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Steve Jobs did not create iPhone, US government did, says Nancy Pelosi
13 Jun 2016
US government deserves more credit for the iPhone as most of its features were based on federal investment, research and breakthroughs, says the lawmaker
No legal basis for attaching properties, says Mallya
13 Jun 2016
Mallya, a former Rajya Sabha member and chairman of United Breweries Group, said the ED’s move seems to have motives and that it would make it difficult to raise money to repay loans to banks
Ratan Tata invests in e-ticketing firm Kyazoonga
11 Jun 2016
Patriarch of Silicon Valley Thomas J Perkins dead
11 Jun 2016
The founder of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers virtually invented venture capitalism as we know it now, putting relatively small amounts of money into, and then mentoring, promising start-ups, including Amazon and Google
Osamu Suzuki to step down as CEO in wake of mileage scandal
09 Jun 2016
Osamu Suzuki, who has led the company for nearly four decades, acknowledged that during the past few years it had become difficult to oversee all of the company's operations on his own
Angela Merkel is Forbes Woman of the Year for 6th time
08 Jun 2016
Forbes magazine cited German Chancellor Angela Merkel's “sheer humanism” while naming her Woman of the Year for the sixth year running; followed by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in second place
Clinton virtually clinches Democratic nomination
07 Jun 2016
Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the US Democratic presidential nomination, it emerged on Monday, a day before six states are set to vote in nominating contests
Keep speculating, says Rajan on reappointment
07 Jun 2016
‘The Greatest’ is no more: boxing legend Muhammad Ali dead
04 Jun 2016
Much more than a three-time world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali paradoxically became a symbol of peace and global understanding, being named a UN Messenger of Peace in 1998
Zuckerberg could lose control of Facebook if he quits
03 Jun 2016
The rules, which were first proposed as part of a reclassification of Facebook’s shares to help meet Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy plans, will be voted on by shareholders at an annual meeting on 20 June
Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over as Navy chief
01 Jun 2016
Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal bags Harvard award
27 May 2016
India Inc bats for second term for RBI chief Rajan
26 May 2016
Corporate India wants RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to be given a second term saying that Rajan helped control rising food prices, ushered in reforms to rebuild the banking system in the country, besides playing a big role in stabilising the rupee
Trump marches on, wins Washington comfortably
25 May 2016
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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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