Firms/companies
Big Tech entry poses threat to stability of banking system: RBI
05 Jul 2021
Big Tech firms operate non-financial lines of business with sometimes opaque overarching governance structures and have the potential to become dominant players in financial services and the ablity to overcome limits to scale in financial services provision, RBI noted
Reliance, Adnoc to jointly develop world-scale chemical projects in Abu Dhabi
30 Jun 2021
The new facility will produce chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride for export and local use and enable UAE industry substitute chemicals that are currently being imported
Suzlon announces Q4 FY21 Results
30 Jun 2021
The Arrogance Of Twitter, The Social Parasite!
29 Jun 2021
“Your account is now available for use. Please be aware that any additional notices against your account may result in your account being locked again and potentially suspended. In order to avoid this, do not post additional material in violation of our Copyright Policy and immediately remove any material from your account for which you are not authorised to post,” the social media app warned India’s IT minister Shivshankar Prasad after unlocking the account
Centrum Financial Services gets `in-principle’ approval for setting up small finance bank
28 Jun 2021
Google and Jio jointly develop affordable smartphone JioPhone Next
28 Jun 2021
JioPhone Next comes with breakthrough premium capabilities, including language and translation features, a great camera, and support for the latest Android and security updates that are unlikely for an affordable smartphone and will be available from 10 September 2021
Jet Airways to fly again
23 Jun 2021
The Kalrock-Jalan consortium is believed to have offered to repay Rs1,183 crore over a period of five years and a 9.5 per cent stake in Jet Airways and 7.5 per cent stake in Jet Privilege to financial creditors against claims of over Rs15,000 crore from various creditors, including Rs5,776 crore by 13 domestic banks and financial institutions led by SBI
Yes Bank board approves Rs10,000-cr debt issue
10 Jun 2021
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 4%
07 Jun 2021
With accommodative domestic monetary and financial conditions, supportive economic activity and a steady vaccination programme, RBI expects a faster normalisation of economic activity with real GDP growth of 9.5 per cent in 2021-22, consisting of 18.5 per cent in Q1; 7.9 per cent in Q2; 7.2 per cent in Q3; and 6.6 per cent in Q4 of 2021-22
Nestle agrees 60% of its products are not so healthy: report
04 Jun 2021
Nestle has acknowledged that more than 60 per cent of its mainstream food and drinks products do not meet a 'recognised definition of health' and “some of the products will never be healthy no matter how much we renovate", the Financial Times reported citing a Nestle document
Google backs India's IT rules as WhatsApp, Twitter fume at regulation
28 May 2021
In a virtual conference with select reporters from the Asia Pacific, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company respects the legislative processes, and in cases where it needs to push back, it does so
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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
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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
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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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