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Uber cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick resigns
21 Jun 2017
Flushing down toilets, hiding in bras: how workers steal Apple secrets
21 Jun 2017
The lid is off on the obsessive lengths to which Apple Inc goes to maintain secrecy in order to keep information about new products out of the hands of leakers, competitors, and the press
Toshiba to sell its memory chips business for $19 billion
21 Jun 2017
The loss-hit Japanese conglomerate hopes to come out of the red with the sale of the spun-off semiconductor unit to a consortium of Japanese investors and private equity fund Bain Capital
Boeing launches 737 MAX 10 at Paris Air Show
20 Jun 2017
With 230 seats, the 737 MAX 10 is seen as Boeing's answer to the Airbus, but is still 6 seats short of the 236-seat A321neo
Tesla crash: driver ignored warnings, investigators find
20 Jun 2017
A man killed in a car crash last year while using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S kept his hands off the wheel for extended periods of time despite repeated audible warnings not to do so
Lockheed Martin, Tata in pact to make F-16 fighter jets in India
19 Jun 2017
For Tata Advanced Systems, a deal with Lokheed Martin to produce the F16s would be a game changer as it elevates the company from an aircraft parts supplier to a full-fledged manufacturer
Volkswagen appoints Steffen Knapp as director
19 Jun 2017
Jaguar Land Rover dumps Brexit woes with 5,000 new jobs
19 Jun 2017
Tata Group company Jaguar Land Rover plans to hire 1,000 electronics and software engineers and 4,000 workers across other sectors, including manufacturing
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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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