Industry
Renewable sources to supply over half of Europe’s electricity by 2030
27 Jun 2015
Europe is likely to get over half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the next decade if EU countries met their climate pledges
Tesco shows recovery ahead of AGM today
26 Jun 2015
Takata chief apologises for airbag deaths
26 Jun 2015
Government launches pharma price data bank
25 Jun 2015
Canada’s Rogers Communications acquires Mobilicity
25 Jun 2015
Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers Communications will acquire smaller rival Mobilicity and its unused AWS-1 spectrum for $100 million to boost the speed and quality of its services
US, Canada Japan and 3 EU countries can go 100% renewable by 2050: researcher
24 Jun 2015
The roadmap has been prepared on the basis of a realistic study of the electricity needs of each region of these countries and matching those with the most logical renewable energy resources in the region
Bouygues rebuffs Altice’s $11.3-bn takeover bid
24 Jun 2015
By combining the country’s second-biggest mobile operator Numericable-SFR and the third-biggest Bouygues Telecom, Altice was planning to derail Orange’s position as France’s biggest mobile operator, with a customer base of over 33 million
Indian Institute of Petroleum develops micro-channel reactors for hydroprocessing vegetable oils
23 Jun 2015
Altice to acquire Bouygues Telecom for $11.3 bn
23 Jun 2015
Aiming to oust Orange as France’s biggest mobile operator, European telecom major Altice SA has made an offer to buy French rival Bouygues Telecom for approximately €10 billion
'Jai Shri Ram’ greets Scion of Ikshvaku
By By Swetha Amit | 23 Jun 2015
SoftBank, Foxconn, Bharti in pact for $20-bn solar power investment
22 Jun 2015
The three companies have formed a joint venture to invest and develop renewable energy projects across India
Micromax makes undisclosed investment in ixigo
22 Jun 2015
Canada’s Borealis may bid $8 bn for British utility Severn Trent: report
22 Jun 2015
Toronto-headquartered Borealis, a $70-billion global infrastructure investor is planning to table a £5-billion ($8 billion) bid to acquire British water utility Severn Trent
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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