Telecom
SC ruling paves way for consolidation of telecom sector
04 Feb 2012
The Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 telecom licences may help established companies like Vodafone and Bharti Airtel to pick up more radio spectrum
TRAI releases pre-consultation paper on fresh auction of 2G spectrum
03 Feb 2012
A TV channel report quoted TRAI chairman JS Sarma as saying that the SC verdict will herald "brighter days" for the sector
2G verdict could hasten consolidation: Avendus
03 Feb 2012
Telecos shocked and anguished
02 Feb 2012
SC cancels all 2G licences, orders fresh spectrum auction
02 Feb 2012
The Supreme Court today cancelled all the 122 licences granted after January 2008 for operating 2G mobile services in India, saying they were granted in an arbitrary and unconstitutional manner
DoT slaps Rs1,637-cr notice on five telcos
01 Feb 2012
India adds 9.20 million new subscribers in December to take mobile user base to 893.84 million
01 Feb 2012
Niira Radia tapes doctored, government tells SC
31 Jan 2012
The government today claimed before the Supreme Court that the Niira Radia tapes, which created a storm of controversy a couple of years back, were tampered with before they were widely leaked to the media
Antrix scam: former ISRO chief, 3 others barred from govenment jobs
25 Jan 2012
G Madhavan Nair, former head of the Indian Space Research Organisation and architect of India’s first moon mission Chandrayan 1, has been barred from holding any government job
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