Firms/companies
Tata Sons, DoCoMo to settle $1.17-bn dispute out of court
28 Feb 2017
Under a new settlement deal, Tata Sons will route a substantial part of the compensation payment through overseas entities, within a legal framework permitted by the RBI
8 Maruti models among 10 top-selling car brands
27 Feb 2017
End of the road for Maruti Suzuki Ritz in India
27 Feb 2017
Maruti Suzuki is in the process of refreshing its product portfolio, and this will be a continuing process – a way of moving ahead with times, say reports
HCBC’s profits, headcount drop globally, rise in India
27 Feb 2017
UK-based banking major HSBC saw its India headcount rise by 4,000 people to reach 37,000 last year even as its worldwide workforce got trimmed by nearly 23,000 persons
VW earns $5.4 bn profit in 2016; emerges world's top automaker
25 Feb 2017
Despite the 'dieselgate’ scandal, the group delivered 10.3 million vehicles in 2016, driven by strong demand in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, overtaking Toyota to become the world's largest carmaker
Axis Bank, 2 other firms under probe for Aadhar misuse
25 Feb 2017
For the first time, three firms, including Axis Bank, are being probed for allegedly attempting unauthorised authentication and impersonation by using stored Aadhaar biometrics
Google's-parent Alphabet sues Uber for ‘stealing’ autonomous car tech
24 Feb 2017
Alphabet contends that a manager at its autonomous car subsidiary Waymo took technical data with him when he left to launch a competing venture that went on to become Otto, Uber's self-driving vehicle unit, in a reported $680- million deal
SBI, associate banks merger to start on 1 April
24 Feb 2017
The merger of all the five associate banks will raise SBI’s combined asset base to over Rs3,200,000 crore and place it among world’s top 50 banks
ONGC to invest Rs7,327 cr to develop 5 fields
24 Feb 2017
The investment in the new fields is likely to yield 14.969 million tonnes of oil and 2.972 billion cubic metres of gas, ONGC says
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s legendary CEO, to step aside
23 Feb 2017
Carlos Ghosn will step aside as CEO after leading Nissan Motors for 16 years, letting him concentrate on deploying his cost-cutting expertise across its alliance with Renault SA and newly added Mitsubishi Motors Corp
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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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