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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Teva Pharmaceutical to buy US neurology drug firm Auspex $3.5 bn](/companies/companies_t/Teva_Pharmaceuticals/images/teva_sm_domain-b.jpg)
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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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!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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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