Firms/companies
Google makes encryption mandatory in Gmail
21 Mar 2014
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Exodus from Infosys continues as India business head Kakal quits
21 Mar 2014
In the ninth senior-level exit at Infosys Ltd since the return of co-founder N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman, Chandrashekar Kakal, senior VP and member of Infosys executive council, has put in his papers
Microsoft working on ‘no touch’ technology
21 Mar 2014
Airtel to introduce Nokia X smartphone in Africa
20 Mar 2014
Volvo Group introduces UD buses
20 Mar 2014
RIL gets partners BP, Niko to fight government
20 Mar 2014
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SEBI bars Financial Technologies from holding stake in MCX-SX, other bourses
20 Mar 2014
SEBI has barred Jignesh Shah-promoted Financial Technologies India Ltd from owning stakes in any of the country’s stock exchanges
US attorney general Eric Holder announces criminal charge and deferred prosecution agreement with Toyota
20 Mar 2014
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Toyota admits hiding safety defects; penalised $1.2 bn
20 Mar 2014
Toyota Motors yesterday agreed to pay a record $1.2 billion to settle a criminal investigation for hiding safety defects related to “unintended acceleration” of its cars
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Retrospective tax on Vodafone was a mistake: Pitroda
20 Mar 2014
Sam Pitroda, the prime minister’s technology advisor, on Wednesday admitted that the UPA government did “mess up” and took some wrong decisions, including the one to impose a retrospective tax on Vodafone
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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!
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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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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.
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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
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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History of hovercraft Part 2...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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History of Hovercraft Part 1...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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