Industry
Orion’s hotel in orbit may become operational in 4 years
09 Apr 2018
Is earth getting too crowed for you? Well, Orion Space is already taking bookings for a stay in a luxury hotel in outer space – at a mere $4 million a pop
Trai renews Wi-Fi hotspots proposal with new pilot study
06 Apr 2018
Telecom regulator Trai has revived its earlier proposal for allowing data resale that would help in the spread of public Wi-Fi hotspots and cut internet costs by up to 90 per cent
HMD Global plans big ‘make in India’ push for Nokia phones
05 Apr 2018
Launching as many as four new models this week, Finland’s HMD Global, which now owns the Nokia brand and currently imports all smartphone components, said it plans a steady push toward manufacturing these in India
Amazon may make rival bid to buy Flipkart: report
04 Apr 2018
Online retail giant Amazon may submit an offer to buy Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, which is currently in talks with Walmart Inc for a stake sale
Facebook, Google are getting too big to be governed, warns French President
04 Apr 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron says Facebook and Google were getting too big to be governed, and the US government may have to consider dismantling them, as happened with the oil majors in the early part of the 20th century
Numaligarh Refinery to tap N-E’s bamboo resources to make ethanol
03 Apr 2018
The Numaligarh Refinery in Assam hopes to produce 60 million litres of ethanol every year by using abundant bamboo available in the region to boost biofuel use for cutting down crude imports
Government scraps controversial move on 'fake news' generation amidst uproar
03 Apr 2018
The I&B ministry on Monday amended the guidelines, stating that the accreditation of journalists creating or propagating fake news would be suspended or permanently cancelled, a move criticised by journalist bodies as backdoor press censorship
‘Heavenly palace’ has a hellish landing in the South Pacific
02 Apr 2018
The 8.5-tonne Tiangong 1 space station had a fiery landing in the South Pacific ocean on Monday morning, as millions of people apparently heaved a sigh of relief at not finding parts of the station crashing on them
Get ready to be floored with foldable mobiles
02 Apr 2018
Are Easter eggs bad for the environment?
31 Mar 2018
GAIL's first chartered LNG vessel from US arrives at Dabhol
31 Mar 2018
GAIL will have 5.8 million tonnes per annum of US LNG in its portfolio mix of LNG indexed to Henry Hub and crude oil
Dining out associated with increased exposure to harmful chemicals called phthalates
31 Mar 2018
A study looked more broadly at dining out, not just at fast-food outlets, and found that it was significantly associated with increased exposure to phthalates
SoftBank, S Arabia in $200-bn deal to build world’s largest solar project
28 Mar 2018
The solar power plant, which would be the largest in the world, will produce 200 gigawatts of electricity — enough to power 140 million homes
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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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