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IBM sets world record by creating high-efficiency solar cell
12 Feb 2010
IBM yesterday said that it had built a solar cell in which the key layer absorbs most of the light for conversion into electricity, made entirely of readily-available elements
India, UK to formalise nuclear agreement today
11 Feb 2010
India and the UK will formalise a civil nuclear agreement in the course of signing ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday, making it the seventh such agreement which the country will have secured so far with nations around the world.
Areva enters solar business with Ausra buy
09 Feb 2010
French nuclear power giant Areva hopes to emerge a world leader in concentrated solar thermal energy with the acquisition of start-up US solar plant designer Ausra Inc.
Reliance in $2 billion bid to acquire Canadian oil sands firm VCI
05 Feb 2010
RIL has submitted a $2-billion expression of interest for private Canadian oil sands firm Value Creation Inc, which owns one of the largest holdings of oil sands properties
Schneider Electric launches In-Diya – a highly energy-efficient LED based Lighting System
05 Feb 2010
India, UK clinch N-deal agreement
05 Feb 2010
India’s run of nuclear power agreements with countries willing to supply materials and technology in this sector continues unabated - the latest being the United Kingdom.
DuPont opens new photovoltaic lab in Switzerland
03 Feb 2010
Kribhco to upgrade Hazira fertilizer plant
02 Feb 2010
Siemens to build new sub station for Power Grid
02 Feb 2010
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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