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27 Jan 2017
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Kolar Gold fields may be revived to milk $2.1 bn residue
27 Jan 2017
India, the world's biggest gold importer behind China, spends more than $30 billion a year buying gold from abroad, making the metal its second-biggest import item after crude oil
US Appeals Court refuses to allow US government access to customer data on servers abroad
25 Jan 2017
Antibiotics, not dirty hospitals, the main cause of C. difficile epidemic
25 Jan 2017
Overuse of antibiotics like ciprofloxacin led to the outbreak of severe diarrhoea caused by C. difficile that hit headlines from 2006 onwards. The outbreak was stopped by substantially reducing use of ciprofloxacin and related antibiotics
Silgan to buy WestRock Co's specialty closures and dispensing systems business for $1.05 bn
24 Jan 2017
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US court blocks health insurer Aetna $37-bn acquisition of Humana
24 Jan 2017
A US court yesterday blocked health insurer Aetna Inc's proposed $37-billion acquisition of smaller peer Humana Inc saying that the proposed deal would "substantially lessen competition" in the sale of Medicare Advantage plans
UK food safety regulator urges families to 'Go for Gold' to reduce acrylamide consumption
24 Jan 2017
China shuts every sixth golf course in crackdown
24 Jan 2017
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Mallinckrodt to pay $100 mn to settle 'price-gouging' charges
20 Jan 2017
The US regulator says that Questcor Pharmaceuticals, which Mallinckrodt bought in 2014, illegally raised the price of its best-selling drug Acthar by 85,000 per cent and bought the rights to a cheaper competing drug to keep it out of the US market
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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History of hovercraft Part 2...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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History of Hovercraft Part 1...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
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