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Adani Green Energy initiates negotiations with international financial institutions for a $1.8 billion loan
03 Nov 2023
Adani Green Energy, the renowned renewable energy company owned by industrialist Gautam Adani, is reportedly in advanced discussions with a consortium of international lenders to secure a potential loan of up to $1.8 billion.
WeWork faces imminent bankruptcy filing amid mounting debt woes
01 Nov 2023
Troubled flexible workspace provider WeWork is on the brink of filing for bankruptcy as early as next week. The SoftBank Group-backed company, grappling with a staggering debt load
Study reveals global billionaire tax could generate $250 billion annually
23 Oct 2023
The EU Tax Observatory suggested on Monday, 23 October, 2023, that governments should introduce a global minimum tax on billionaires
Direct tax collection on track to exceed budget target, says CBDT chairman
11 Oct 2023
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Nitin Gupta, during a recent address, expressed his strong confidence that the current fiscal's direct tax collection
RBI’s digital currency has 1.5 million users, 300,000 merchants, says governor
10 Sep 2023
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the central bank digital currency (CBDC) now has around 1.5 million users and that over 300,000 merchants
Persons with income up to Rs7 lakh will not have to pay INCOME tax; exemption limit raised to Rs3 lakh
01 Feb 2023
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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