Industry
Telecom tribunal allows 3G roaming pacts
29 Apr 2014
The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal’s order allowing intra-circle roaming pacts for 3G services comes as a big relief to mobile phone operators
Ophir Energy no longer interested in Premier oil
29 Apr 2014
US audio chips supplier Cirrus Logic to buy British rival Wolfson Microelectronics for $468 mn
29 Apr 2014
Siemens barges into Alstom - GE deal with asset-swap offer
By By Ravi Kunder | 28 Apr 2014
Siemens proposes to give some of its high-speed train and locomotive businesses plus cash to Alstom in exchange for its power business, which GE was close to buying for $13 billion. By Ravi Kunder
Forest Labs to buy GI specialist Furiex in $1.46-bn deal
28 Apr 2014
Forest, which itself is in the process of being acquired by Actavis Plc for $25 billion, said that Actavis supported the deal
Wilmar International tables $1.18-bn bid for Australian food firm Goodman Fielder
28 Apr 2014
Australian food company, Goodman Fielder, today rejected an unsolicited $1.18 billion takeover bid from Singapore's agribusiness group Wilmar International Limited, saying the offer undervalued the company.
2G scam: Karunanidhi clan members booked a day after TN polls
25 Apr 2014
The Enforcement Directorate today filed fresh charges against former telecom minister A Raja, Daya Ammal, Kanimozhi, and several other entities in relation to the 2G spectrum allocation scam
Khazkhistan looks to India as China tightens hold on its oil economy
25 Apr 2014
The Kazakh government is concerned over the growing influence of China, which now controls almost 40 per cent of oil and gas business in the country
Greater investment needed to check malaria: WHO
25 Apr 2014
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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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