Aviation
AirAsia gets $1bn offer for aircraft leasing arm
30 May 2016
EgyptAir flight with 66 on board crashes in Med
19 May 2016
SpiceJet launches 3-day sale of tickets at Rs511
18 May 2016
Air India no longer making losses
04 May 2016
National flag carrier Air India is slowly coming out of the red through operating efficiencies and cost-cutting, and is no more a loss-making enterprise
Govt defers decision on FDI approval for Agusta-Tata JV
03 May 2016
Indian Rotorcraft Ltd, set up in Hyderabad Aviation SEZ for assembling AW-199Kx helicopters, had sought an increase in its approved FDI of Rs17.6 crore to Rs19.64 crore and a change in the foreign investor from AugustaWestland SpA to Finmeccanica SpA
In ‘forced exile’, Mallya has ‘no plans’ to return to India
30 Apr 2016
In a long interview with a London newspaper, liquor baron Vijay Mallya claimed he was the victim of an inflamed media and government agencies, and he had no idea where the figure of Rs9,000 crore owed to banks had come from
SC directs Vijay Mallya to disclose all overseas assets to banks
26 Apr 2016
Mally’s counsel CA Vaidyanathan told the Supreme Court that the assets held by Kingfisher founder Vijay Mallya and his estranged wife and children were not covered under the personal guarantee given to the banks
Singapore Airlines’ no-frills arm Scoot coming
22 Apr 2016
Solar Impulse 2 to resume round-the-world flight
21 Apr 2016
The sun-powered air-craft Solar Impulse 2 is ready to take to the skies to resume its around-the-world flight, from Hawaii, more than a year after the odyssey got underway
Featured articles
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
