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Wikipedia to go blank in protest over proposed laws
17 Jan 2012
Critics say the legislation could hurt the technology industry, infringe on free-speech rights, weaken cyber-security for companies and hinder domain access rights
Govt sanctions prosecution of Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Yahoo and 17 others
14 Jan 2012
As per the law, the offending websites are liable to be summoned on charges of insulting religion or religious belief once thge government approved their prosecution
The New York Times Co to sell 16 publications to Halifax Media
28 Dec 2011
As the 160 year-old The New York Times Co struggles to cope with declining advertising revenues, it is selling 16 regional publications for $143 million
Court orders Facebook, Google, others to remove hurtful content
24 Dec 2011
The magistrate noted that material submitted by the complainant from these websites contained obscene pictures and derogatory articles pertaining to gods from various religions
Time magazine names ‘The Protester’, as its person of the year
15 Dec 2011
Time magazine yesterday named “The Protester” its person of the year, in a tribute to people engaged in bringing about change across the world from the Middle East to US and Europe.
Team Anna’s anti-graft stir among top 10 ‘Time’ stories
08 Dec 2011
Hazare's "fasts, even the threat of them, triggered mass demonstrations of support across India's major cities and heaped pressure on the government", Time wrote
Assange wins right to appeal in Supreme Court
06 Dec 2011
James Murdoch quits as director of News Group
23 Nov 2011
Tribune files amended plan of reorganisation
19 Nov 2011
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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!
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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
