Industry
CBI files FIR against its former director Ranjit Sinha in coal scam case
26 Apr 2017
The former CBI chief is accused of "scuttling" and "influencing" the probe into the coal block allocation cases
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales plans Wikitribune news service to combat ‘fake news’
25 Apr 2017
Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the popular online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, is planning a news service, to offer "factual and neutral" articles that help combat the problem of "fake news"
Woolworths could return to UK high streets
25 Apr 2017
PPG raises buyout offer for Akzo Nobel to $28.8 bn, threatens to go hostile
25 Apr 2017
US paints and coatings major PPG Industries yesterday raised its buyout offer for its Dutch rival Akzo Nobel to $28.8 billion, threatening to take its offer hostile if the board of the Dulux paint maker does not engage in talks
Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo seeks to sell itself
24 Apr 2017
US medical technology company Becton Dickinson to buy C R Bard for $24 bn
24 Apr 2017
The combination of the two companies will create a highly differentiated medical technology company, uniquely positioned to improve both the process of care and the treatment of disease for patients and healthcare providers
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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