Power
Chevron inks $15-bn LNG deal with Japan’s Tohoku Electric
14 May 2012
With the signing of the agreement with Tohoku, Chevron has tied up around 80 per cent of LNG production from its Wheatstone project with Asian buyers
Japanese govt takes over disaster-struck Tepco
11 May 2012
In its biggest ever nationalisation, the Japanese government yesterday approved a $12.5-billion bailout for a controlling 50 per cent stake in the tsunami-struck utility giant Tokyo Electric Power Company
Shinde concerned as CIL dilutes FSAs with power firms
10 May 2012
Power minister Sushilkumar Shinde may seek the intervention of the prime minister’s office to force Coal India Ltd to quash the new fuel supply pacts, which relieve the state-run miner of most of its supply obligations
Govt plans to further back Coal India spending
07 May 2012
Japan says `sayonara' to nuclear power, for now
05 May 2012
Japan today became completely nuclear power free for the first time in more than 40 years after power utility Hokkaido Electric Power began shutting the country's last active nuclear reactor
Siemens AG cuts annual profit forecast to €5.4 billion
27 Apr 2012
Diversified German engineering giant Siemens AG has cut its annual profit forecast for the third time in five years with delays in linking off-shore wind parks to Europe’s power grid hindering its renewable energy initiatives
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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!
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?
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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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