Industry
RBI allows refiners to import gold dore
01 Jan 2014
Painkillers discovered in Tesco’s ice cream
31 Dec 2013
ONGC, Shell acquire Petrobras' stake in Brazilian offshore oil block for $1.64 bn
31 Dec 2013
OVL, the overseas arm of state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Royal Dutch Shell yesterday acquired the remaining 35 per cent of a Brazilian offshore oil block, not already owned by them, for $1.64 billion, from Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)
Carlsberg to buy eight breweries from China’s Chongqing Beer
30 Dec 2013
Asia has become the main battleground for the world's largest brewers, which need the growing middle classes in emerging markets to compensate for sluggish sales in Europe and the US
DoT postpones spectrum auction to 3 February
30 Dec 2013
HGST axes 530 jobs in Singapore
28 Dec 2013
US overtakes Germany for the first time in 15 years in solar installations
27 Dec 2013
2013 is forecast to be the first time in more than 15 years that the US has installed more solar capacity than world leader Germany
Mission accomplished says Snowden
24 Dec 2013
SMS is official document now
24 Dec 2013
Mobile messaging SMSes will now be accepted by government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes
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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