Firms/companies
Amazon faces anti-competition probe in Japan
15 Mar 2018
Twitter accounts of leaders like Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul flooded with fake followers
15 Mar 2018
Well over half the followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Twitter are fake: Gandhi tops the list, closely followed by BJP president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Malaysia's IHH Healthcare to bid for Fortis
14 Mar 2018
After Facebook, Google moves to ban cryptocurrency ads
14 Mar 2018
Google said it will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings starting in June, part of its crackdown on ‘bad ads’ that saw it remove more than 3.2 billion advertisements in 2017
After Nirav Modi-PNB scam, RBI bans LoUs, Letters of Comfort
14 Mar 2018
The Reserve Bank of India has banned banks from issuing Letters of Undertaking or Letters of Comfort in the wake of the Rs1,400 crore Punjab National Bank fraud, though Banks can continue to issue guarantees and letters of credit
Tata Sons to sell 1.48% stake in TCS, raise Rs8,500 cr
13 Mar 2018
The money raised from the TCS stake sale will be used by Tata Sons to strengthen its balance sheet, pare debt in telecom units Tata Teleservices and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) and to shore up equity interest in key Tata Group companies
SC may auction Unitech properties to refund home buyers
13 Mar 2018
The apex court has asked Unitech to furnish a complete list of its unencumbered assets in India and abroad, including details of personal assets of the company’s promoters as a prelude to auctioning these properties
US judge allows Yahoo to be sued for 2013 data hacks
13 Mar 2018
A US judge says victims of the massive data breaches that exposed 3 billion email accounts in 2013, can sue Yahoo
Ola’s Nagpur experiment shows long road ahead for India’s EV dream
10 Mar 2018
With the high cost of vehicles and shortage of charging stations, Nagpur's Ola drivers are returning their electric cars as unviable, raising questions about the Indian government's preparedness of going all-electric by 2030
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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.
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.
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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