Power
Australian regulator approves Rio Tinto's $3.9-bn Riversdale deal
22 Jan 2011
The offer that was tabled last month by Rio Tinto and unanimously recommended by Riversdale's board
Gujarat inks deal for Asia’s biggest tidal power plant
20 Jan 2011
Currently, India generates over 15,000 MW of power from all renewable sources, with 10,000 MW from wind energy alone, says the ministry of new and renewable energy
Canberra refuses to budge on uranium sales to India
19 Jan 2011
Foreign minister SM Krishna has met expected disappointment with Australia’s incumbent Labour Government refusing to alter its dogmatic stand over export of uranium ore to India.
India boosts coal imports from South Africa
18 Jan 2011
GE to acquire former Tyco arm Lineage Power for $520 million
14 Jan 2011
The deal will give GE Energy entry into the $20-billion power conversion segment
L&T exports first nuclear equipment to US
13 Jan 2011
Essar Power orders Toshiba turbines and generators
13 Jan 2011
Toshiba Corp has clinched a major contract for the supply of two 660MW supercritical steam turbines and generators to Essar Power Gujarat Ltd.
India to assess hybrid nuclear reactor technology
11 Jan 2011
India’s Department of Atomic Energy will assess nuclear technology that has the potential to overcome the twin problems of radioactive waste and the production of military-grade material.
Russia offers to partner India in developing fast breeder reactors
10 Jan 2011
Russia has offered to partner India in the development of Fast Neutron Reactors, a nuclear power programme that will eventually harness the thorium fuel cycle.
Tarapur reprocessing plant moves India to second stage of n-programme
07 Jan 2011
With the inauguration of the reprocessing plant India transits from the first stage to the second of its three stage nuclear programme geared towards building fast breeder reactors.
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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