Industry
US to become net oil exporter in 10 years: IEA
15 Nov 2017
Nepal scraps award of $2.5-bn hydro project to Chinese state firm
14 Nov 2017
Nepal has cancelled an agreement with a Chinese company to build one of the country’s biggest hydro-power projects in what could be a setback to Beijing’s efforts to expand its clout in Himalayan country through its 'Belt and Road' initiative
Vodafone, Idea selling their tower business to ATC for Rs7,850 cr
13 Nov 2017
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which are in the process of being merged, will receive Rs3,850 crore and Rs4,000 crore respectively from the tower sale to ATC Telecom Infrastructure in a deal which will not affect the terms of the merger
Govt set to launch Rs34,000-cr second phase of BharatNet
13 Nov 2017
Optical fibre connectivity is now available in 1 lakh gram panchayats, and with the completion of the Rs34,000-crore second phase of the BharatNet project by March 2019, all gram panchayats in the country will have high-speed broadband connectivity
Plans unveiled for UK’s largest solar farm
13 Nov 2017
Central staff to get up to Rs25 lakh in house building advance at 8.5% simple interest rate
10 Nov 2017
India ships emergency fuel to Sri Lanka
09 Nov 2017
Mumbai-Panaji cruise service to start early next month
08 Nov 2017
The vessels will stop at Vengurla, Malvan and Ratnagiri among other places to enable passengers, who arrive in large canoes, to embark and disembark
Featured articles
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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