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Narayan Murthy’s son Rohan chips in to help US observatory
21 Oct 2015
A type of robotic astronomy project that was earlier housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has a new mentor in the form of Rohan Murthy, son of Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy
Alibaba’s Jack Ma to join UK PM Cameron’s advisory team
20 Oct 2015
One of China's top businessmen, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, has been appointed by British Prime Minister David Cameron to advise him on business, Downing Street said on Monday
RBI's Rajan slams IMF for backing manipulative monetary policies
19 Oct 2015
Central banks have no mandate for formulating monetary policies for the world, but IMF does spillover studies that suggest which policies are good for a country and therefore good for the world, he said
Steve Ballmer takes 4% stake in Twitter
17 Oct 2015
Google’s Omid Kordestani to become Twitter's executive chairman
15 Oct 2015
Twitter Inc has lured Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani to take over as its executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey, who last week became the permanent CEO
Princeton professor Angus Deaton wins Economics Nobel
12 Oct 2015
Prof Angus Deaton has tried to correlate three central questions of how consumers distribute their spending among different goods, how much of society's income is spent and how much is saved and how best to measure and analyse welfare and poverty
LafargeHolcim hires Ron Wiradhadiraksa as chief financial officer
12 Oct 2015
LafargeHolcim today replaced chief financial officer, Thomas Aebischer with Ron Wiradhadiraksa from Philips
Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar share chemistry Nobel
08 Oct 2015
The persistent changes to the genetic material does not disintegrate into complete chemical chaos as a host of molecular systems continuously monitor and repair DNA, the researchers found
Youyou Tu's herbal therapy for malaria wins Nobel for medicine
06 Oct 2015
Youyou Tu of China, who discovered `artemisinin’, a novel herbal therapy for malaria, shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology with William C Campbell and Satoshi Omura who discovered new therapies for infections caused by roundworm parasites
Ralph Lauren steps down, hands reins to Stefan Larsson
01 Oct 2015
Ralph Lauren, the quintessential American designer who built a fashion empire based on sweeping fantasies of country-club prep and the Wild West, is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the company
Fortis co-founder Shivinder Singh steps down to join spiritual organisation
24 Sep 2015
Singh (40) will join a spiritual organisation, Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), based in Beas, near Amritsar and become non-executive vice-chairman of Fortis with effect from 1 January 2016
Governor rejects Sanjay Dutt’s mercy plea
24 Sep 2015
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn quits over `Dieselgate’
24 Sep 2015
Martin Winterkorn, CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen AG, resigned on Wednesday amidst accusations that the car maker rigged US emission tests - the biggest scandal in its 78-year history
Leonardo DiCaprio joins fossil fuel divestment movement
23 Sep 2015
Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio has joined over 2,000 individuals and 400 institutions in pulling $2.6 trillion of investments out of fossil fuel companies
Cricket chief Jagmohan Dalmiya dies at 75
21 Sep 2015
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Sunday at around 9 pm. He was aged 75
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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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