Industry
UK health service docs face jail for mistreating patients
14 Jun 2014
Under the proposed legislation, deliberate or reckless behaviour towards patients will become punishable by up to five years in prison and £5,000 fines under the government's amendment to the criminal justice and courts bill
Iraq violence sends oil prices towards $112 a barrel
13 Jun 2014
Brent crude oil rose up towards $112 a barrel on Thursday on fears of the volatile situation in Iraq leading to disruption of oil supplies
A cool crowd funding appeal drives dollars towards an innovative online education platform for animators
By By Pravin J Philip | 12 Jun 2014
Viber crosses 100 mn active users
11 Jun 2014
Amazon introduces Whispersync audio for Kindle
11 Jun 2014
Imperial Tobacco Group to list European logistics business Logista on Spanish stock market
11 Jun 2014
Kudankulam Unit I attains full generating capacity of 1,000 MWe
07 Jun 2014
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant today became the first nuclear plant in the country to generate 1,000 MWe of power
India-US spat on solar panels may blow up into a wider dispute
07 Jun 2014
The outcome is keenly awaited by other countries with some wanting to participate as observers in the panel hearings
DoT mulls lifting bar on spectrum sharing for 3G services
06 Jun 2014
DoT may reconsider its decision to bar spectrum sharing for 3G services following changes that have come into effect under the new licencing rules
India logs smartphone shipment growth of 186% in 1Q
05 Jun 2014
Smartphone penetration in India still hovers at 10 per cent and is expected to grow due to greater availability of low-cost devices
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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