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PM cuts Swamy to size over Rajan — finally
28 Jun 2016
Rajan may have say in new monetary policy panel
27 Jun 2016
Narasimha used IB to keep tabs on Sonia: book
25 Jun 2016
How Narasimha Rao used IB to track reform opponents
25 Jun 2016
Back in late 1991, the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao had asked for a telling report from the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He wanted to know which of his Congress MPs were against which specific economic reform
Cameron quits as PM; Scotland, Ireland in turmoil
24 Jun 2016
David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain campaign to win the referendum on staying in the EU
India demands sanctions on new Taliban chief Akhundzada
23 Jun 2016
India has demanded that the United Nations slap sanctions against the new Taliban leader, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, in Afghanistan, saying it is “sheer folly” that the leader of a proscribed entity is not yet designated as a terrorist individual
Mallya to quit as chairman of Bayer CropScience
22 Jun 2016
'Yogi' Deveshwar to step down as ITC chief in February
22 Jun 2016
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, who led tobacco company ITC Ltd to a diversified group with interests in farming to hotels and information technology over a 20-year period - the longest in Indian corporate history - is finally stepping down
Nikesh Arora to step down as SoftBank COO, assume advisory role
21 Jun 2016
SoftBank president and chief operating officer Nikesh Arora, who was tipped to become its next CEO, will step down tomorrow over differences with current CEO of the group Masayoshi Son
Indian, world business disappointed as Rajan calls it a day
20 Jun 2016
Announcing that he would return to academia after his term as RBI governor ends in September, Raghuram Rajan strongly hinted that he was leaving an unfinished agenda as the government was not keen to give him a second term
Visium’s Sanjay Valvani charged with insider trading
16 Jun 2016
Manhattan attorney Preet Bharara has charged Sanjay Vasvani of Visium Asset Management with trading on confidential tips about generic drug approvals by the FDA
Clinton clinches nomination, talks with Sanders
15 Jun 2016
The two agree on raising wages for working families, eliminating undisclosed money in politics and reducing the cost of college for students and their families, and on defeating Donald Trump
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes receives Overseas Citizenship of India
14 Jun 2016
OCI confers the same privileges that are enjoyed by non-resident Indians
Blow to Mallya as special PMLA court declares him proclaimed offender
14 Jun 2016
A person can be termed a proclaimed offender in a criminal case if the court has reasons to believe that the accused against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued has absconded or is concealing himself so as to avoid arrest
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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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