Telecom
Clearwire shareholders approve Sprint deal
09 Jul 2013
Sprint, which is being acquired by Japan's Softbank, has completed its acquisition of the country's third-largest telecommunications company, Clearwire Corp.
BSNL to spend Rs4,000 cr on mobile network expansion
08 Jul 2013
State-run telecom operator BSNL plans to invest Rs4,000 crore this financial to expand its mobile network, which among other things involves the installation of 8,700 telecom towers
US regulators approve SoftBank-Sprint and Sprint-Clearwire deal
06 Jul 2013
Japan's SoftBank Corp yesterday received the final approval from US regulators for its $21.6 billion bid to acquire a controlling stake in Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest US wireless operator
Apple seeks to trademark “iWatch”
03 Jul 2013
Government releases National Cyber Security Policy 2013
02 Jul 2013
The cyber security policy announced today is not comprehensive as it proposes to set up different bodies to deal with various levels of threat alongside a national nodal agency
Idea launches new roaming offer
01 Jul 2013
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
