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Musk’s SpaceX set to get nod for satellite-based broadband network
15 Feb 2018
SpaceX plans to launch more than 4,420 small satellites into low orbit around the earth beginning next year, with full deployment expected by 2024 to build a broadband network using satellites
PM’s economic adviser Debroy questions Railways’ all-electric push
15 Feb 2018
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy has called for a rethink on the government’s plans to electrify the entire Indian Railways network, doing away with diesel engines
Facebook now available on JioPhone
14 Feb 2018
More woes for Mallya: UK HC orders $90 mn payment to plane leasing firm
14 Feb 2018
This is the latest case involving the 62-year-old businessman, whose extradition case over alleged loan defaults amounting to around Rs9,000 crore returns to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on 16 March
PNB reports Rs10,000-cr fraudulent transactions in its Mumbai branch
14 Feb 2018
PNB said the unauthorised transactions (messages) involved a few select account holders in a Mumbai branch, based on which other banks appear to have advanced money to these customers abroad
RBI tightens rules for bad-loan resolution
13 Feb 2018
RBI today issued a revised framework for resolution of bank loan defaults, widening the net for bankruptcy proceedings against loan defaulters and in the process abolishing half a dozen existing loan-restructuring mechanisms
RBI cautions public about fraudulent namesake websites
13 Feb 2018
The Reserve Bank of India has cautioned the public against fake websites created by some unknown person(s), ostensibly to track and verify bank accounts of gullible internet users
DGCA has no plans to ground all A230neos, but IndiGo grounds 3
13 Feb 2018
Since the problem is with one sub-population of Pratt & Whitney engines, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has only grounded planes with both engines in this category
Blast on ONGC ship at Cochin Shipyard kills 5, injures 11
13 Feb 2018
The blast occurred around 10:45 am onboard Sagar Bhushan, when the oil tank of the drilling ship belonging to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation that was berthed for repair burst during repairs
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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
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