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Bloom Energy appoints Girish S Paranjpe as MD
26 May 2011
Tata Global Beverages CEO Unsworth resigns
25 May 2011
DNA evidence matches Strauss-Kahn samples
25 May 2011
Strauss-Kahn who is facing charges of assault and attempting to rape the maid at the Sofitel hotel in New York is being held in an apartment in Manhattan under armed guard
Ajit Kumar Seth appointed cabinet secretary
24 May 2011
Rajiv Kumar appointed secretary general, FICCI
23 May 2011
Raja No 2 in Time magazine’s power abuse list
19 May 2011
The 2G scam takes the No 2 spot in the list of scandals and scams in the all time Top 10 'Abuses of Power'.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn quits as IMF chief
19 May 2011
Beleaguered IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has quit his post, a day after US treasury secretary Timothy F Geithner, demanded the appointment of an interim managing director for the fund
Amit Mitra quits FICCI, tipped to become W Bengal finance minister
19 May 2011
Eminent economist Amit Mitra, tipped to take over as finance minister of West Bengal, has quit as secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Departing Infosys boss Murthy betrays a tinge of regret
18 May 2011
Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, slated to retire in August, has written an unusually lengthy valedictory letter to employees in the company’s annual report
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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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