Economy - general
SC rap makes Haryana pull up its law officers
19 Sep 2015
Haryana moves SC over new civic election law
19 Sep 2015
Tax issues being ‘put to sleep’, reforms in offing: Jaitley
19 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make the fundamentals of the economy sound so that it can withstand the global turmoil
India could’ve been hardware leader, regrets Narayana Murthy
18 Sep 2015
IT doyen Narayan Murthy says wrong policies held back India’s hardware potential in the past, and the poor quality of college education is doing the same now
Visible wealth makes economic inequality worse, experiments show
18 Sep 2015
The economic gap between the rich and poor becomes even wider when the inequality is made visible, a new Yale University study says
SC refuses to stay Bombay HC order lifting meat ban
18 Sep 2015
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a Bombay High Court order staying a ban on meat imposed in Mumbai during a Jain festival
Moody’s expects RBI rate cut amid falling prices
12 Sep 2015
Jaitley vows to cut corp tax by pruning exemptions list
09 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will bring out a list of tax exemptions to be phased out in the next few days, as part of the exercise to reduce corporate tax rate to 25 per cent in four years
Take risks, invest more, PM tells Indian business
08 Sep 2015
The industry, however, continued to harp on the need for a deep cut in interest rates and new duties to stop dumping of cheap Chinese products
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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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