Firms/companies
NTPC commissions 50 MW Rajgarh solar project
30 Apr 2014
US sanctions likely to hurt Exxon’s Arctic plans
30 Apr 2014
Bosch reports 7% increase in quarterly sales
30 Apr 2014
Tata Group expects ‘innovation’ funding to cross $1 bn this year
30 Apr 2014
The Tata Group expects spending on “innovation”, at which it has been recently working across its companies to cross $1 billion in 2014-15
Twitter posts $132 million first quarter loss
30 Apr 2014
Siemens to table offer for Alstom if given four weeks to conduct due diligence
30 Apr 2014
On Sunday, Siemens barged into Alstom's late-stage talks to sell its energy assets to General Electric Co (GE) by proposing an asset swap deal worth $14.5 billion
Gazprom posts 7% decline in net profit
29 Apr 2014
Google’s self driving cars take to city traffic
29 Apr 2014
US Supreme Court rejects Novell's appeal against Microsoft
29 Apr 2014
The US Supreme Court has turned down software maker Novell's appeal in its antitrust case against Microsoft, running since 2004
UK, US govts advise computer users to stop using IE till bug fixed
29 Apr 2014
The US and UK governments have asked users to consider alternatives to Microsoft’s IE browser until the company fixed a security flaw that hackers used to launch attacks
Reckitt Benckiser confirms bidding for Merck & Co's consumer health business
29 Apr 2014
British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser has emerged as a front runner in the auction, although Bayer AG, Novartis, and Procter & Gamble Co are also in the race
Walmart says it has lost millions to Bharti by ending Indian venture
29 Apr 2014
In October 2013, Walmart called off its six-year-old partnership with Bharti Enterprises and decided to operate wholesale stores independently in India
Idea Cellular posts 91.4% rise in net profit
29 Apr 2014
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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!
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
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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