The 36-year-old Kumar, who played six Tests, 68 ODIs and 10 T20s for India in a career that promised a lot more, told PTI that he and his son are doing fine.
The 18-year-old Kumar, competing in his debut Paralympics, set a new Asian record with a 2.07m jump to finish behind Great Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who notched up his season's best effort of 2.10m for the gold.
According to Praveen Kumar, the Iran deal is a good thing for Indian refiners because this means the pressure can come off a bit and they can start looking at some of these insurance type issues, but in terms of real price the market continues to stay strong.
WTI is strengthening because of issues relevant to the US, but Brent prices won't stay at higher levels for a long period of time, says Praveen Kumar, Head-South Asia Oil & Gas at FACTS Global Energy.
Praveen Kumar, senior consultant, head-South Asia Oil and Gas Team, FACTS Global Energy sees a downside pressure on crude prices from here on.
Praveen Kumar, FACTS Global Energy sees Brent around USD 120 per barrel in the short-term.
Oil prices surged nearly USD 4 per barrel on Tuesday morning on tensions across Iran. Praveen Kumar of Facts Global Energy says, the tension from Iran is quite relevant. He sees Brent averaging out around USD 108 per barrel in quarter one of 2012.
Out of form off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was today ignored while paceman Praveen Kumar and Rohit Sharma were recalled in India's 17-member Test squad for next month's gruelling tour of Australia.
Notwithstanding skyrocketing gold prices, its imports are likely to cross the 1,000-tonne mark this year on robust investment demand, say analysts.
Praveen Kumar, Senior Consultant & Head-South Asia Oil and Gas Team, FACTS Global Energy gives his views on crude. "Crude oil prices will drop since growing pessimism in the US economy is impacting oil prices," said Kumar.
Indian bowlers will have to adjust their line and length on a bouncy Kensington Oval pitch, said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, insisting that adapting to conditions would be the key to winning the second cricket Test against West Indies here.
Praveen Kumar, Head of the South Asia Oil and Gas Team from FACTS Global Energy, in an interview with CNBC-TV18's Udayan Mukherjee and Mitali Mukherjee, feels that IEA move as dramatic. He said that IEA's move is mainly because OPEC talks which didn’t go through and fell instead.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are hopeful that hastily arranged talks with their Indian counterparts will succeed in releasing players from that country to participate in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament.
Crude oil price is on upswing after Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) kept output quotas unchanged. Back in the home turf, PSU oil companies have been losing significantly on the bourses. The benchmark Sensitive Index lost 0.3% in the morning trade.
At the ICICI SMEs CEO Knowledge Series, an initiative for CNBC-TV18 to understand the problem faced by SME sector, the theme focuses on how to discover one’s niche?
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Praveen Kumar, Senior Consultant, Head-South Asia Oil and Gas Team, FACTS Global Energy, gave his readings and outlook for the crude prices.
Crude oil prices would cool down only once Middle East and North Africa (MENA) tension subsides, said Praveen Kumar senior consultant and head of South Asia oil & gas team at FACTS Global Energy. "Until then it may remain buoyant," he added.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Mitali Mukherjee and Sonia Shenoy, Praveen Kumar of FACTS Global said crude prices may remain buoyant till the Libyan tensions persist.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Praveen Kumar, head-south Asia (Oil and Gas Team), FACTS Global Energy said the crude oil movement dependent on geopolitical tensions.
India will gamble on the fitness of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Praveen Kumar after the four injured players were included in the final 15-member squad on Monday for next month's World Cup.