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Sean Parker bid to bring cancer research under one umbrella
13 Apr 2016
Known for his founding roles at Napster and Facebook, billionaire Sean Parker is backing a $250-million initiative to bring cancer researchers together to focus on the promising immunotherapy treatments
Hate being called ‘sweetie’, ‘honey’: PepsiCo’s Nooyi
09 Apr 2016
Indra Nooyi laments that women do not help other women in the workplace as much as they should and asked them to figure out how they can help each other more than at present
Mallya to again skip ED summons in money laundering case
09 Apr 2016
Officials said Mallya has informed the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case in Mumbai that he will be unable to depose personally as scheduled today, citing the ongoing legal proceedings the Supreme Court
ISIS chief’s runaway wife wants new life in Europe
01 Apr 2016
Speaking for the first time since her release from a Lebanese prison in earlier this year, Saja al-Dulaimi, who was married to the most wanted man in the world - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the top leader of ISIS - has revealed the ordeal that her position
Brazil’s Roussef stares at end as ally breaks away
01 Apr 2016
Opinion polls show Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity down to just around 10 per cent – but what is remarkable is that vice president Michel Temer, who has withdrawn has support to Rousseff, is himself facing graft charges
Declassified files suggest Netaji survived 1945 air crash, says report
31 Mar 2016
The declassified files relating to Netaji Subsash Chandra Bose released by the centre provide some hints that the leader of India’s freedom movement might well have lived beyond 18 August 1945
The barely literate poet who has inspired 5 PhDs
31 Mar 2016
Orphaned in childhood, Odiya poet Haldhar Nag, who grew up on the charity of villagers is a class three dropout; he can barely be considered literate – yet he has had five PhD theses written about him
Bangla court orders arrest of Khaleda Zia over bus fire-bomb
31 Mar 2016
A Dhaka court has charged former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders and officials of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party of instigating petrol bomb attacks in a bid to force the government of her rival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to resign
New era begins for Mynmar as Htin Kyaw sworn in
30 Mar 2016
Australian ex-minister Pat Farmer completes his 4,400km marathon across India
30 Mar 2016
Australia’s veteran ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer completed his ‘Spirit of India’ run from Kanyakumari to Kashmir a day early on Tuesday, exhausted but elated after covering 4,400 kilometres to raise funds for girls’ education
Time magazine calls Modi an `Internet star’
17 Mar 2016
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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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