Economy - general
President Mukherjee formally dissolves Lok Sabha
19 May 2014
El Nino effect helps soya crop, hurts wheat, maize and rice: study
17 May 2014
The dreaded El Nino weather effect does more than affect monsoon rains – it is actually affecting crop patterns worldwide, says a new study
S&P reminds Modi of unfinished reforms
17 May 2014
Polls 2014: Where the Modi wave failed to strike
17 May 2014
Monsoon seen arriving a few days late
16 May 2014
WPI inflation hits a 2-month low of 5.20% as food prices ease
16 May 2014
Amidst a general decline in food prices, wholesale price inflation declined to a two-month low of 5.20 per cent in April 2014
Diesel made costlier by Rs1.09 per litre
13 May 2014
Consumer price inflation rises to 8.59% in April
12 May 2014
India’s industrial production down 0.5% in March
12 May 2014
Industrial production during the financial year ended 31 March 2014 declined by 0.1 per cent
UPA bequeaths a ramshackle economy
12 May 2014
Election 2014: EC okays airing of exit polls from Monday evening
10 May 2014
The Election Commission will the media to publish exit polls for India’s general elections on Monday after 6:30 pm
Indian economy unlikely to grow above 5-6% in near future: Moody's
09 May 2014
The Indian economy is unlikely to revert to the high growth path of 7-8 per cent and above in the immediate future even if the government pursues a strong reforms agenda, rating agency Moody’s
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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!
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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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