Firms/companies
RIL, IIP jointly develop benzene recovery process; file for patent
21 Jun 2016
Reliance Industries Ltd and Indian Institute of Petroleum have joined the league of technology pioneers for their new process for Benzene Recovery Unit, for which they have received several licensing the technology enquiries
Microsoft tax affairs questioned in UK
20 Jun 2016
Rolls-Royce driver-less 103EX: luxury guaranteed
20 Jun 2016
Dell to sell software group to Francisco Partners, Elliott Management for reported $2 bn plus
20 Jun 2016
Indian, world business disappointed as Rajan calls it a day
20 Jun 2016
Announcing that he would return to academia after his term as RBI governor ends in September, Raghuram Rajan strongly hinted that he was leaving an unfinished agenda as the government was not keen to give him a second term
Microsoft acquires Wand Labs
17 Jun 2016
Going to pot: Microsoft takes hand in marijuana business
17 Jun 2016
With the use of pot legal in several US states, tech giant Microsoft is partnering with cannabis industry-focussed Kind Financial to provide ‘seed-to-sale’ services to marijuana growers
Cabinet clears SBI’s merger of associate banks, BMB
15 Jun 2016
The merged entity will have an asset base of Rs37,00,000 crore (over $555 billion), 22,500 branches, 58,000 ATMs and a customer base of over 500 million
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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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