Industry
Spectrum auction begins; heavy bidding likely despite plaints
04 Mar 2015
The latest round of telecom spectrum auction got under way today, reportedly amidst intense bidding, with the government hoping to garner up to Rs1,00,000 crore
K-Cup inventor regrets his invention
04 Mar 2015
Target Corp to cut several thousand jobs
04 Mar 2015
FCI sells 3.9 million tonnes of the 10 million tonnes wheat allocated for open market sale
03 Mar 2015
BAT sues PwC over pollution scandal
03 Mar 2015
TalkTalk admits to breach of customer data
02 Mar 2015
Ikea introduces lamps, furniture with wireless chargers
02 Mar 2015
Swedish furniture maker Ikea has incorporated induction-charging stations into products from its latest collection, which will allow users to wirelessly charge their smartphones
Blaze in KG-D6 Telangana gas pipeline, none hurt
02 Mar 2015
Threatened by Silicon Valley, Swiss watchmakers turning ‘smart’
02 Mar 2015
As technology firms like Apple increasingly threaten to intrude into the wristwatch market with ‘smart’ watches, Switzerland’s famed makers of traditional watches are feeling the threat, and responding in kind
US rules to end discrimination in broadband speeds
27 Feb 2015
US regulators on Thursday approved landmark internet rules that would prevent broadband providers from separating online traffic into slow and fast lanes
SC caveat on spectrum auction may affect bidders
27 Feb 2015
While the Supreme Court has allowed the 4 March telecom spectrum to go ahead, it found ‘inconsistencies’ in the government’s stand, and said successful bidders would have no rights until its final verdict
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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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