Industry
Gulf-based NRI tycoon buys Delhi’s Rockland Hospitals
06 Jul 2016
Rockland owns 16 high-end hospitals and over100 primary care medical centres, including the Qutub, Dwarka and Manesar in the NCR region
IOC-BPCL-HPCL combine to set up Rs30-bn refinery in Maharashtra
04 Jul 2016
The 60-million tonnes per annum refinery and a mega petrochemical complex will beat Reliance Industries as the largest single refinery in India
Govt to sell 12.3% equity in ITDC
02 Jul 2016
US chocolate major Hershey rejects $23-bn takeover bid from Mondelez
01 Jul 2016
US chocolate and confectionery major Hershey Co yesterday rejected a $23-billion unsolicited takeover bid by Mondelez International Inc without assigning any reason for it
India’s solar mission to get over $1 bn World Bank loan
01 Jul 2016
The World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of over $1 billion to support India’s ambitious initiatives to expand solar energy through investments in solar generation
Oil struggles to maintain $50 mark as fears of output dip fade
30 Jun 2016
Oil prices fell today, with Brent struggling to hold $50 per barrel as fears over outages due to a strike in Norway faded and as Nigeria's production improved, even as the economic outlook deteriorated
Aluminum giant Alcoa to split into two publicly traded entities
30 Jun 2016
While remaining an aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc, the world's third largest producer of aluminum, will split a part of itself into a precision engineering and advanced manufacturing company
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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