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New Delhi - Reliance Industries has signed an agreement with Mexican state-owned company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for cooperation in upstream oil and gas production as well as in refining business.

As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) "RIL will cooperate with PEMEX for assessment of potential upstream oil and gas business opportunities in Mexico and jointly evaluate value added opportunities in international markets," a company statement said.

RIL and PEMEX will also share expertise and skills in the relevant areas of oil and gas industry, including for deep-water oil and gas exploration and production.

Gurdaspur (Punjab), Dec 5 - At least 14 senior citizens lost their eyesight after they allegedly underwent eye surgeries at a free medical camp organized by an NGO in Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Friday.

"A bus full people reached the camp. After operation, some kind of infection started to develop in the brain area as well. When we consulted other doctors, they told us that the eye pupils are missing," said one of the victims.

Washington, Dec 5 - A team of scientists has observed rising temperatures on the West Antarctic shelf.

The Antarctic ice sheet is a giant water reservoir. The ice cap on the southern continent is on average 2,100 meters thick and contains about 70 percent of the world's fresh water and if this ice mass were to melt completely, it could raise the global sea level by 60 meters.

Lead author Sunke Schmidtko said that there are many large glaciers in the area and the elevated temperatures have accelerated the melting and sliding of these glaciers in recent decades and there are no indications that this trend is changing.

Mumbai - Rising for the second consecutive session, the benchmark BSE Sensex gained over 88 points in early trade on Friday on sustained foreign capital inflows coupled with a mixed trend on other Asian bourses.

The 30-share index, which had gained 120.11 points in the previous session, gathered another 88.93 points, or 0.31 percent, to 28,651.75 with oil & gas, metals and capital goods sectors leading the rise.

The NSE Nifty also shot up by 15.15 points, or 0.18 percent, to 8,579.55.

New Delhi - Government's five per cent stake in steel giant SAIL will be sold at a floor price of Rs 83 per share on Friday, which can raise Rs 1,500-1,700 crore for the exchequer in the first disinvestment under the new regime.

"Government expects to garner Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 1,700 crore from SAIL disinvestment. Floor price will be Rs 83 and retail investors will get a discount of 5 per cent," an official said after a meeting on SAIL disinvestment in the Finance Ministry.

The SAIL offering would be the first PSU share sale under the new government, which targets to raise Rs 43,425 crore through share sales in various state-owned firms during the ongoing fiscal.

London - Beatles legend Paul McCartney agreed to soundtrack a video game to infiltrate his children and grand children's lives.

The Beatles legend recorded the theme tune for new game 'Destiny' and agreed they could use his song 'Hope for the Future' because he thinks it's the only way he can now get his family to listen to his music, reported Contactmusic.

"I know from my kids and my grandkids, they just bury themselves in a game and I don't think they've got time to listen to my music.

"Their agenda is pretty full with all the other stuff, you know, so I like the idea of infiltrating into their agenda," he said.