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Thai prime minister calls fresh elections, dissolves parliament
09 Dec 2013
Striking opposition leaders, meanwhile, vowed to continue the stir until Yingluck Shinawatra quit as prime minister and handed over control to an unelected council
Anna Hazare happy at Kejriwal’s Delhi show
09 Dec 2013
Nelson Mandela passes away
06 Dec 2013
Mandela, who ushered in a multi-racial democracy in South Africa replacing the whites-only rule, was the face of black resistance
‘Cheapest car’ tag for Nano a mistake: Ratan Tata
30 Nov 2013
Ratan Tata yesterday told a news channel that tagging the Nano as the ‘cheapest’ had been a mistake
Berlusconi booted out of Italian house; can’t hold office for 6 yrs
28 Nov 2013
The Italian Senate has expelled three-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from Parliament over his conviction for tax fraud
Neeraj Sahai appointed president as S&P fights lawsuit over ratings fraud
28 Nov 2013
Neeraj Sahai is the second person of Indian origin to take over the reins of S&P after Deven Sharma who quit in 2011 after a controversial downgrade of the US from its `AAA’ rating
Nepal on brink again as Maoist Prachanda sees poll rout
22 Nov 2013
Maoist supremo Prachanda himself lost to Nepali Congress candidate Rajan K C from Kathmandu-10 constituency, and was trailing in Siraha-5
Plot to malign me and Arvind Kejriwal, says Anna Hazare
20 Nov 2013
Hazare said he had never doubted Kejriwal’s bona fides and that he would write to him again
India’s entrepreneurial innovators could build ‘next Google’ , says ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt
20 Nov 2013
Nobel-winning writer Doris Lessing dead
19 Nov 2013
Pakistan to put Musharraf on trial for high treason
18 Nov 2013
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government has announced that it will put Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for high treason for suspending the constitution while in power
Sachin bags Bharat Ratna; first sportsperson to do it
16 Nov 2013
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award
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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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