Firms/companies
Facebook aims to help people write with their ‘brainwaves’
21 Apr 2017
‘We are just getting started,’ Regina Dugan, head of Facebook’s Building 8 team, said. ‘We have a goal of creating a system capable of typing 100 words-per-minute straight from your brain’
Apple to go green, use only 100% recycled materials
21 Apr 2017
‘We're actually doing something we rarely do, which is announce a goal before we've completely figured out how to do it,’ the technology giant said ahead of Earth Day
Flipkart tightens returns policy, no more automatic refunds
21 Apr 2017
Earlier, online shopping sites offered full refund and a no-questions-asked policy to assure sceptical Indian customers to buy on their portal
Oracle to buy digital measurement company Moat
19 Apr 2017
Nissan plans to bring its Leaf electric car to India: Report
18 Apr 2017
The compact five-door Nissan Leaf electric hatchback manufactured by Nissan was introduced in Japan and the United States in December 2010
Tesla cuts price of Model S with 75 kWh battery
18 Apr 2017
US regulator approves Time Warner’s sale of broadcast station WPCH to Meredith Corp
18 Apr 2017
The approval will pave the way for speedy regulatory clearance of AT&T’s proposed $84.5-billion acquisition of US entertainment giant Time Warner
SC puts Sahara’s Aamby Valley on the block for failure to deposit refunds
17 Apr 2017
The Supreme Court had warned Sahara Group that its flagship property in Lonavla, estimated to be valued at Rs34,000 crore, would be auctioned if the group failed to return investor money
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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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