Aviation
FIA asks PM to deny operating permitto AirAsia
08 Mar 2014
Qantas to slash 5,000 jobs; cut costs by $2 bn
27 Feb 2014
Qantas, Australia's flagship carrier, hit hard by competition, today announced a slew of measures to reduce costs by $2 billion over the next three years
Air India to raise Rs7,350 cr from Dreamliner sales to erase part of its Rs20,000-cr debt
17 Feb 2014
SEBI creates fresh turbulence in Jet-Etihad airline deal
15 Feb 2014
Etihad will have to address the issues raised by the market regulator, failing which it will have to make an open offer for another 25 per cent in Jet Airways
Virgin Atlantic launches Google Glass pilot scheme for staff
12 Feb 2014
Virgin Atlantic passengers will be the first air travellers to experience the benefits of pioneering Google Glass technology as they arrive at London Heathrow airport, in an innovative pilot scheme which started on Tuesday.
Air India’s plaints against Dreamliner justified, admits Boeing
11 Feb 2014
Boeing said today that Air India Ltd is unhappy with the performance of its 787 Dreamliners, which have suffered a number of glitches before and after their commercial launch
Rafale fighter deal put off as India’s defence budget exhausted
07 Feb 2014
India has postponed finalising the deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter planes until2014 - 15, as the budget for defence procurement for the current year is almost exhausted
Cidco floats global tender for building of Navi Mumbai International Airport
05 Feb 2014
The proposed airport, with a passengers handling capacity of 60 million a year, beginning with 10 million a year in the first phase, would cover an area of 1,160 hectares
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
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