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Alternative methods to animal tests
28 Jun 2013
India bans cosmetic testing on animals
By By Jagdeep Worah | 28 Jun 2013
The Bureau of Indian Standards has banned animal testing for cosmetics following intense public campaigning and legislative advocacy that received support from MPs and memebers of state assemblies. By Jagdeep Worah
The New York Times Co receives six bids for The Boston Globe: report
28 Jun 2013
The New York Times Co has received six bids for The Boston Globe, after the auction of the daily newspaper closed yesterday
Myanmar awards mobile network licences
28 Jun 2013
Renewables share in energy mix to exceed gas, nuclear by 2016: IEA
28 Jun 2013
As their costs continue to fall, renewable power sources are increasingly standing on their own merits versus new fossil-fuel generation, IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven said in a statement
SC throws out PIL over US internet snooping
27 Jun 2013
US pressures Russia, blasts China as Snowden flees again
25 Jun 2013
The US has revoked Snowden's passport, and he is thought to have spent the night in an airside hotel at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
Telcos launch new plans to attract customers
25 Jun 2013
Israeli company enables simple mobiles to run smartphone apps
25 Jun 2013
An Israeli technology company has developed a method which allows old or outdated phones to run apps available only on smartphones
Hutchison Whampoa acquires Telefonica’s Irish business for €780 mn
25 Jun 2013
Through the acquisition Hutchison's subsidiary Three aims to become the number one operator in the Irish mobile market with it business plans to invest strongly in creating a state of the art network
Panel moots digital arm for state broadcaster Prasar Bharti
24 Jun 2013
Prasar Bharti, the public broadcaster that runs All India Radio and Doordarshan, may get a digital arm to reach out to the increasing number of internet and smartphone users
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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