Telecom
Bharti Airtel to buy 49% stake in Qualcomm's 4G broadband venture
24 May 2012
The deal will give Bharti access to four telecoms zones, including Delhi and Mumbai cities, where it does not have its own 4G spectrum
Apple, Samsung fail to bury hatchet
23 May 2012
Vodafone India revenue climbs 19.5 per cent to over Rs32,000 crore
23 May 2012
Vodafone’s customer base in India crossed the 150-million milestone, with an additional 1.7 million ported from other operators, as of 31 March 2012
Cable & Wireless Worldwide board accepts Vodafone’s $1.6 bn bid
22 May 2012
Vodafone offer represents an excellent opportunity for shareholders to realise an attractive valuation considering the potential risks of a transformation plan, said CEO Gavin Darby
Google gets Chinese nod for $12.5-bn Motorola Mobility acquisition
21 May 2012
The Chinese regulator's approval comes with the crucial precondition that Google's Android operating system for smartphones and tablet computers should remain open and free for a period of five years
Bharti Airtel slashes 3G mobile broadband rates
18 May 2012
Spectrum resale: TRAI proposals may not be final
17 May 2012
Sweden’s Tele2 rebuffs Russian exit speculation
17 May 2012
2G: Raja finally gets bail
15 May 2012
Former telecom minister A Raja’s stringent bail terms preclude him from visitring his home state of Tamil Nadu without court permission or travelling abroad as he has had to surrender his passport
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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
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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