Firms/companies
Stampede in Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road Railway Station kills 22
29 Sep 2017
Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s disaster management squad reported a total of 55 casualties in the Elphinstone Road stampede, which include 22 dead and 33 injured
Nissan launches pre-owned car business ‘Intelligent Choice’ in India
29 Sep 2017
Nissan's platform will also enable customers owning other brand cars to exchange them for new Nissan and Datsun cars
Big Blue now employs more people in India than in US
29 Sep 2017
Computer technology pioneer IBM, among the world’s top 10 most valuable brands, employs more people in India than in the US
ICICI Bank offers cashback on home loan EMIs
28 Sep 2017
Toshiba sells memory-chip unit to Bain-Apple group for $17.7 bn
28 Sep 2017
After the sale, Japanese companies, including Toshiba and Hoya Corp, will continue to hold more than 50 per cent of the common stock in Pangea, the investment vehicle that will acquire Toshiba Memory Corporation
Twitter to double character limit to 280
28 Sep 2017
CNG cars in Mumbai region up 320% in five years
27 Sep 2017
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
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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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