantanu Thakur said the TMC government will not last beyond five months. «The Mamata Banerjee government has outlived its utility.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) chairman Vivek Johri said the government will defend its position in all the cases where the games involved betting and gambling. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has clearly stated the intent of taxation and law for the future, he told ET in an interview.

State Election Commission (SEC) has announced repolling in 20 Panchayat Constituencies today. But, the date of re-polling is yet to be announced. Constituencies which will undergo re polling as per the SEC notification are 15 in Howrah’s Sankrail, one in Singur and four in North 24 Parganas district’s Habra. In order to investigate the violence during panchayat polls, a five-member Fact Finding team went to Raj Bhawan to meet Governor C V Anand today and visited South 24 Parganas district’s Basanti to met the victims of poll violence. Governor and Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi held separate meetings with senior BSF officials today to discuss the ongoing situation in the state. In order to curb violence, it was decided that there will be three nodal officers in every district-Police Superintendent, District Magistrate and a BSF Nodal officer. Following BSF’s decision to keep one nodal officer in every district, BSF will soon share the numbers of the nodal officers in each district.

Bitcoin’s energy efficiency has been a concern over the years as mining activities consumed rather massive amounts of electricity. 

BJP) four-member fact-finding committee with MP Ravishankar Prasad as its convenor will visit the violence-affected areas in West Bengal during the Panchayat polls on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the BJP constituted a four-member fact-finding committee in the wake of the widespread violence during the Panchayat elections in the state. Prasad earlier stated that the committee will visit the state and submit the report to the President, Droupadi Murmu.

ANI, as reported This action was taken in response to the alleged manipulation of results in the Panchayat polls, counting for which had commenced earlier in the day. Majumdar, as the state BJP chief, announced his intention to seek legal remedies to address this matter. "Despite our candidates winning in the elections...the results are being fabricated.

India’s stock market regulator was drawn into an unseemly swirl of suspicions raised by US-based Hindenburg’s report of 24 January that alleged the Adani Group was a “corporate con" while accusing it of share-price manipulation for dubious gains, among other things, all flatly denied by Adani. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) recently proposed tighter ownership disclosure norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), calibrated by risks entailed by concentrated holdings in very few firms—as some FPIs have had in Adani companies, placing them in the eye of this storm.

BJP Tuesday slammed the Trinamool Congress government over the «state-sponsored» violence during the West Bengal panchayat polls, terming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee «ruthless» and claiming at least 45 people have died in the clashes. Violence rocked the July 8 rural polls, leaving 15 dead while ballot boxes were vandalised, ballot papers burnt and bombs thrown at rivals in several places. Repolling was held on Monday in 696 booths across 19 districts where voting was declared void amid allegations of ballot box tampering and violence.

The government’s intervention in the east coast gas market has delayed getting much-needed gas to buyers, in some cases by more than 12 months, say chief executives of small producers who point to policy moves that have made developing gas tougher.

Re-polling was conducted in 696 polling booths all across West Bengal in the presence of central forces and state police. Around 53.95% polling was reported till 3PM today. Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam of Calcutta High Court has sought a report from the Inspector General, BSF, the Nodal Officer, who was appointed for deployment of forces for Panchayat election, in connection with a PIL filed by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury .

Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the inspector general of BSF, the nodal officer appointed for deployment of central forces for West Bengal panchayat polls, to file a report on the violence that took place in various booths on July 8. The court also directed the state government to provide assistance to the relatives for cremation of those who died in alleged poll violence and healthcare facilities to the injured. A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed the IG, BSF, the nodal officer appointed for deployment of central forces for the rural polls, to file a report on the violence which took place in various polling booths in the state during the elections on July 8.

Suvendu Adhikari said he is collecting evidence of alleged malpractice in several thousands of booths during the polling on Saturday and, armed with these, will move the Calcutta High Court. «We had submitted a list of 6,000 booths to the SEC recommending repoll. Actually, false voting had taken place in 18,000 booths at the behest of the Trinamool Congress.

Oil prices dipped in early Asian trade on Monday as investors tread cautiously ahead of fresh economic data from top consumers the United States and China this week, while expected crude supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia supported the market. Brent crude futures fell 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.25 a barrel by 0107 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $73.57 a barrel, down 29 cents, or 0.4%.

By Scott DiSavino

Investing.com — Crude oil prices weakened Friday after softer-than-expected U.S. employment data raised fears that the U.S. economy is weakening even as the Federal Reserve is expected to tighten monetary policy again this year, to the detriment of economic activity.

Barbie," directed by Greta Gerwig. Vietnam recently announced its decision to bar the film's commercial release due to a disputed depiction of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, known as the «nine-dash line.» The Philippines, along with Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia, has its own territorial claims in the South China Sea and strongly rejects China's assertion of sovereignty over the entire region. Senator Francis Tolentino, vice chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, stated that if the invalidated nine-dash line was indeed portrayed in the movie, it would denigrate Philippine sovereignty.

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