Industry
Singapore’s GIC to take control of Nirlon in Rs1,250-cr deal
24 Dec 2014
Nirlon has built a high-quality knowledge park in a 23 acre land parcel in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb after successive failures of its textile and rubber businesses
GSM operators add 8.21 million users in November
24 Dec 2014
Stryker weighs $15 bn bid for British medical device maker Smith & Nephew
24 Dec 2014
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies offering a diverse array of medical devices, including reconstructive implants, medical and surgical equipment, and neurotechnology and spine products
Sachin Tendulkar's Viber public chat hits 1 million followers
23 Dec 2014
India is the largest country for Viber - a mobile communications application offering free messaging and HD-quality calls - globally, with 33 million users
Modi intervenes to restart ailing FACT in 15 days
22 Dec 2014
A meeting of chemicals and fertilizers minister Ananth Kumar and petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan with MPs from Kerala has set the stage for restarting production at the plant in about 15 days.
Panel moots coal linkages for power plants
22 Dec 2014
China’s Fosun International raises bid for Club Mediterranee to $1.15 bn
22 Dec 2014
Fosun, China’s largest privately held conglomerate, raised its bid offer to €24.60 per share, valuing the Paris-based company at €939 million ($1.15 billion), which is also the eighth offer Club Méd has received since May 2013
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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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