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Defence agrees to free 3G spectrum, but govt to sit on it
22 Jan 2015
The cabinet has finalised a swap under which DoT will get 15 MHz of 3G spectrum in return for less-used bands; but the government is in no hurry to put this up for auction
Jodhpur hospital reports first possible Ebola death, another dies in AIIMS
21 Jan 2015
Even as samples from these patients have been sent to National Institute of Virology, the centre has alerted health authorities in Gujarat and Rajasthan
After 4 years in jail, mining baron Janardhan Reddy gets bail from SC
20 Jan 2015
Mining baron Janardhan Reddy, behind bars since 2011, was today granted bail subject to furnishing two sureties of Rs10 lakh each and conditions including that he would not leave the country without the court's permission
US discount retailer Target to abandon Canada
19 Jan 2015
Switch to build world’s largest data centre in Nevada
19 Jan 2015
The 3-million square foot (sq.ft) Supernap data centre, the world's biggest, will be constructed over 1,000 acres of land
Mumbai’s bottled ‘mineral water’ is cancerous, finds BARC study
17 Jan 2015
The packaged drinking water, including top brand 'Bisleri', PepsiCo's 'Kinley' and state-run 'Rail Neer', are laden with harmful chemicals formed due to processes involved during treatment of the water before packaging, the BARC study says the study
Gilead appeals India’s rejection of patent on Rs60,000 a pill hepatitis drug
17 Jan 2015
Gilead had licensed the drug to seven India-based drug makers in April 2014 and the fresh licensing would prevent domestic drug firms from launching cheaper generic versions of the medicine
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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