Industry
Syngenta rejects $42-bn takeover offer from ChemChina
13 Nov 2015
Despite the rejection, Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemical company, is still in talks with ChemChina and an agreement could be reached within weeks
Gilead wins US FDA nod for TAF-based HIV drug
10 Nov 2015
PM inaugurates 450 MW Baglihar Power Project
07 Nov 2015
Expedia to acquire vacation-rental company HomeAway for $3.9 bn
07 Nov 2015
The acquisition bolsters Expedia's push to become a one-stop hub for travel and vacations
President Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline proposal
07 Nov 2015
President Obama cited new data to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, saying the US now produced more oil than it imported
Xiaomi sales exceed over million 3Q
06 Nov 2015
DoT eases norms for use of 2G spectrum
06 Nov 2015
Cabinet okays UDAY scheme to cut discom losses
06 Nov 2015
Under the scheme, states will be allowed to take over up to 75 per cent of their power distributors’ losses by FY17, while the remaining 25 per cent will be converted into bonds
Mumbai leads in 3G device penetration: study
05 Nov 2015
SunEdison wins NTPC’s 500 MW solar project with Rs4.63/kWh bid
04 Nov 2015
The previous lowest solar tariff in India was about Rs5.05 per kilowatt-hour quoted by Canadian company SkyPower for a project in Madhya Pradesh
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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