Industry
ChemChina seals deal to buy Italian tyremaker Pirelli for $7.7 bn
23 Mar 2015
China National Chemical Corporation yesterday struck a deal to buy Italian tyremaker Pirelli in a €7.1 billion ($7.7 billion) deal, the biggest deal so far carried out by the Chinese in Italy
India has least number of polluting coal-based power plants; Oxford study
21 Mar 2015
Of the world’s 100 largest power plants that are the least efficient and most polluting, 39 are in China, 21 in the US, 10 in the EU, and 9 in India
India, US move forward on implementation of N-deal
20 Mar 2015
General Insurance Corporation of India proposes to issue Nuclear Safety Bonds to garner part of insurance capacity under the proposed Indian Nuclear Insurance Pool required to cover `liability’ of US nuclear suppliers
India may import 8 mn barrels of Iraq oil to build stockpile
20 Mar 2015
The government is preparing to import eight million barrels of Iraq oil to fill its new concept of a strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), taking advantage of cheap oil prices
Rajya Sabha clears mining bill without too much fuss
20 Mar 2015
The new mining bill to introduce auction of mining blocks to enhance transparency passed the Rajya Sabha today, ensuring that it will be enacted to replace an earlier ordinance
Global devices shipments to grow 2.8% in 2015
20 Mar 2015
Almost 80% of Indians have mobile connections
19 Mar 2015
MSF flays Gilead’s hepatitis C ‘anti-diversion’ programme
19 Mar 2015
Campaigners have urged Indian generic manufacturers to reject Gilead Sciences’ highly-controversial programme to stop diversion of the drug to western markets, in a move that could compromise people’s treatment and confidentiality
Kochi hand transplant wins global endorsement
19 Mar 2015
India set to build first strategic oil reserve: report
18 Mar 2015
India, which had approved a $330 million (£228million) budget to cover the filling of its first emergency tanks this year, is now reported to be buying up to 8 million barrels of crude
Attempts to block The Pirate Bay in the UK fail
18 Mar 2015
The Pirate Bay blocks recently stopped working on the networks of major UK internet servce providers, perhaps because the site had switched to an SSL service provided by CloudFlare
Macerich rejects Simon Property’s $16-bn takeover offer
18 Mar 2015
Macerich Co, the third-largest US shopping mall owner, rejected a $16-billion takeover bid from larger rival Simon Property Group Inc, saying that the unsolicited offer "substantially undervalues" the company
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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.
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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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