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US federal regulator approves powdered alcohol
12 Mar 2015
A powdered alcohol to make vodka, rum, cosmos and lemon drop cocktails – up to 12 per cent alcohol by volume — has been approved by US federal regulators
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UK parliament votes to ban cigarette pack branding
12 Mar 2015
Cigarette packets in the UK will not be allowed to carry brand labels from May 2016
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Coalgate: Congress stands solidly behind Manmohan
12 Mar 2015
This is the first time that the top Congress brass has taken to the streets after the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections in May last year
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Endo International tables $11.2 bn bid for Salix Pharmaceuticals
12 Mar 2015
Ireland-based specialty healthcare company Endo International yesterday offered to buy Salix Pharmaceuticals for around $11.2 billion, trumping an agreed bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals
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‘Coalgate’ summonses: top business leaders back Birla
12 Mar 2015
Corporate leaders have come out strongly in support of Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, saying that there was nothing wrong in a business house making representations to ministers or government officials
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Rajya Sabha blocks mining bill, insists on select panel
11 Mar 2015
The opposition has used a perfectly constitutional method to stall the bills as a joint session of parliament cannot be called till the select committees submit their reports and the Rajya Sabha takes a final view on them
DLF ties up with Snapdeal to sell flats online
10 Mar 2015
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Spectrum bids outstrip govt target at Rs82,000 on 4th day
09 Mar 2015
The auction has already crossed the government’s targeted minimum amount of Rs82,000 crore based on reserve prices
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Airtel’s Mittal criticises Facebook’s ‘free internet’ move
09 Mar 2015
After meeting Facebook’s Zuckerberg at an event in Barcelona, Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal says free internet would be ‘philanthropy’ unless the government eases spectrum access
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Hindalco, Jindal Power bag 1 coal mine each on 3rd day of auctions
07 Mar 2015
Under the second leg of auction, the government has put 15 blocks for sale, which are under ready-for-production category
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AbbVie to acquire onclology drugmaker Pharmacyclics for $21 bn
05 Mar 2015
The takeover will give AbbVie access to one of the world's top-selling drugs to fight blood cancer, Imbruvica, which is expected to generate $1 billion in revenue this year
BEML rolls out India’s biggest dump truck
05 Mar 2015
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Govt garners Rs60,000 cr on day one of spectrum auction
05 Mar 2015
A total of six rounds of bidding took place on the opening day of the auctions of radio spectrum to telecom operators, with offers amounting to Rs60,000 crore on Wednesday
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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!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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