Industry
Australia PM Gillard for lifting ban on uranium sales to India
15 Nov 2011
Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, has stated clearly that a ban on sales of uranium to India needs to be overturned.
Draft bill framed to regulate real estate sector
12 Nov 2011
The government has finally come out with a draft bill to curb malpractices in the hitherto under-regulated real estate sector
Petrol price rollback in the offing: report
12 Nov 2011
2G: setback for CBI as Reliance official retracts statement
12 Nov 2011
Anand Subramaniam retracts his statement to the CBI that he had opened a Swan Telecom account on instructions from Hari Nair, senior VP at Reliance ADAG, and one of the accused in the scam.
Caterpillar offers to buy China’s ERA Mining Machinery for $885 million
11 Nov 2011
After acquiring mining equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc for $8.6 billion last November, Caterpillar moves to consolidate its position in the mining segment through the Chinese acquisition.
India targets 2 GW solar capacity by 2013
11 Nov 2011
Trial in 2G spectrum case gets off to noisy start
11 Nov 2011
The trial got off to a noisy start as there was a ruckus in the courtroom over the lack of space, with the defence counsel objecting to trial in such a cramped space.
Germany's largest retailer Edeka in race to buy Dutch retail chain C1000 for €1-bn
11 Nov 2011
Edeka Group, Germany’s largest retailer is in the race to buy the Netherlands' supermarket chain C1000 for an estimated €1 billion.
India likely to hike power tariffs as well
10 Nov 2011
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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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