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Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel for literature
07 Oct 2010
Vargas Llosa rose to fame in the '60s and the '70s with novels such as The Time of the Hero, The Green House, and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral
A R Barwe passes away
07 Oct 2010
Richard F Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki share Chemistry Nobel
06 Oct 2010
The Chemistry Nobel for development of palladium-catalysed cross coupling, a chemical tool that has vastly improved the possibilities for chemists to create sophisticated chemicals, is also for carbon-based research.
Russian scientists win Physics Nobel for carbon breakthrough
05 Oct 2010
Andre Geim, and Konstantin Novoselov, 36, are currently professors at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom
Société Générale rogue trader, Jerome Kerviel, jailed
05 Oct 2010
Jérôme Kerviel, the former Société Générale trader, whose rogue dealings almost bankrupted the French bank, was convicted of breach of trust and other charges Tuesday.
Costolo to be new Twitter-in-chief
05 Oct 2010
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams is to step down as CEO, while COO Dick Costolo will take over as the company's new chief executive
Father of IVF Robert G Edwards wins 2010 Nobel for medicine
04 Oct 2010
Edwards, who began working on the IVF process development in the 1950s, met with success on 25 July 1978, when the world's first 'test tube baby' was born
SC asks Raju why bail should not be cancelled
01 Oct 2010
HCL Infosystems appoints Harsh Chitale as CEO
01 Oct 2010
Mukesh Ambani still richest Indian; Premji, Ruias move up
30 Sep 2010
The combined net worth of India’s 100 richest people is $300 billion, up from $276 billion last year. This year, there are 69 billionaires on the India Rich List, 17 more than last year
Renowned economist Sengupta passes away
27 Sep 2010
Summers’ vacation at the White House is over
22 Sep 2010
Lawrence Summers, US president Barack Obama’s top economic advisor will step down from his post after November's mid-term elections, the White House announced Tuesday.
Lokmat Group's Vijay Darda elected ABC chairman
18 Sep 2010
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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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