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Scientists shed light on how serotonin works
06 Oct 2010
Cheek swab may detect lung cancer
06 Oct 2010
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Russia's VimpelCom in $6.5 billion merger deal with Egyptian mobile phone operator
05 Oct 2010
Under the deal, VimpelCom would become the 100 per cent owner of Wind Telecommunicazioni, the third largest mobile operator and second largest fixed line operator in Italy
Wynncom launches Y90, Y99 models
05 Oct 2010
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Kalmadi waxes triumphant with games hardly begun
05 Oct 2010
Notoriously poor organisers, Indians are already rejoicing over the 'success' of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. But the celebrations may be just a little premature
Network18 to sell London-listed TIFC to Roptonal
04 Oct 2010
Doordarshan sows, DTH operators reap the harvest
04 Oct 2010
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Sinopec acquires 40-% in Repsol’s Brazilain assets for $7.1-bn
01 Oct 2010
Sinopec, Asia's largest oil refiner today acquired a 40-per cent stake in the Brazilian asses of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA for $7.1 billion, its second-largest overseas investment to date.
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Etisalat offers $11.7 bn for 46-% stake in Kuwait’s Zain
01 Oct 2010
In one of the largest deals in the region in recent history, the UAE's Etisalat has submitted a preliminary conditional offer to buy a 46-per cent stake in Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain) for approximately $11.7 billion
![Latest smartphones set to unsettle the market Latest smartphones set to unsettle the market](/industry/telecom/images/Mark_Seemann_CTO_Outsourcery.jpg)
Latest smartphones set to unsettle the market
01 Oct 2010
Smartphone wars have commenced with the announcement that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 due to go on sale today and the Windows Phone 7 and the Nokia N8 to be released shortly, says Mark Seemann, CTO of UK-based unified communications and hosted IT solutions provider, Outsourcery.
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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!
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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.
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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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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