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60 children die in UP hospital for want of oxygen supplies
12 Aug 2017
The government today admitted that supply of oxygen was inadequate between 11:30 PM in the night (on Thursday) till 1:30 AM in the wee hours of Friday even as it denied that an oxygen shortage had caused the deaths
100-yr-old fruitcake of Scott ‘vintage’ found in Antarctic
12 Aug 2017
Fruitcakes are known for not deteriorating easily, and this one has withstood a century in the coldest, windiest, and driest place on earth
US slaps import duties of up to 81% on Chinese aluminum foil
09 Aug 2017
The US Commerce Department is also investigating into whether aluminum shipped in from foreign countries hurts US national security
Broadband speeds in UK lag behind Europe's
08 Aug 2017
Vodafone-Idea merger only awaits outcome of NCLT probe
08 Aug 2017
Market regulator Sebi and the stock exchanges have given conditional go-ahead for the proposed $23-billion merger between Idea Cellular and Vodafone India
'Man tax’: Melbourne café charges men 18% extra
07 Aug 2017
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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