Industry
KaloBios Pharma fires CEO Martin Shkreli
22 Dec 2015
Shkreli was pilloried for raising the price of a decades-old drug acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals to $750 a pill from $13.50, but his arrest last week was on unrelated charges
Ericsson, Apple end patent dispute, sign new deal
22 Dec 2015
Swedish mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said it had signed a patent license deal with Apple Inc over technology that helps smartphones and tablets connect to mobile networks
Brazil freezes BHP, Vale assets over dam burst
22 Dec 2015
Mumbai cops want 4G rollout blocked sans safeguards
22 Dec 2015
Fearing misuse by criminal elements, the Mumbai police have written to the state government and the DoT saying 4G services should not be rolled out without systems enabling them to listen in to conversations
Martin Shkreli rejects charges
21 Dec 2015
Australian casino tycoon, quits company board amid speculation of taking company private
21 Dec 2015
Gasoline prices continue to tumble in US
21 Dec 2015
Business survival forces Isis Pharma to rename itself
21 Dec 2015
A month after denying the need for a name change, Isis Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has now rebranded itself Ionis Pharmaceuticals
US lifts oil export ban after 40 years; offers sops to solar and wind power
19 Dec 2015
The US Congress had imposed the ban on export of US crude in the '70s after an oil price boom sent gasoline prices soaring and led to runaway inflation
Real estate prices on the upswing: RBI report
19 Dec 2015
Fair trade panel probing cement makers afresh
19 Dec 2015
India building top-secret nuclear facility in Karnataka: report
18 Dec 2015
India is building a top-secret facility in southern Karnataka to augment its nuclear power for civilian use as well as increase and upgrade its weapons in a move that could “deeply unsettle” its neighbours, says an exhaustive report in international magazine Foreign Policy
‘Supercondom’ that protects even if it breaks
17 Dec 2015
An Indian-origin professor and her team have created a revolutionary hydrogel-based condom that prevents STDs and HIV even if it breaks, and moreover enhances sexual pleasure
Panel under ex-judge to examine ONGC-RIL dispute
17 Dec 2015
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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!
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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