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Famed actor, ‘Gandhi’ director Richard Attenborough dies at 90
By By Jagdeep Worah | 25 Aug 2014
In India, Attenborough is best known as the director of the 1982 movie ‘Gandhi’ - a film that was 20 years in the planning and won eight Oscars. By Jagdeep Worah
Arvind Subramanian set to be India’s next chief economic adviser
22 Aug 2014
Arvind Subramanian will be the second economist of international repute to be appointed to a key position after former IMF chief economist Raghuram Rajan was made governor of the RBI
K V Thomas takes over as new PAC chairman
20 Aug 2014
Dr Sandeep Chennakeshu to lead BlackBerry’s innovative technology unit
19 Aug 2014
Sandeep Chennakeshu was earlier president of Ericsson Mobile Platform and CTO of Sony-Ericsson
Rajan repeats crash warning, says West’s money bubble could burst
12 Aug 2014
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday stuck to his warning of another imminent financial market crash on the lines of the 2008 global financial crisis, once the monetary bubble that is being created in the developed markets bursts
Bickson quits as Indian Hotels chief, Hyatt's Sarna to take over
08 Aug 2014
Born in Hawaii, Ramond Bickson was handpicked in January 2003 by the Tata Group’s then chairman Ratan Tata and given the mandate to take the Taj brand abroad
Ratan Tata may buy stake in e-tailer Snapdeal: report
07 Aug 2014
The online marketing business in India is projected to reach $9 billion in the next two years
Sonia didn’t become PM at Rahul's opposition: Natwar
31 Jul 2014
The former minister says his claims cannot be dismissed as outpouring of a man sacked from Congress
SC allows Subrata Roy to negotiate sale of overseas assets; no bail yet
22 Jul 2014
The court declined to alter the conditions of bail or grant Roy parole as sought by the Sahara group
HP CEO Meg Whitman appointed chairman
18 Jul 2014
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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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