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Water use for fracking has risen by up to 770% since 2011
17 Aug 2018
The volume of wastewater new wells generate during their first year of production has also increased -- by up to 1,440 per cent
KKR acquires 60% stake in Ramky Enviro Engineers
13 Aug 2018
Zee Network calls off content deal with Jio TV
11 Aug 2018
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HPCL refuses to recognise ONGC as promoter
10 Aug 2018
Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan today clarified that ONGC with 51.11-per cent stake in the refiner is the new promoter of HPCL, after the company’s CMD Mukesh Kumar Surana refused to recognise the majority shareholder as HPCL’s promoter
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Centre has 200-man cell monitoring TV news channels 24/7: report
10 Aug 2018
Located right next to the CBI headquarters in Delhi, is the nerve-centre of a secretive government operation to monitor if sufficient TV coverage is being provided to the prime minister
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Flipkart-Walmart deal gets regulatory approval
09 Aug 2018
While the Flipkart-Walmart alliance aims to fend off competition from e-commerce giant Amazon, the US retail giant announced plans to hire 1,000 professionals and also projected creation of 30,000 direct and indirect jobs through new cash-and-carry shops
New defence production policy
06 Aug 2018
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Trai releases norms for next spectrum auction, timing uncertain
02 Aug 2018
With 5G spectrum making its debut, the regulator has recommended slashing reserve prices across bandwidths, including by almost 43 per cent for 4G airwaves – but this may not be enough to enthuse debt-laden telcos
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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