Industry
RCom raises $1 billion from investors, promoters
25 Jun 2014
Reliance Communications, India’s fourth-largest telecom operator, raised Rs4,800 crore through qualified institutional placement and Rs1,300 crore from sale of shares to promoters
CCEA defers decision on gas price hike by 3 months
25 Jun 2014
Announcing the decision, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan said there was need for comprehensive discussions on gas price revision
India may extend price control to more drugs
25 Jun 2014
News of the World ex-editor Coulson convicted in phone-hacking scandal
25 Jun 2014
Andy Coulson, formerly editor of the defunct UK tabloid News of the World, was yesterday convicted of phone hacking
Outrage as Egypt hands long jail terms to journalists on shaky charges
24 Jun 2014
US secretary of state John Kerry, who a day earlier had discussed the case in a meeting with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, denounced the verdict as "chilling and draconian"
Sugar prices seen going up by Rs2-3 per kg
24 Jun 2014
Govt trying to keep revised gas price below $6.8 per mmBtu
24 Jun 2014
According to indications, the increase in gas prices will be $2 lower than the $8.4 per mmBtu price recommended by the UPA government
India to open civilian nuclear programme to IAEA scrutiny
24 Jun 2014
The move signals that the country is open to greater international scrutiny of its civil nuclear programme
Centre moves Bombay HC to acquire Homi Bhabha's bungalow
24 Jun 2014
The three-storey bungalow with a built-up area of over 17,150 sq ft on a plot measuring 1,600 sq m, offers a beautiful view of the sea
Nivea to set up first Indian plant at Sanand in Gujarat
23 Jun 2014
Apart from the manufacturing facility, Nivea India will also set up a research & development centre at the Sanand-based factory
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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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