Industry
AkzoNobel rejects PPG's revised acquisition offer
22 Mar 2017
AkzoNobel today said it had rejected a second unsolicited, takeover offer by PPG Industries Inc as it had failed to reflect the current and future value of AkzoNobel
‘Green’ chicken, lab-grown duck may soon be on your menu
22 Mar 2017
Growing meat in the lab from stem cells is not just a faddish experiment – it is very much a commercial proposition, as rearing meat in the traditional way is resource-intensive and damaging to the environment
India’s ‘Team Indus’ plans to brew beer on moon
22 Mar 2017
Team Indus, a privately-funded team under Axiom Research Labs Pvt Ltd, is competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE – and part of its project is to brew beer on the moon using yeast
Kumar Mangalam Birla to head merged idea-Vodafone entity
20 Mar 2017
The merger of India's number two and number three telecom firms will create the country's largest telecom operator with 400 million subscribers and the widest network in the country
‘Smallpox’ at Kakrapar plant gives India’s nuclear community jitters
20 Mar 2017
To avoid panic and any further accidents, Indian nuclear watchdog Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has shut down the affected plants till the cause has been found
Idea, Vodafone India announce merger
20 Mar 2017
Idea-Vodafone merger will create India's largest telecom operator in the country with the widest network, 400 million subscribers and Rs80,000 crore in annual revenues
Paraplegic moves around hospital in a tricycle for want of Rs100 to pay bribe for wheelchair
18 Mar 2017
Patanjali looks East, plans to enter Chinese market
16 Mar 2017
After flooding the local market with a wide range of consumer products and fending-off aggressive marketing tactics by multinational FMCG giants, Patanjali is now looking to go global
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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