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RIL buys stake in Bill Gates-funded nuclear reactor designer Terra Power
22 Dec 2011
Terra Power, in which Gates is the primary investor and chairman, is designing a nuclear reactor that reduces the need to enrich radioactive uranium and produces less waste
BP to exit solar business
22 Dec 2011
Google, KKR to invest $189 mn in four California solar farms
21 Dec 2011
After announcing last month that it would abandon its cheap energy project, Google has joined private equity firm KKR in investing $189 million in four California solar farms and other projects
Japanese government plans to acquire controlling stake in Tepco: report
21 Dec 2011
The Japanese government is planning to invest 1 trillion yen ($12.7 billion), to acquire over two-thirds stake in Tepco, the owner of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant
China, US dumping solar equipment on India
20 Dec 2011
China's Yanzhou plans to buy Australia’s Gloucester Coal for $2 bn
20 Dec 2011
Trading in Australia’s Gloucester Coal was halted yesterday following reports that it is in talks to sell itself to Chinese state-owned Yanzhou Coal
Buffett's MidAmerican Energy makes second bet on solar energy
17 Dec 2011
Within 10 days of acquiring the Topaz Solar Farm project, Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings plans to buy a 49-per cent stake in an Arizona power plant from NRG Energy
Chinese nuclear firm offers $2.2 bn for Australian uranium miner Extract
09 Dec 2011
China has been acquiring uranium mines to feed its fleet of nuclear power plants, which will reach 100 by 2020
Warren Buffett buys one of world's top two solar projects
08 Dec 2011
Warren Buffett's utility company MidAmerican Energy Holdings is betting on solar energy by acquiring the $2-billion Topaz Solar Farm
South Africa’s energy ministry clears Suzlon’s 135 MW Cookhouse project
07 Dec 2011
The Cookhouse Wind Energy Facility has the environment ministry's permission for erecting up to 200 wind turbines, which would generate enough power to meet requirements of over 88,000 homes.
Uranium sale to India in Australia’s interest: Stephen Smith
05 Dec 2011
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said it was not rational to sell uranium to powers such as China but not India, “the world's largest democracy".
Fresh Fukushima leak may contaminate ocean
05 Dec 2011
Large quantities of highly radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, have leaked through a crack in the wall of a treatment facility to the Pacific Ocean
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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