Firms/companies
Court asks Apple to unlock Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
17 Feb 2016
Apart from setting a debatable precedent, it is doubtful if Apple itself can disable the security features on the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the 2 December San Bernardino terror attack
Project Loon: Alphabet’s ‘captain of moonshots’
17 Feb 2016
BAE selects Mahindra Defence for Howitzer partner
17 Feb 2016
BAE Systems has selected Mahindra Defence Systems as its partner for the in-country assembly, integration and test facility for the M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzer
Wikipedia plans search engine to rival Google, Bing
17 Feb 2016
The Wikimedia Foundation says it will be “the internet’s first transparent search engine” - but Wikipedia volunteers are hurt by the secrecy surrounding the project, and feel they have been kept out of the loop
Amazon buys Indian payments processor Emvantage
16 Feb 2016
Biocon gets EU nod for generic cholesterol drug
16 Feb 2016
Income tax department threatens to seize Vodafone assets over tax dispute
16 Feb 2016
The Rs14,200-crore tax dispute over Vodafone's acquisition of Hutchinson's Indian business has reared its head again, with the income tax department threatening to seize Vodafone's assets if the amount is not paid
Vodafone and Liberty to combine Dutch businesses
16 Feb 2016
HSBC Holdings Plc to stay in London
15 Feb 2016
Apple to open Rs150-cr tech centre in Hyderabad
15 Feb 2016
Google won’t participate in US spectrum auction
15 Feb 2016
After M&M, Tata Motors to cut engine size after Delhi 2000 cc ban
15 Feb 2016
Tata Motors will be following in the footsteps of rival Mahindra & Mahindra, which launched a 1999 cc diesel engine for its Scorpio and XUV500 to circumvent the ban on diesel engines of over 2000 cc in Delhi
Move aside 4G; 5G to be new kid on the block
13 Feb 2016
Both AT&T and Verizon will start testing 5G wireless connectivity this year, promising internet speeds 100 times faster than the current standards - but experts believe the actual rollout won’t start till 2020 at the earliest
Featured articles
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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