Firms/companies
Google turns any TV into computer for under $100
02 Apr 2015
Google has unveiled a tiny HDMI dongle that can turn any TV into a full-fledged computer
ED attaches Rs740-cr Maran bros assets in telecom case
02 Apr 2015
The Enforcement Directorate action comes as the CBI alleges that former telecom minister Dayanadhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi took kickbacks to facilitate the Aircel-Maxis telecom deal in 2006
RBI details regulations for IFSC banking units
01 Apr 2015
The liabilities of the IBU are exempt from both CRR and SLR requirements of Reserve Bank of India, but IBUS are not allowed to transact in Indian rupee
RBI approves merger of ING Vysya with Kotak Mahindra
01 Apr 2015
The merged entity, with 1,214 branches, a wide-spread pan-India network and a combined employee strength of nearly 40,000, is now the country’s fourth largest private sector lender
Facebook violating EU privacy norms, finds Belgian study
01 Apr 2015
The BPC report finds that Facebook tracks everyone, even logged-out users or people who don’t have an account, primarily through the use of cookies and the ‘like’ button which is found on more than 13 million websites worldwide
Philips to sell majority stake in lighting components division for $2.8 bn
31 Mar 2015
Philips today agreed to sell a majority stake in its lighting components division to private equity investors for $2.8 billion as part of its plan to focus on the consumer health-care market
Adani meets Queensland premier amidst fresh green threat to mine project
31 Mar 2015
Adani says the mine will create 10,000 jobs and fetch $22 billion in taxes and royalties to Queensland state, but the environment group argues that the 280 sq km Carmichael mine would destry the country's ecosystem and pollute the world
Teva Pharmaceutical to buy US neurology drug firm Auspex $3.5 bn
31 Mar 2015
Auspex is a biopharmaceutical company specialising in applying deuterium chemistry to known molecules to create novel therapies with improved safety and efficacy profiles
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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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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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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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