Economy - general
Business confidence in India at a 4-year low: FICCI survey
16 Sep 2013
A majority of firms have abandoned investment and hiring plans for at least the present, reveals an industry survey
Oil companies hike petrol prices by Rs1.63 a litre
14 Sep 2013
IOC, the country’s largest oil retailer, said it would pass on to the consumer any beneficial effect of an improvement in the rupee’s value and stabilisation in oil prices
India must deplete forex kitty to cover CAD gap: PM’s adviser
14 Sep 2013
India may have to draw about $9 billion from its foreign exchange reserves to finance the soaring CAD this year, C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), says
India’s GDP projected to grow at 5.3% in 2013-14
13 Sep 2013
`Economic Outlook’ report projects a per capita GDP growth of 4.8 per cent in 2013-14, against the 3.7 per cent growth in 2012-13
NMDC slapped Rs1,631 crore demand notice by IT
11 Sep 2013
Rupee firmer as stocks zoom, trade gap narrows
11 Sep 2013
Rupee closes higher at 65.24 against dollar
07 Sep 2013
RBI seeks details of gold stocks with temples
06 Sep 2013
Faced with bulging twin deficits, the government and the RBI are looking at the over 20,000 tonnes of gold lying idle with households and some of the country's biggest temples to ease demand
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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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