Industry
Global clean energy capacity sees record high in 2015
02 Jun 2016
Clean energy investment increased to $286 billion, with solar energy accounting for 56 per cent of the total and wind power for 38 per cent
Trai seeks Act amendment to penalise call drops
02 Jun 2016
With a majority of telecom operators failing to meet the call drop benchmark in the latest test, Trai has sought an amendment in the Trai Act to enable it to impose penalties on erring firms
Centre nears deal with Westinghouse for N-plants in Andhra: report
02 Jun 2016
The agreement to build the first plant by a US company comes eight years after United States and India agreed in 2008 to co-operate in the civil nuclear arena
Patanjali under FSSAI scanner over edible oil ads
02 Jun 2016
The Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved has come under the Indian food regulator's scanner over its edible oil brand advertisement, which is alleged to be misleading
Telcos may be allowed to offer internet calls: report
01 Jun 2016
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is working on a process that will allow telecom licensees offer internet telephony or VoIP like third-party apps that provide such service
Losing India business is no big deal, says Finmeccanica
31 May 2016
Italian defence supplier Leonardo Finmeccanica has threatened to reassess its business in India, a few days after New Delhi said it would blacklist the company over the alleged payment of bribes in the VVIP chopper scam
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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