Engineering
DFCCIL awards ?2,864-crore contract for 222km rail link on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
16 Mar 2018
KKR & Co to buy Hyperion from Sweden’s Sandvik
09 Dec 2017
Emerson Electric withdraws takeover bid for Rockwell Automation
29 Nov 2017
US-based industrial-automation systems maker Emerson Electric Co yesterday withdrerw its takeover bid for Rockwell Automation Inc after the Milwaukee-based company rejected its latest sweetened buyout offer
Mitsubishi Materials admits to product fraud at 2 subsidiaries
25 Nov 2017
Mitsubishi Materials becomes the latest Japanese corporate major to fall from grace after compliance failings at Kobe Steel Ltd, Nissan Motor Co and Subaru Co Ltd
L&T wins Rs8,650-cr contract for Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
18 Nov 2017
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link will serve as an economic gateway to Navi Mumbai connecting it to Nhava Sheva Port, the Mumbai Pune Expressway and the Mumbai Goa Highway
GE to shrink operations, focus on three core businesses: report
13 Nov 2017
GE will close its research and development centers in Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro and Munich, leaving the company with R&D facilities only in New York and Bangalore
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
Siemens-Alstom deal to create European rail behemoth
27 Sep 2017
The combined entity hopes to withstand the challenge posed by China’s CRRC, which has annual revenues of about $35 billion and is bigger than Siemens-Alstom and Bombardier Transportation combined
Cummins steals a march over Tesla with all-electric engine for large trucks
30 Aug 2017
Cummins Inc yesterday unveiled what the company claims is the first of its kind zero-emissions electric powered truck
Larsen & Toubro’s Subrahmanyan takes charge as new CEO
01 Jul 2017
Subrahmanyan is credited with successfully completing some of L&T’s largest infrastructure projects, including new airports in major cities, metro, and freight corridor projects, helping to grow its construction business to rank among the top 25 global contractors
Warburg Pincus to buy 43% stake in Tata Tech for Rs2,323 cr
16 Jun 2017
The deal will see Tata Capital divesting its entire 13 per cent stake held by Tata Growth Fund and Alpha TC Holdings, while Tata Motors will sell 30 per cent to get its holding down to 43 per cent, the same as the new investor
Featured articles
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
