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NTPC to replace 11,000 MW thermal capacity with energy-efficient plants
15 Dec 2016
The government expects to reduce India’s carbon footprint by phasing out all inefficient thermal power plants older than 25 years with modern energy efficient super critical plants
Google bares FBI demands for user data for first time
14 Dec 2016
Google is providing for the first time a look into the world of national security — demands from the FBI to hand over details about account holders and keep quiet about it
Google spins off self-driving car unit to new company Waymo
14 Dec 2016
Google's effort to build and test a driverless car has moved ahead from being a research project to a business
Monsanto shareholders approve $66-bn acquisition by Bayer
14 Dec 2016
A deal would create a company commanding more than a quarter of the combined world market for seeds and pesticides
Cyrus Mistry voted out as TCS director with support from 93% shareholders
14 Dec 2016
93 per cent shareholders of TCS voted to oust former chairman Cyrus Mistry as a director,
RBI advises banks to store CCTV data for scrutiny
13 Dec 2016
Briefing the media on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of India deputy governor SS Mundra said banks had collected around Rs12,44,000 crore in demonetised notes between 8 November and 10 December
Google inks deal to speed up internet in Cuba
13 Dec 2016
Legion cracks Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Mallya, others
13 Dec 2016
A new group calling itself Legion says that apart from prominent personalities that include Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya, and some news anchors, it also has access to sansad.nic.in, the email server used by government employees
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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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