Firms/companies
Tata Motors' Tigor EVs based on Tiago platform
07 Dec 2017
Nestle to buy Canadian vitamin maker Atrium for $2.3 bn
07 Dec 2017
Swiss food and drink giant Nestle SA yesterday struck a deal to buy Canadian privately-held vitamin maker Atrium Innovations for $2.3 billion in order to expand its consumer healthcare portfolio
Tata Motors rolls out first batch of Tigor EVs from Sanand plant
06 Dec 2017
Tata Motors said the electric drive systems for the Tigor EVs have been developed and supplied by Electra EV, a company that develops and supplies electric drive systems for the automotive sector
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6%; projects a spike in inflation
06 Dec 2017
With crude prices on the boil and vegetable prices rising steadily, RBI has raised the inflation forecast for the next two quarters from 4.2-4.6 per cent to 4.3- 4.7 per cent
Apple to start paying Ireland €13 billion in unpaid taxes
05 Dec 2017
Apple today reached an agreement with the European Union to pay €13 billion to Ireland in unpaid taxes, following the landmark decision by the European regulator to crack down on companies parking their profits in low-tax havens in Europe
WHO to review Sanofi’s dengue vaccine Dengvaxia over safety concerns
05 Dec 2017
The review comes after the French pharma giant’s own admission that its dengue vaccine could have unintended consequences in patients who had never been infected with the mosquito-borne virus and the Philippines halted its use
Mallya never intended to repay Kingfisher loans, UK court told
05 Dec 2017
The extradition trial of former liquor baron Vijay Mallya, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering, began at a court in London with the prosecution asserting that the embattled Mallya had a "case of fraud" to answer
Broadcom takes its $103-bn bid hostile by nominating 11 for Qualcomm board
05 Dec 2017
On 13 November, Qualcomm's board unanimously rejected Broadcom's non-binding, unsolicited bid saying that the proposal dramatically undervalues Qualcomm and comes with significant regulatory uncertainty
Facebook to open new London office
04 Dec 2017
Airtel acquires strategic stake in Juggernaut
04 Dec 2017
New CEO Salil Parekh faces real test of staying calm at Infosys
04 Dec 2017
Salin Parekh becomes the second outsider after Vishal Sikka to take the top job at the 36-year-old Infosys, which employs over 2,00,000 professionals across the world
Google sued in UK for ‘illegally’ mining data from iPhones
02 Dec 2017
According to activist group Google You Owe Us, the tech giant unlawfully harvested personal information from nearly 5.4 million Apple iPhone users in England and Wales between June 2011 and February 2012 through the consumers' use of Safari
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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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