Media
Rupert Murdoch exits China with sale of Star China TV stake
03 Jan 2014
Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox Group is retreating from China, selling its 47-per cent stake in Chinese television company Star China TV
NSA targeted on-line games to track terrorists
10 Dec 2013
Newsweek to be back in print in January
04 Dec 2013
The print edition of global current affairs weekly Newsweek is being revived by its new owners and could be back on the stands by January
Snowden leaks: press irate as Guardian faces grilling
04 Dec 2013
Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, faces questioning by a UK parliamentary committee over his newspaper's publication of intelligence documents leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden
New York magazine to go bi-weekly
03 Dec 2013
Google launches poll portal in India
29 Nov 2013
NYT posts 3Q net loss at $24.3 mn
01 Nov 2013
UK press up in arms against court ruling on regulation
31 Oct 2013
Publishers in the UK are now running out of time to try to stop the politicians' charter, which they say could allow governments to encroach on press freedom
One third of Americans get news through Facebook
25 Oct 2013
Twitter, yet to show profits, seeks to garner $1.4 bn in IPO
25 Oct 2013
Twitter plans to sell 70 million shares at $17 to $20 each, value the company around $10.9 billion
BBC ties up with Twitter to reach wider audience
24 Oct 2013
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
