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IDFC Bank buys microfinance lender Grama Vidiyal
13 Jul 2016
This is a first of its kind acquisition where a bank has taken over a microfinance institution and made it a subsidiary
Banks to remain open, strike deferred
12 Jul 2016
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Top banks in West shed nearly $500 bn in market cap as NPAs loom
07 Jul 2016
Plunging share prices this year have erased half a trillion dollars or a quarter of the combined market value of at least 20 of the world’s major banks over concerns that banks may not be able to absorb the shock of rising loan delinquencies
RIL takes 70% stake in payments bank JV with SBI
02 Jul 2016
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Cabinet clears SBI’s merger of associate banks, BMB
15 Jun 2016
The merged entity will have an asset base of Rs37,00,000 crore (over $555 billion), 22,500 branches, 58,000 ATMs and a customer base of over 500 million
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Blow to Mallya as special PMLA court declares him proclaimed offender
14 Jun 2016
A person can be termed a proclaimed offender in a criminal case if the court has reasons to believe that the accused against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued has absconded or is concealing himself so as to avoid arrest
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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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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.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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
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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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