Telecom
Google inks deal to speed up internet in Cuba
13 Dec 2016
Demonetisation: Foxconn benches 1,700 staffers; Lava shuts plant
13 Dec 2016
The world’s largest contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has asked nearly a fourth of its 8,000 factory workers to go on paid leave for two weeks after last month’s demonetisation saw sales slump almost 50 per cent
Finger swipe-powered phone? We're 1 step closer
10 Dec 2016
Mobile money access lifted 2% of Kenyan households out of poverty, finds new study
09 Dec 2016
The expansion of mobile money, introduced in Kenya in 2007, now reaches 96 per cent of the country's households, helping to bring hundreds of thousands of Kenyans out of poverty, especially those in female-headed households
UK, US routinely intercept on-flight phone calls: Snowden papers
08 Dec 2016
Intelligence agents at the UK Government Communications Headquarters, GCHQ, and America's National Security Agency, NSA, are able to identify and intercept individuals' phones on most commercial flights in "near real time" via a triangulation process using passenger lists, satellites and ground detectors
Bharti Airtel makes voice calls free pan India
08 Dec 2016
Airtel stays market leader with sharp revenue share gains
06 Dec 2016
The market share gain will help Airtel maintain its position as market leader in the face of the onslaught of Mukesh Amabani-promoted Reliance Jio
Reliance Jio extends free services to 31 March
01 Dec 2016
Reliance Jio has grown faster than Facebook and Whatsapp in the first 3 months, becoming the fastest growing technology firm, says chairman Mukesh Ambani
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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