Firms/companies
SC gives Samsung chief 6 weeks to appear before Ghaziabad court in cheating case
02 Apr 2014
The Supreme Court has ordered the chairman of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Lee Kun-hee, to appear before a trial court in Ghaziabad in a $1.4-million case filed against him
SC revokes appointment of Australian arbitrator in RIL dispute
02 Apr 2014
The Supreme Court today recalled the order after the government said Spigelman's name figured in the list suggested by RIL for appointment as the third arbitrator
M&M merges trucks and buses division with itself
01 Apr 2014
BHP Billiton weighs $20-bn non-core assets spin-off
01 Apr 2014
BHP Billiton, the world's second-largest mining company and Australia's highest revenue earner, is weighing spinning off some of its non-core assets into a new $20-billion company
SC appoints Australian as third arbitrator in RIL gas dispute
01 Apr 2014
The panel will decide whether RIL deliberately suppressed gas production and if the government is within its rights to penalise it for failure to meet targets
J&J accepts $4 bn bid from Carlyle for its ortho-clinical diagnostics business
01 Apr 2014
Johnson & Johnson's ortho-clinical diagnostics unit was created in 1994 when it acquired the clinical diagnostics division of Eastman Kodak and formed Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, which was then merged in 1997 with Ortho Diagnostic Systems
Zuckerberg’s global internet vision powered by drones
29 Mar 2014
Mark Zuckerberg's plans involve drones, satellites and even data-carrying laser beams fired across space
Coal India expects 2% rise in output this fiscal
29 Mar 2014
NTPC’s 10 MW solar power plant in Odisha starts operation
29 Mar 2014
NTPC, the country's largest power producer has been steadily raising commercial power production from renewable sources
RIL to continue gas sales at current prices from 1 April: report
29 Mar 2014
Reliance Industries and its partners will have to continue gas sales at current prices from RIL's east coast block following a delay in the new pricing regime
Infosys to have nine executive officers
28 Mar 2014
Sahara turns to employees for Rs10,000-cr needed to bail out Subrata Roy
28 Mar 2014
In a letter sent to its employees, Sahara Group is reported to have requested a minimum contribution of Rs1,00,000 from each employee towards the bail amount of Rs10,000 crore
Competition panel slaps Rs1-cr fine on Google for non-cooperation in probe
28 Mar 2014
The Competition Commission of India fined Google Rs1 crore for failing to supply information and documents pertaining to its alleged misuse of dominance in online search and search-related advertising markets
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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.
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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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