Industry
Cameco signs $280 mn uranium deal as India, Canada resume N-cooperation
15 Apr 2015
Canada, the first to open uranium supplies to India, banned exports of uranium and nuclear hardware to India in the 1970s after New Delhi used Canadian technology to develop a nuclear bomb
2G case: Manmohan was ‘misled’ by Raja, CBI tells court
15 Apr 2015
In its final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the CBI today told a Special Court in Delhi trying the case that former telecom minister A Raja had misled the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation
IBM-Apple venture to provide data analytics to healthcare sector
15 Apr 2015
IBM is keen to deepen its partnership with Apple Inc to make use of health information gathered by millions of Apple devices
Nokia to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in $16.6-bn stock deal
15 Apr 2015
The merged entity would overtake industry giants Ericsson AB and Huawei Technologies in wireless-infrastructure revenue, enabling Nokia to emerge as the world's largest wireless infrastructure provider
Avon explores sale of North America business
15 Apr 2015
Avon Products Inc is exploring options, including potentially selling itself entirely or its struggling North American business, as the 129-year-old beauty products company's fortunes have sharply diminished in recent years
Verizon, AT&T take net neutrality battle to US court
15 Apr 2015
Even as the debate of net neutrality rages in India, the US telecom association has filed a case against a Federal Communications Commission’s order to free online traffic
Australia positive on nuclear supplies to India
14 Apr 2015
Nokia close to buying Alcatel's mobile networks unit
14 Apr 2015
After selling its handsets business to Microsoft in 2013, Finnish telecom firm Nokia Oyj is in advanced talks to buy Alcatel-Lucent's mobile networks unit in order to better compete with Erricson AB, Bloomberg yesterday reported, citing people familiar with the matter
Heineken to buy Slovenian brewer Pivovarna Laško
14 Apr 2015
ONGC, OIL and BPCL to invest $6 bn to develop Mozambique offshore gas field
14 Apr 2015
State-run oil companies ONGC, OIL and BPCL will invest $6 billion over the next four years in developing a Mozambique offshore gas field
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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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