Industry
New funding to value Snapchat at $19 bn
19 Feb 2015
Electrical conductors that are 100% efficient
19 Feb 2015
The future of electronics could lie in a material from its past, as researchers work to turn germanium - the material of 1940s transistors - into a potential replacement for silicon.
Swaraj pushes Muscat for undersea gas pipeline
18 Feb 2015
Swine flu: Rajasthan varsity shut, Kashmir sees deaths
18 Feb 2015
National Law University in Jodhpur, said that classes have been suspended till 1 March after one of the students tested positive for swine flu, triggering panic on the campus
Swine flu toll climbs to 624; February deaths at 300
18 Feb 2015
Across the country, the number of people affected by the deadly H1N1 virus so far stood at 9,311, more than in the past few years
Renewable energy meet generates investment offers for 266 GW
18 Feb 2015
Against the government’s renewable energy generation target of 170 GW by 2022, the three-day RE-INVEST 2015 meet concluded with investment commitments for 266 GW of green power
Japan Post buys Australian logistics giant Toll for $5.1 bn
18 Feb 2015
Melbourne-based Toll operates a global transportation network comprising road, rail, sea, air, and warehousing in 55 countries with significant presence in the Asia-Pacific region
Uninor sees high-speed data as ‘game-changer’
17 Feb 2015
Tesco to cut around 9,000 jobs
16 Feb 2015
Green energy to create over a million jobs in India: study
16 Feb 2015
India's goal of generating 100 GW of solar energy by 2022 could create one million jobs, while the parallel target of achieving 60GW of wind energy would add another 180,000 jobs, says a new study
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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