Industry
SC asks centre, states to explain “illegal” human drug trials
08 Oct 2012
The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by a NGO against patients being subjected to clinical trials in without their knowledge
Amazon buys its Seattle HQ for $1.16 bn
08 Oct 2012
Jagan denied bail, more properties attached
05 Oct 2012
Supreme Court halts all mining in Goa
05 Oct 2012
The apex court has also restrained mining companies from exporting and selling ores that have already been extracted
700 million people have no access to broadband: Report
05 Oct 2012
More than 60 per cent of current broadband subscribers the world over reside in the top 10 metros and tier 1 cities while only 5 per cent of the broadband connections are in rural areas
EU demands higher safety standards for nuclear reactors
05 Oct 2012
A stress test of 145 European nuclear plants revealed that 54 have not applied current standards for earthquake risk and 62 reactors were not up to standards for flooding risk
Hinduja Group in the lead to buy specialty chemicals maker Houghton International: report
05 Oct 2012
Oil retailers hike price of non-subsidy gas
04 Oct 2012
The three state-owned oil marketing companies have raised the price of non-subsidised LPG by Rs127 per cylinder as a result of hike in international oil price
TUV Rheinland to invest Rs 150 crore in India
04 Oct 2012
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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