Economy - general
Indirect tax collections up 37.5% in April-June
11 Jul 2015
Industrial output growth slows to 2.7% in May
10 Jul 2015
Govt notifies rules for black money valuation
04 Jul 2015
Once the window for disclosure closes, the tax will remain at 30 per cent but the penalty will be three times the tax — or 90 per cent — besides possible criminal prosecution and jail term
Census reveals Bharat-India divide
04 Jul 2015
Nearly 40 per cent of rural households are financially excluded, reveals the first socio-economic and caste census
Govt announces integrated skills development, entrepreneurship policy
02 Jul 2015
The government has approved common norms for skill development schemes being implemented by the centre under the mission
E-filing of income tax returns begins
02 Jul 2015
UGC releases list of 21 fake universities
02 Jul 2015
India tops in adopting automation in operations, practices: survey
25 Jun 2015
Indian companies are switching to automation to lower costs and have greater accuracy and increased flexibility to increase or decrease productio
A reflection on rural India
25 Jun 2015
Vishwas Patil, author of the acclaimed Marathi novels Panipat, Sambhaji and Mahanayak talks to Swetha Amit about the impact of rehabilitation on rural India
Mumbai braces for more rains while limping to normalcy
20 Jun 2015
Mumbai, which was paralysed on Friday following torrential rains since Thursday night, limped back to normalcy on Saturday, with train services restored on all three suburban lines
India faces world's worst groundwater depletion: NASA
19 Jun 2015
The stress on groundwater resources is more apparent in India than in any other part of the world, data received from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites show
Just 928 households own 20% of India’s private wealth
17 Jun 2015
A study by Boston Consulting Group has found that millionaires held 41 per cent of the world's wealth in 2014 and this could rise to 46 per cent by 2019
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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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