Firms/companies
WhatsApp challenges India’s customer protection rules
26 May 2021
In public, however, the IT giants Facebook and Google have adopted a non-confrontationist posture, saying they are trying to comply with the rules
SBI Q4 FY21 net profit up 80.15% at Rs6,451 cr
25 May 2021
RBI to transfer Rs99,122 crore surplus to govt
21 May 2021
Reliance creating largest cable network with 2 new subsea systems
17 May 2021
The India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) system that connects India eastbound to Singapore and beyond and the India-Europe-Xpress (IEX) system that connects India westbound to the Middle East and Europe will address the region’s data revolution
AT&T to merge media assets with Discovery in $43 bn deal
17 May 2021
As per the terms of the cash and debt deal, AT&T's shareholders would receive stock representing 71 per cent of the new company, while Discovery shareholders would own 29 per cent of the new company
Jiophone users to get 300 minutes of free outgoing voice calls per month for the pandemic period
17 May 2021
Covid care: RBI opens Rs50,000-cr liquidity tap for banks
06 May 2021
Under the scheme, banks can tap into the window to provide loans of up to 3 years’ tenor to various entities, including vaccine manufactures and suppliers, importers/suppliers of medical devices and Covid-related drugs, hospitals/dispensaries, pathology labs, suppliers of oxygen and ventilators and logistics firms as also patients for treatment
Pfizer eyes a market gatecrash as India’s Covid tally mounts
04 May 2021
US pharma giant Pfizer is trying to convince Indian authorities that there is no need for regulatory scrutiny for its corona virus vaccine that added $3.5 billion to its revenue in the first three months of this year, since it is approved by regulatory authorities in the US, Britain, Japan and the WHO, all of which India endorses
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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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