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Pranab Mukherjee is UPA nominee for President
15 Jun 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take charge of the finance ministry after Mukherjee steps down as finance minister by 24 June
Government is headless, says Azim Premji
13 Jun 2012
Insider trading: Goldman’s Gupta may conduct own defence
09 Jun 2012
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta's decision, while relatively rare, is not unprecedented in high profile white-collar crime trials
Chidambaram to face trial in election case
07 Jun 2012
Home minister P. Chidambaram suffered a setback on Thursday after the Madras High Court refused to dismiss a petition challenging his parliamentary election in 2009
Gupta was privy to secrets: Goldman chief
05 Jun 2012
Gupta protégé testifies in New York court
02 Jun 2012
Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life imprisonment
02 Jun 2012
A criminal court in Cairo on Saturday sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, to life in prison for his role in the killing of protesters last year
Shanghvi steps down as Sun Pharma chairman; Israel Makov to take over
30 May 2012
Dilip Shanghvi, who will continue to be the managing director, is stepping down as chairman in favour of former chief executive of Israel's Teva Pharma, Israel Markov
Graft case: Jagan remanded in 14-day judicial custody
28 May 2012
A special CBI court in Hyderabad remanded YSR Congress head Jaganmohan Reddy to judicial custody
Ex-Galleon portfolio manager testifies against Rajat Gupta
26 May 2012
Michael Cardillo, a former fund manager at Gallion, said he had learned from Raj Rajaratnam’s brother R K Rajaratnam that the P&G stock was all hype without much substance
Businessmen get bail in 2G spectrum scam
26 May 2012
Gina Rinehart triples wealth after mining deals, named world’s richest woman
24 May 2012
If the resources boom were to continue, Rinehart's wealth could rise to $100 billion, which would make her the richest person in the world
India-born Suma Chakrabarti to head European Bank for Reconstruction
21 May 2012
Sir Suma, currently the most senior civil servant in the British ministry of justice, will be the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the next four years beginning 3 July 2012
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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
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