Industry
TRAI proposes Rs3,622 crore reserve price for 2G spectrum auction
23 Apr 2012
TRAI today proposed a reserve price of Rs3,622 crore for auction of 2G spectrum, much higher than the price operators paid for the radio waves during the previous allocation.
KCI to acquire Switzerland based APAG Group
23 Apr 2012
Mamata mulls newspaper, TV channel to fight trial by media
21 Apr 2012
Stung by media criticism over the functioning of the West Bengal government, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government is weighing plans to have its own newspaper and TV channel
Baxter to set up $1-bn plant for plasma-based therapies
21 Apr 2012
The capital investment for the plant is expected to exceed $1 billion over the next five years and create more than 2000 jobs across the US
Govt does volte face on release of Italian ‘killer’ ship
21 Apr 2012
The centre told the Supreme Court on Friday that the Kerala police had no authority to detain the Italian ship from where Italian marines shot two fishermen but hours later sought to distance itself from this stand
Plane carrying 127 people crashes near Islamabad
20 Apr 2012
CEC orders CBI probe into mining leases to Yeddyurappa's relatives
20 Apr 2012
The CEC said there were gross irregularities in the allotment of mining leases to companies owned by relatives of the former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa
Icahn wins $2.26-bn takeover battle with CVR Energy board
20 Apr 2012
CVR Energy Inc yesterday paved the way for billionaire-activist investor Carl Icahn to proceed with his $2.26-billion takeover offer by withdrawing its poison pill defence
RBI ends penalty on prepayment of home loans
18 Apr 2012
Home loan borrowers will now find it easier to switch banks to avail of better rates, as the RBI has stopped banks from levying a prepayment penalty on floating home loans
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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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