Firms/companies
Fiat Chrysler to recall around 1.8 million Ram pickup trucks with 'shifting out of park' issue
23 Dec 2017
Despite PM’s ‘Make in India’ call, IR opens global bidding for Rs2,000-cr contract
23 Dec 2017
The bids were opened on Friday despite the PMO writing a scathing letter to the Railways after the global tender was floated on 28 November seeking priority for domestic manufacturers
‘Adult supervision no longer needed’: Eric Schmidt to step aside at Alphabet
22 Dec 2017
Eric Schmidt, a long-serving Google executive, will step down as executive chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet in January, the company announced on Thursday
TCS seals $2.25-bn deal with Nielsen, largest by any Indian IT firm
22 Dec 2017
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged the largest-ever outsourcing contract by an Indian IT company, sealing a $2.25 billion deal with television ratings measurement firm Nielsen
IMF, World Bank call for tighter financial sector regulation in India
22 Dec 2017
Reserve Bank of India should be better equipped to pro-actively supervise banks and deal with issues related to bank boards, says an IMF-World Bank financial sector assessment report
Railways to have first locally-manufactured train plying at 160 kmph in a year
22 Dec 2017
The train, much like the EMU units serving urban passengers, comprises many coaches that are individually powered by a propulsion system, thereby eliminating the need for a separate engine
Reliance Infra to sell its Mumbai power assets to Adani for $2.93 bn
21 Dec 2017
The transaction marks Adani Group’s entry into the power distribution sector in Mumbai and an increase in the group’s footprint in the power transmission
RBI puts BoI, UBI under 'corrective action'
21 Dec 2017
HAL gets Rs50,000-cr IAF order for 83 Tejas fighter jets
21 Dec 2017
The 83 Tejas aircraft will be of Mark-1 configuration, an improved version of the single-engine fighter that is still in the design stage
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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.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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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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