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Flat buyers can team up to fight errant builders: SC
22 Feb 2017
Realtors had been sheltering under the rule that a flat must be worth at least Rs1 crore for a buyer to directly approach the NCDRC; now the Supreme Court has ruled that the buyers can club together to reach this amount
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Oil prices to nosedive as US fills Opec gap: report
22 Feb 2017
Crude prices could plunge toward $30 a barrel — a rout of about 40 per cent from current levels — unless OPEC extends production cuts that are propping up the market
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Haldiram’s rules the Indian snacks market, beats global names
21 Feb 2017
Nagpur-based Haldiram’s, a business venture which started with a small shop in Rajasthan’s Bikaner in 1937, is now the biggest snacks maker in India, with an annual turnover of Rs4,000 crore
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20 Feb 2017
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RCom, Tata Teleservices reported in merger talks
20 Feb 2017
Reliance Communications and the Tata Group have reportedly initiated talks to explore a possible union that could see Tata Teleservices join forces with the merged RCom-Aircel and MTS entity
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Authorities crack down on stent ‘hoarders’ after price caps
17 Feb 2017
The government will use various provisions of the Essential Commodities Act to penalise those found illegally and unethically profiteering or hoarding stents
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Airtel again tops in 4G speed in January; Jio lags
17 Feb 2017
Bharti had lost the top spot only once in December, to Reliance Jio Infocomm, which launched its commercial operation in September last year
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CCEA clears award of 31 discovered small oil and gas fields
16 Feb 2017
Development of these small oil and gas fields, which will unlock $7 billion in oil and gas assets, is crucial for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to reduce oil imports by as much as 10 per cent by 2022
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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!
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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
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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
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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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