Media
BSkyB allowed to retain broadcast license
21 Sep 2012
Government opens up retail, aviation, broadcasting to FDI
15 Sep 2012
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to ease sourcing norms for single brand retail trading where foreign investment of up to 100 per cent is allowed
Bombay High Court raps police for detaining cartoonist on sedition charges
15 Sep 2012
The judges said that the sedition law was enacted in the pre-Independence era when the British colonial rulers wanted protection from the citizens
‘Seditious’ cartoonist Trivedi granted bail
11 Sep 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested late on Saturday on sedition charges for allegedly insulting the national symbol, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court on a surety of Rs5,000
No blanket gag on reporting court cases: SC
11 Sep 2012
The apex court has held that reporting of all sub-judice matters cannot be banned, but aggrieved parties can approach the courts on a case-by-case basis for a gag order
Katju wants cops, politicians tried for cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's ordeal
10 Sep 2012
The police now no longer want custody of Tiwari as their investigations in the case were over, but the court has remanded him to two weeks’ judicial custody
Mumbai police 'ready to surrender' cartoonist's custody after public outrage
10 Sep 2012
After Maharashtra home minister RR Patil said that police had no grounds to arrest Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Mumbai police now say they are ready to surrender his custody
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi arrested by Mumbai police for offensive depiction of national emblems
10 Sep 2012
Assange will be promptly nabbed if he steps out: UK
17 Aug 2012
“We will not allow Assange safe passage out of the United Kingdom, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so”, said British foreign secretary William Hague
Management, private equity firms jointly bid $3.5 bn for China’s Focus Media
14 Aug 2012
Chairman and CEO Jason Nanchun Jiang owns about 18 per cent stake in Focus Media, China’s largest display-advertising provider
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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