Firms/companies
GE’s oil and gas business merges with Baker Huges Inc
04 Jul 2017
Baker Hughes, now a GE company, is the first and only company to bring together industry-leading equipment, services and digital solutions across the entire spectrum of oil and gas development, according to GE
Indian government seeks discount on Windows 10
03 Jul 2017
Larsen & Toubro’s Subrahmanyan takes charge as new CEO
01 Jul 2017
Subrahmanyan is credited with successfully completing some of L&T’s largest infrastructure projects, including new airports in major cities, metro, and freight corridor projects, helping to grow its construction business to rank among the top 25 global contractors
Twitter working on new feature to flag fake news
01 Jul 2017
Nike to launch pilot programme with Amazon
30 Jun 2017
Jio launches longest 100Gbps-technology undersea cable
30 Jun 2017
The cable, the longest 100Gbps technology based submarine system, will stretch over 25,000 km from Marseille, France, to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe
Cabinet nod for divestment of Air India and its 5 subsidiaries
29 Jun 2017
A group of ministers will now look into the quantum, mechanism, debt and other issues of disinvestment, finance minister Arun Jaitley said after the cabinet meeting
Facebook community now officially 2-bn strong
28 Jun 2017
JNPT hit as new Petya virus sweeps across globe
28 Jun 2017
Toshiba sues Western Digital for meddling in memory chips unit sale
28 Jun 2017
Toshiba has sued Western Digital for 120bn yen ($1bn), accusing it of interfering in the attempted sale of its flash memory business
EC fines Google record $2.7 bn for misusing shopping service
27 Jun 2017
Google said it would review the Commission’s decision in detail and consider an appeal to make its case
Lupin founder-chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta dies at 79
27 Jun 2017
Gupta, who founded Lupin with Rs5,000 borrowed cash from his wife, turned it into a pharma giant with annual sales of Rs17,000-crore, and the eighth largest generic drug firm globally
Google replaces Google Talk with Hangouts
27 Jun 2017
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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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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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