Firms/companies
Rio Tinto exits Zimbabwe selling off diamond and coal assets
29 Jun 2015
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Plc has sold its entire stake in Zimbabwe diamond and coal mines to local mining groups, to focus on its core diamond operations elsewhere
Hyundai India showcases global SUV Creta
27 Jun 2015
The Creta marks Hyundai’s entry into the growing SUV segment with strong product offering boosting Hyundai’s product line up to a robust 10-product portfolio
Nissan to offer Leaf with 250-mile range
27 Jun 2015
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says humans will become robot pets
27 Jun 2015
Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have all spoken about the dangers of allowing our world to be taken over by artificial intelligence
Windows 10 to sell in USB flash drives: Report
26 Jun 2015
Microsoft plans to sell its Home and Windows 10 Pro SKUs in retail stores in USB flash drives
Eli Lilly wins key cancer drug patent case in UK
26 Jun 2015
Bharti joins OneWeb, invests $500 million to buy minority stake
25 Jun 2015
Airtel hopes to leverage the investment by becoming a preferred distributor of OneWeb’s satellite-based internet services across its operations in 20 countries in Asia and Africa
L&T arm wins Rs2,715-cr offshore contract
24 Jun 2015
Adani halts work at Australia's Carmichael mining project
24 Jun 2015
Speculation is rife that Adani might scrap the project altogether amidst relentless protest and legal threats and a not-so-friendly government in Queensland
Google to crack down on ‘revenge porn’
20 Jun 2015
Nokia looking to make a comeback in mobile phones
20 Jun 2015
Before its rapid decline, Nokia was the largest handset maker in the world and like other once-dominant companies including BlackBerry and Palm, it failed to adjust to the post-iPhone environment
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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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