Retail
E-retailers move HC against Gujarat entry tax
20 Jun 2016
IKEA giving its famous carry bag a new design
10 Jun 2016
Amazon to invest another $3 bn in India, takes total to $5 bn
08 Jun 2016
Amazon's investment decision is seen as a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who presented the US India Business Council's global leadership awards to Bezos and Sun Pharma founder Dilip Shanghvi in Washington
Flipkart curtails returns, hikes commissions
06 Jun 2016
Walmart ties up with Uber, Lyft to deliver grocery to customers’ homes; trials to begin this week
03 Jun 2016
Apple fails to get waiver of 30% local sourcing norm
25 May 2016
Apple Inc’s proposal to set up wholly-owned retail stores has been approved by the Foreign Investment and Promotion Board, but it has not succeeded in getting a waiver of 30 per cent local sourcing
Amazon stops giving refunds on electronics items
24 May 2016
Ekart to now offer full-fledged courier services
19 May 2016
Tata Group to launch e-comm platform Tata CliQ on 27 May
18 May 2016
Tata CLiQ will be an omni-channel branded marketplace connecting the online and offline assets of companies, differentiating itself from pure-play e-commerce sites such as Amazon, Flipkart or Snapdeal
Spooked by data breaches, 45% US net users curb online transactions: survey
16 May 2016
Nearly half of US citizens have cut out online activities such as banking or shopping due to security and privacy fears
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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?
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