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The Arrogance Of Twitter, The Social Parasite!
29 Jun 2021
“Your account is now available for use. Please be aware that any additional notices against your account may result in your account being locked again and potentially suspended. In order to avoid this, do not post additional material in violation of our Copyright Policy and immediately remove any material from your account for which you are not authorised to post,” the social media app warned India’s IT minister Shivshankar Prasad after unlocking the account
Centre alerts Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh on Delta Plus variant of Wuhan virus
23 Jun 2021
Govt moves to protect consumers from e-commerce frauds
23 Jun 2021
The proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection Act, 2020 and Rules thereby makes it mandatory for e-commerce firms to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer and a Resident Grievance Officer and bans flash sales
India looks to double ethanol distillation capacity to achieve 20% blending with petrol by 2025
21 Jun 2021
Google backs India's IT rules as WhatsApp, Twitter fume at regulation
28 May 2021
In a virtual conference with select reporters from the Asia Pacific, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company respects the legislative processes, and in cases where it needs to push back, it does so
WhatsApp challenges India’s customer protection rules
26 May 2021
In public, however, the IT giants Facebook and Google have adopted a non-confrontationist posture, saying they are trying to comply with the rules
Centre allocates 5.88 lakh tonnes more of food grains for distribution to 800 million-odd beneficiaries
06 May 2021
Centre adds 500 oxygenated beds in Delhi; ramps up Covid care nationwide
26 Apr 2021
Delhi’s Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital at Chhatarpur will have 2,000 oxygenated beds in total in a week or two, even as the first Oxygen Expresses arrived at Nashik in Maharashtra and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh with Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO)
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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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