Industry
SunEdison of US to sell solar capacity to India
25 Nov 2015
Shire preparing to mount new bid for Baxalta
25 Nov 2015
British drugmaker Shire Plc is preparing to table a new takeover offer for Baxalta, almost four months after the US biotech firm rejected its unsolicited $30-billion bid
Local traders float e-commerce platform `e-Lala’
24 Nov 2015
Alibaba’s Jack Ma in talks to buy Hong Kong newspaper
24 Nov 2015
Ma will be the latest internet tycoon to buy a traditional newspaper, following Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and reversing the perception that the days of print media are numbered
Russia lifts ban on nuclear work in Iran
24 Nov 2015
A decree signed by Russian President Vladmir Putin enables Russian firms to work with Iranian companies on the Fordo enrichment site and help Tehran in redesigning its Arak nuclear reactor
China mulling own ‘secure’ smartphones
23 Nov 2015
Titan teams up with HP to launch smart watches
23 Nov 2015
Smartphone shipments rise 21.4% to 28.3 million
23 Nov 2015
NIH announces end to support for invasive research on chimpanzees
21 Nov 2015
In 2013, the US Fish and Wildlife Service gave research chimps endangered-species protection, barring scientists from conducting stressful or invasive research on them, unless the work benefited chimps in the wild
Smartphone sales rise 15.5% in July-September 2015
20 Nov 2015
Rising demand for affordable smart phones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smart phones in the third quarter of 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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