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Wipro’s loss is Dell’s gain as Vaswani joins PC maker
06 Apr 2011
Vaswani will be responsible for further enhancing Dell’s global delivery capabilities and expanding the company’s strong presence in the Indian IT market
AMCO’s Jayshree Venkatraman dies 2 months after father's demise
06 Apr 2011
Her demise will spark intense speculation about her successor in the Rs7000-crore Amalgamation Group, as the surviving members of the founding family seem to be tied up in other senior positions
Candidate Amit Mitra quits Air India board
06 Apr 2011
Soota launches new IT services venture
05 Apr 2011
MindTree appoints Albert Hieronimus as chairman
02 Apr 2011
R Sridharan named acting chairman of SBI
01 Apr 2011
Obama promotes two Indian-American women
30 Mar 2011
Jeh Wadia made Bombay Dyeing MD; Ness to step aside
30 Mar 2011
The textile and real estate company has appointed Jehangir N (Jeh) Wadia, younger son of promoter Nusli Wadia, as managing director with effect from 1 April.
Disgraced former David Jones chief Mark McInnes lands $5.2-million job with rival retailer
28 Mar 2011
EMC India appoints Debashis Patnaik as HR head
23 Mar 2011
Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor passes away at 79
23 Mar 2011
Legendary Hollywood actor, and one of the world’s most admired beauties, Elizabeth Taylor died today at Los Angeles, California's Cedars-Sinai Hospital at age 79.
Deepak Parekh appointed non-executive director of DP World
23 Mar 2011
Deepak Parekh is an independent director and is the fourth independent director on the board of DP World.
Sarah Palin attends Delhi conclave today
19 Mar 2011
Rajat Gupta sues US SEC over `unfair' trial
19 Mar 2011
SEC's taking recourse to administrative proceedings means Gupta must defend himself in an SEC court rather than in a federal court, where he could have a jury to decide the case
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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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