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Sharad Pawar quits as head of ministers' group on telecom
02 Jul 2012
Pawar wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh citing earlier attempts to drag him into the controversy surrounding the allocation of 2G spectrum to recuse himself from heading the EGoM
Ratan Tata chairs his last TCS AGM
30 Jun 2012
RatanTata will hand over the reins of the Tata Group to Cyrus Mistry by the end of this year
Mohamed Mursi becomes Egypt's first elected president
25 Jun 2012
Egypt's first elected president Mohamed Mursi can select his own cabinet, but the legislative powers remain vested with the army
Kolkata’s Dibyendu Nandi wins US science prize
23 Jun 2012
L N Mittal blames government for policy inaction
21 Jun 2012
L N Mittal says policy inaction on industrialisation was potentially condemning millions to poverty
Assange flees to Ecuadorian embassy, seeks asylum
20 Jun 2012
In a dramatic development, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has fled into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he cannot be touched by UK authorities, and has sought asylum in that country
Saudi crown prince Nayef dies
16 Jun 2012
Rajat Gupta found guilty of insider trading
16 Jun 2012
Gupta was found guilty on four counts out of six charges of insider trading, and will be sentenced on 18 October
Rajat Gupta: Done in by his own greed and envy
16 Jun 2012
With the conviction of Rajat Gupta, former managing director of McKinsey & Co and independent director on the boards of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, for insider trading and securities fraud, a spectacularly successful career has come to a tragic end. It is yet another example of how greed and envy can get the better of even the most brilliant minds. By Vivek Sharma
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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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