Media
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales plans Wikitribune news service to combat ‘fake news’
25 Apr 2017
Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the popular online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, is planning a news service, to offer "factual and neutral" articles that help combat the problem of "fake news"
Jahm Najafi, Pamplona Capital bid for Time Inc
10 Mar 2017
Like many other publishers, Time Inc. has been hit by a decline in print ad sales since advertisers spend more on other media and readers increasingly move online
Trump to skip annual White House correspondents’ dinner
27 Feb 2017
The decision underlines Trump’s strained relationship with the press, which he has called "the enemy of the people" and frequently criticized outlets and individual reporters whose coverage he does not like
New York Times, CNN, other media barred from Trump briefing
25 Feb 2017
The White House blocked a number of news organizations from attending an informal briefing on Friday, a rare and surprising move that came amid President Trump’s escalating war against the media
Trump slams media again for 'fake news'
25 Feb 2017
Time Warner shareholders approve $85.4-bn merger with AT&T
16 Feb 2017
The blockbuster deal will transform Dallas-based AT&T into a phone and television behemoth with prominent media assets such as CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network and the Warner Bros studio in Burbank
Kellogg withdraws ads from Breitbart News
30 Nov 2016
Zee Media to acquire 49% stake in Reliance Broadcast 92.7 BIG FM
23 Nov 2016
Reliance Broadcast Network Limited runs the largest network of FM radio channels in India under the `92.7 BIG FM’ brand, with 45 operating licences and 14 new licences and reaching to 45 cities, 1,200 towns and over 200 million people
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