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Another reason to quit smoking – avoid DNA damage
21 Sep 2016
While most of the disease-causing genetic footprints left by smoking fade after five years if people quit, some appear to stay there forever
India accounted for a third of all maternal deaths in 2015: report
20 Sep 2016
The latest Lancet series on maternal health notes that while maternal deaths globally have fallen by nearly half since 1990, nearly one quarter of babies worldwide are still delivered in the absence of a skilled birth attendant
Telcos deposit Rs14,653 crore for spectrum bidding
19 Sep 2016
However, for the premium 700 MHz band a pan-India bidder needs to have EMD of Rs5,610 crore to buy spectrum across all circles and this makes Reliance Jio the only company which has potential to buy that spectrum
Baba Ramdev, RSS lobbying for ‘sin tax’ on Coke, Pepsi: report
17 Sep 2016
The two ‘swadeshi warriors’ are said to be putting pressure on the finance and health ministries to impose a heavy tax on beverage companies selling products with high sugar content
India loses appeal against WTO solar panel ruling
17 Sep 2016
The ruling comes at a time when India has dragged the US to the WTO over America’s domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight states in the renewable energy sector
Scotch whisky exports increase after three years
17 Sep 2016
US drugmaker Depomed explores sale
16 Sep 2016
Make drugs affordable, delink prices from R&D costs: UN panel
16 Sep 2016
The report calls for human rights to be placed over intellectual property laws and all countries must freely be able to use flexibilities granted under TRIPS to access affordable medicines
Telecom spat cools down: Vodafone to hike PoIs for Jio
16 Sep 2016
Vodafone is the third incumbent operator, after Idea Cellular and Airtel, to have agreed to increase interconnection points for Reliance Jio, paving the way for easy exchange of calls between subscribers of the two networks
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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