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Pope Francis suspends spendthrift German bishop
24 Oct 2013
Legendary singer Manna Dey passes away
24 Oct 2013
The legendary singer who charmed music lovers across the country, in almost all Indian languages, for more than 60 years, died in Bangalore on Thursday
ICICI's Chanda Kochar, NSE's Chitra Ramkrishna in Fortune top-50 women leaders
21 Oct 2013
Four Indians led by ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar have been listed in Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders
Haryana government frames fresh charges against Ashok Khemka
17 Oct 2013
Senior IAS office Ashok Khemka's recent troubles began after he ordered an inquiry into the alleged undervaluation of Robert Vadra’s land deals in four Haryana districts adjoining New Delhi
Apple hires Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts as senior vice president
16 Oct 2013
Angela Ahrendts becomes the first female executive to join the Apple board
Veteran socialist Mohan Dharia passes away
15 Oct 2013
Mohan Dharia was a rare politician who quit politics to champion the cause of environment and rural development for nearly three decades
Three Americans share Nobel Prize in Economics
14 Oct 2013
According to Nobel Prize committee, research carried out by the three economists "laid the foundation for the current understanding of asset prices"
‘Shoot me, but first listen to me’: Malala at World Bank
13 Oct 2013
In an hour-long exchange with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Malala Yousafzai spoke with poise, passion and flashes of wry humour as she repeatedly urged her listeners to stand up for girls’ education and rights
Pak court orders Musharraf's re-arrest
11 Oct 2013
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's re-arrest comes as an increasingly activist judiciary has challenged the power of the powerful military -- no other former army chief has ever been arrested before
Pak teenager Malala gets top EU human rights award
11 Oct 2013
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot and almost killed by Taliban for championing education for girls, was yesterday conferred the Sakharov human rights award by the European Parliament
Canadian “Chekhov” Alice Munro wins Literature Nobel
11 Oct 2013
The Nobel Prize committee compared Munro to Anton Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers of all times
Obama picks Janet Yellen to succeed Fed chairman Ben Bernanke
10 Oct 2013
US president Barack Obama yesterday nominated noted economist Janet Yellen as the country’s first woman to take the reins of the Federal Reserve, replacing outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke whose second term ends on 31 January 2014
Three US scientists win Chemistry Nobel
10 Oct 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel laid the foundation for the powerful programmes that are used to understand and predict complex chemical processes
Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes first woman to head SBI
08 Oct 2013
The front-runner for the post, Arundhati Bhattacharya, 57, was managing director and CFO of SBI prior to her elevation
Italian senate committee recommends expulsion of former PM Silivio Berlusconi
07 Oct 2013
An Italian Senate committee has recommended the expulsion of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament following his conviction for tax fraud
US National Academy of Engineering to induct Ratan Tata tomorrow
05 Oct 2013
The National Academy of Engineering has been providing leadership in engineering to the US since its inception in 1964
Legendary Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap is dead
05 Oct 2013
Gen Giap was the most prominent military commander, beside Ho Chi Minh, during the Vietnam war
Lalu gets 5-year jail term in fodder scam
03 Oct 2013
A CBI court in Ranchi today sentenced former railway minister and chief of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad to 5 years' imprisonment and barred him from contesting elections for another six years
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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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