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Pak protesters shut down national TV; near PM Sharif’s house
01 Sep 2014
On Monday, despite heavy rain, crowds of protesters fought running battles with retreating police after breaking the main gate of the Pakistan Secretariat area which houses government ministries
Famous monkey ‘selfie’ not copyright, say US authorities
23 Aug 2014
The monkey was not a party to the dispute and no doubt doesn't even have a clue about the storm it has created in the human world
Copyright storm as Wikipedia refuses to delete monkey ‘selfie’
07 Aug 2014
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, has refused a photographer's request to remove a ‘selfie’ taken by a monkey on the ground that the self-picture was taken by the animal rather than the photographer
Fox abandons Time Warner takeover bid
06 Aug 2014
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has abruptly terminated its attempt to acquire for Time Warner Inc
UK Lords slam EU’s right-to-be-forgotten ruling
31 Jul 2014
A report by a committee of the House of Lords says the EU’s “right to be forgotten” ruling was “unworkable, unreasonable, and wrong in principle”
BSkyB acquires Fox’s pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy for $9 bn
25 Jul 2014
The sale of the pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy is seen as Murdoch's move to raise money to fund the takeover of Time Warner
Time Warner spurns Murdoch’s $80-bn offer
17 Jul 2014
21st Century Fox, one of the two huge media conglomerates owned by Murdoch, offered to purchase Time Warner for $80 billion
Reliance arm completes acquisition of Network18
07 Jul 2014
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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