Firms/companies
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $1.04 bn over faulty hip implants
02 Dec 2016
In lawsuits that were combined in a trial, the federal jury concluding that J&J misled patients and their doctors about the safety of the Pinnacle hip implant
Maersk Line to buy smaller rival Hamburg Süd
02 Dec 2016
Google algorithm on-par with doctors in detecting diabetic retinopathy
02 Dec 2016
Google has developed an algorithm that can detect when someone had developed blindness as a result of diabetes.
Reliance Jio extends free services to 31 March
01 Dec 2016
Reliance Jio has grown faster than Facebook and Whatsapp in the first 3 months, becoming the fastest growing technology firm, says chairman Mukesh Ambani
RBI’s 4-fold hike in cash supplies fails to ease payday rush
01 Dec 2016
The cash shortage continued to persist at bank branches on Thursday, despite the RBI scaling up printing and supply of Rs500 notes to ease the discomfort brought about by Rs2,000 notes
Adani unveils the world’s largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu
30 Nov 2016
With 648 MW of generation capacity, India takes over the mantle of the world’s largest single solar power plant from the Topaz Solar Farm in California, which has a capacity of 550 MW
SAIL to sell stakes in three units via auction
30 Nov 2016
Facebook testing Wi-Fi hotspots across small-town India
30 Nov 2016
A mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley has sharply cut the value of its shares in India's largest e-retailer Flipkart for the fourth time over a period of a year, valuing the company at $5.5 billion
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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.
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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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