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Nikesh Arora leaves Google to join Japan’s SoftBank
18 Jul 2014
Google Inc's chief business officer and the company's main liaison with Wall Street, Nikesh Arora, is leaving to join Japanese telecom firm SoftBank, as vice chairman
Sebi bans Satyam's Raju brothers , 2 others from trade for 14 years
16 Jul 2014
The Securities & Exchange Board of India on Tuesday barred Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of the defunct Satyam Computer Services, from trading in the market for 14 years
US Appeals Court rejects Rajat Gupta's rehearing plea
15 Jul 2014
A federal appeals court in New York has denied a petition by Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director currently serving a two-year prison, to rehear his insider trading conviction
Maharashtra ex-CM Chavan found guilty of fudging poll expenses
14 Jul 2014
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Chavan asking him to explain why he should not be disqualifiedas a member of Parliament
Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal cremated in Delhi
11 Jul 2014
Veteran actress and danseuse Zohra Sehgal, who died of cardiac arrest yesterday aged 102, was cremated in Delhi on Friday
Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian ex-president, USSR's last foreign minister dies at 86
07 Jul 2014
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Shevardnadze led his native Georgia from 1992 to 2003 through its turbulent start as an independent state
M&M ropes in Anish Shah from GE Capital
03 Jul 2014
Infosys to pay its new CEO Vishal Sikka Rs30 cr a year
03 Jul 2014
The former SAP executive is also entitled to an annual stock option equal to $2 million
SC chief disappointed over Subramaniam episode; government on the defensive
02 Jul 2014
Justice Lodha said he had asked Subramanium to reconsider his decision to withdraw his candidature but he replied the next day with a six-line letter expressing his decision not to go back on his decision
Facebook COO Sandberg endorses Modi-led growth story
01 Jul 2014
Former McKinsey & Co consultant and economist with the World Bank, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg started her career in India in 1981 working with the World Bank on leprosy
Juncker voted to lead EU
28 Jun 2014
Prime Minister of Luxembourg for 18 years, Jean-Claude Juncker was yesterday voted in as European Commission president
Gopal Subramanian pulls out of SC judgeship; alleges BJP bias over fake encounter death
25 Jun 2014
As amicus curiae in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, Subramanium brought out new facts on the basis of which the Supreme Court had ordered a CBI probe into the case
Nita Ambani joins RIL board
18 Jun 2014
Rajat Gupta begins jail term after losing in insider trading appeal
18 Jun 2014
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta began his prison sentence after fighting a protracted legal battle to clear his name in one of the biggest insider trading cases in US history
AGC Networks makes top management changes
17 Jun 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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