Power
Floating turbine to tap Maine’s offshore wind potential
01 Jun 2013
By 2030, developers look to produce 5 gigawatts of offshore wind power from turbines, enough to power over a million homes at any moment
Tata Power to expand capacity at Mundra UMPP
28 May 2013
Manmohan Singh looks for investments, nuclear deal from Japan
27 May 2013
India and Japan have complementary economic circumstances with India badly in need of investments and Japan, with its saturated economy, is looking for markets and new investment avenues
Californian teen’s invention charges mobiles in 30 seconds
21 May 2013
A tiny device capable of recharging cell phone batteries in just 30 seconds has won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that would fund her college education at Harvard University
China buys stakes in key Australian power assets
18 May 2013
The world's biggest utility company by revenue, State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), which is also the world's seventh-largest company, is planning to buy stakes in Australian power assets worth billions of dollars
CBI superintendent probing ‘coalgate’ arrested for graft
18 May 2013
The arrests were carried out by the CBI's internal intelligence unit, which says the cops were caught virtually red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs7 lakh from a businessman
Kudankulam n-plant: shoddy construction likely, warn 60 experts
15 May 2013
The petitioners include scientists from reputed institutions like the IISc, the IITs, TIFR, CSIR, and the Harish Chandra Research Institute, which is supported by the Department of Atomic Energy
Coalgate: SC once again seeks autonomy for ‘caged parrot’ CBI
08 May 2013
A three-judge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha came down heavily on the CBI and the government for having discussed the CBI's investigation report before presenting it to the court
SC clears Kundankulam nuclear plant as ‘safe, beneficial’
06 May 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday approved the commissioning of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant as being necessary for larger public interest and economic growth of the country
Opposition continues to stall parliament
06 May 2013
Verizon to spend $100 mn in green inititatives
06 May 2013
CBI director apologises to SC for letting law ministry alter draft report
06 May 2013
The CBI chief's affidavit also blames the law ministry for seeking removal of any reference to the PMO in the draft report
Japan to build $22-bn nuclear plant in Turkey
06 May 2013
For Japan, this was the first successful nuclear deal overseas after the 2011 catastrophe that devastated a series of nuclear installations at its Fukushima power plant following an earthquake and tsunami
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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