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India clearing decks for Westinghouse nuclear deal
21 Sep 2013
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares to meet US President Barak Obama on the sidelines of the UN Security Council summit next week, India is working hard to close a nuclear deal with Toshiba’s US unit Westinghouse
India to build world’s biggest solar station near Jaipur
21 Sep 2013
When completed, the Sambhar Ultra -Mega Green Solar Power Project, with a rated capacity of 4000 MW, will be the world’s largest green power project
Government keen to dilute nuclear liability bill: report
20 Sep 2013
A note by the Cabinet Committee on Security details plans to bypass the International Atomic Energy Commission, and also leaves nuclear suppliers free of most liability
Hero Group enters renewable power generation
05 Sep 2013
Japan to spend $472 mn on Fukushima clean-up after fresh leak
03 Sep 2013
The Japanese government plans to create a wall of frozen earth around the reactors to prevent ground water from contacting contaminated water
Capital Power to sell 3 facilities to Emera
29 Aug 2013
Athabasca Oil’s Chinese JV gets regulatory nod
08 Aug 2013
Wind becomes top source of new US power generation
08 Aug 2013
Wind energy represented 43 per cent of all new electric additions and accounted for $25 billion in US investment in 2012
Japan's Fukushima N-plant still leaking radio-active water
07 Aug 2013
An estimated 300 tonnes of contaminated water from the failed Fukushima nuclear plant has been leaking into the Pacific Ocean each day for the past two years
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strikes conciliatory note on N-talks
07 Aug 2013
Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani says Iran was ready for open and serious negotiations on the country’s disputed nuclear programme
Pakistan jolted by 74% power tariff hike
06 Aug 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
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