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Highlights of Railway Budget 2014-15
12 Feb 2014
Railways to take up surveys for 19 new lines
12 Feb 2014
73 new trains proposed
12 Feb 2014
No hike in passenger, freight rates; 73 new trains announced
12 Feb 2014
The Railway Budget 2014-15 envisages investment of Rs64,305 crore against the revised estimates for 2013-14 of Rs59,359 crore
Finance ministry calls off conciliation in Rs20,000-cr Vodafone tax case
12 Feb 2014
The union cabinet had, in June last year, approved a proposal for conciliation in the resolution of the tax issue relating to Vodafone’s capital gains from its acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stake in Hutchison Essar
L’Oréal to buy back 8% stake from Nestle for $8.88 bn
11 Feb 2014
Swiss food giant Nestle today agreed to sell its 8 per cent stake in L’Oréal back to the French cosmetics giant for $8.88 billion
Text of Carl Icahn's letter to shareholders
11 Feb 2014
Tata Motors' Q3 net zooms to Rs4,805 cr as JLR sales boom
11 Feb 2014
Revenue at JLR, which accounts for 85 per cent of Tata Motors’ consolidated revenues, grew 40 per cent year-on-year
SC stays further transactions in United Spirits-Diageo deal
10 Feb 2014
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered "status quo” be maintained in the sale of United Spirits to British liquor group Diageo Plc till April
T-Mobile wins case against AT&T's Aio using colour magenta
10 Feb 2014
A US federal court has ruled that AT&T subsidiary Aio Wireless’ use of the colour magenta is an infringement of T-Mobile's magenta trademark
Snapchat vulnerability can afflict iPhones
10 Feb 2014
A vulnerability within the photo messaging application Snapchat mobile app allows hackers to launch a denial-of-service attack that can freeze a user's iPhone
Google French search page to carry fine notice
10 Feb 2014
Google has been ordered to display a public notice on its French site saying it had been fined by the local data-protection watchdog over how user information was tracked and stored
Vodafone close to tabling $9.54-bn bid for Spanish cable television provider ONO
10 Feb 2014
The potential acquisition is part of Vodafone's plan to expand into services such as high-speed Internet and television across Europe.
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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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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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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