Japan's economy grew faster than initially estimated in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, as capital spending fell less than was first reported, but worries remain over slow consumer spending and weak exports. 12. The southern Delta swamps in Nigeria have been hit by militant attacks on oil and gas pipelines which have brought the African nation's oil output to a 20-year low.NYMEX crude for July delivery CLc1 was up 4 cents at $50. Nigeria's oil output was between 1.S.9 per cent estimated in January due to stubbornly low commodity prices, sluggish demand in advanced economies, weak trade and diminishing capital flows.end-of.6 million barrels a day, down from 2.5 million and 1.(Representational Image) The market was waiting for China trade data due later in the day.

 commercial crude inventories fell by 3.Nigeria government said it will scale down a military campaign in the oil-producing Niger Delta and talk to a militant group.S.U.42 a barrel by 0108 GMT, after settling up 89 cents on Tuesday. It earlier touched $51.Oil prices stood steady near their highest level in about eight months, helped by industry data showing a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.2 million barrels at the start of the year.

The EIA on Tuesday raised its 2016 U.6 million barrels last week, data from industry group American Petroleum Institute showed on Tuesday after the market settlement, compared with expectations for a 2. The U.55, the highest since Oct.S.London Brent crude for August delivery LCOc1 was down foam wall panel barrel screws 2 cents at $51.The market was waiting for China trade data due later in the day. crude inventories and worries about attacks on Nigeria's oil industry.But concerns about global demand weighed on prices. Worries about global supply disruptions also supported the market, analysts said. oil demand growth forecast, citing that demand will grow by 220,000 bpd from 140,000 bpd previously.

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Net profit in January-March at Rs 4,340 crore was 6.2 per cent lower than Rs 4,625 crore net profit in the same period a year ago.The drop was despite the company's net price realisation for crude oil produced from nominated fields rising 57 per cent to USD 54.91 a barrel and also from joint venture fields by 68 per cent to USD 48.72 a barrel."We set out Rs 2,444 crore to clear royalty payments to Gujarat and Assam as had been ordered by the Supreme Court," ONGC Director (Finance) A K Srinivasan said.The royalty payment was due after the government agreed with the contention of Gujarat and Assam that the state-owned company should pay royalty on gross price for crude and not the net price it realised after paying for fuel subsidises.

Also, the company provisioned Rs 1,944 crore towards ensuing pay revision for employees. "But for the royalty payments, our net profit would have been higher by Rs 1,600 crore," he said.Revenues were up 33.7 per cent to Rs 21,714 crore in the fourth quarter of 2016-17, a company statement said. Also, the company lost Rs 4,000 crore in revenue on natural gas price dipping to USD 2.5 per million British thermal unit from USD 3.82 per mmBtu in Q4 of 2015-16 fiscal.For the full fiscal, the company reported a 10.9 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 17,900 crore on flat revenue of Rs 77,907 crore. Net realisation on crude oil produced from nominated fields was up 6.6 per cent at USD 50.27 per barrel and that from joint venture fields by 4 per cent at USD 44.09 a barrel."ONGC has achieved a phenomenal rise in exploration performance in FY'17 by making 23 discoveries, as against 17 discoveries in FY'16 an increase of 35 per cent. 

Of the 23 discoveries, 13 discoveries were made in onland and 10 in offshore," the statement said.Out of 13 onland discoveries, nine were monetized during the year itself having a potential of 0.218 million tonnes of oil equivalent per year.ONGC's crude oil production rose marginally by 0.8 per cent in January-March to 6.39 million tonnes but fell 1.5 per cent in the full year to 25.534 million tonnes. Gas output was up 13.4 per cent in Q4 to 5.944 billion cubic meters and by 3.3 in full 2016-17 fiscal to 23.27 bcm.After accounting for revenue and profits of its unlisted subsidiaries ONGC Videsh Ltd and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, ONGC had a consolidated net profit of Rs 20,498 crore in 2016-17, up 59.2 per cent from Rs 12,875 crore of previous year. Consolidated turnover was up 4.8 per cent at Rs 1,42,149 crore. end-ofTags: ongc, profit, shares, revenue, royalty paymentsLocation: India, Delhi, New Delhi.

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With web, the results are immediate,” she concludes. "This is the only platform which will reach the audience if the content is good. For people like me, it becomes easier, because daily soaps on TV tend to get taxing, thanks to the schedule. But this platform gives you much more space to dabble. "However, once you’re a star, the kind of films you get become more and more similar, and there’s a lot of limitations for an actress. I was not expecting them to be so detailed and organised with their work, but they were completely aware of what they were doing, and I would like to applaud them for it. This movie was her zone in general. Zeenat Aman’s bold Joana in Love, Life. With the web, the process is quick — we completed shooting in two days. It was great fun shooting with youngsters foam wall panel barrel screws We’ve worked on it in a tongue-in-cheek way, and we’ve not shown anything,” Neena says, referring to the almost-cutesy take on the couple’s sex life and romance.. "All actors aren’t willing to explore, but there’s a crop of artistes who are game.”Kapil explains that content is still king in this case. She’s a modern woman, and she wasn’t happy with the kind of work coming to her. "With the web it’s easier, because there was a point where a film would have to be shot for four years, and people had to wait for finances; it would just go on and on.”Kapil Kaustubh Sharma, the director of Love, Life and Screw Ups, in which Zeenat purportedly romances a 25-year-old, says that one doesn’t necessarily find artistes who are willing to give this medium a shot.”Neena says that she enjoys the process so much, she’d want to do more such roles. | UMA RAMASUBRAMANIAN Published: Apr 8, 2017, 12:05 am IST Updated: Apr 8, 2017, 6:28 am IST As veteran actresses are increasingly looking towards the web for experimentation, bold and sexier roles are the flavour of the season. "I loved the script so much, that I immediately had to say yes..With inputs by Aarti Bhanushaliend-ofTags: khujli, bdsm, jackie shroff, neena gupta. These days we don’t get such scripts.Zeenat Aman in Love, Life and Screw UpsKhujli, Scandal Point, Love, Life, Screw Ups — these may sound like chic flicks, but they feature some of the industry’s veteran women trying their hand at what a typical chick flick would indulge in. My only fear is that people might take undue advantage of the medium, and we’d also have to censor it. This is one platform on which we’re able to do things we want to do, without any interference.”What worries both Neena and Sonam, is people either experimenting way too much with the content, or the censors running their scissors all over the platform. But Neena had not done this before. There are only character roles available for these actors after a certain age in feature films.

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