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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani strikes conciliatory note on N-talks
07 Aug 2013
Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani says Iran was ready for open and serious negotiations on the country’s disputed nuclear programme
Raghuram Rajan appointed next governor of RBI
06 Aug 2013
The government’s chief economic advisor Raghuram Rajan will take over from D Subbarao on 4 September
Icahn files suit against Dell in buyout bid
02 Aug 2013
Wiki-leaker Bradley Manning ‘guilty’ on 17 counts but cleared of sedition
31 Jul 2013
Bradley Manning, the US army private who leaked classified communications to Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, has been acquitted of the charge of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge against him which would have led to a life sentence
BoE confirms novelist Jane Austen to grace new £10 notes
25 Jul 2013
Besides a portrait of Jane Austen, the new banknote design will feature the famous quote from Pride and Prejudice: “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”
Delhi HC seeks CBI’s reply on bail pleas of accused in cash-for-post railway bribery case
19 Jul 2013
2G case: Court allows CBI to examine Anil and Tina Ambani
19 Jul 2013
Anil Ambani, who is facing trial in the case along with Swan promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka, is planning to move the Delhi High Court against the order
P Sathasivam takes oath as new Chief Justice of India
19 Jul 2013
Justice P Sathasivam was today sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee as the 40th Chief Justice of India, taking over from Altamas Kabir, who retires today after serving as CJI for a little over nine months
Insider trading: Rajat Gupta fined another $14 mn; debarred
18 Jul 2013
Rajat Gupta, the disgraced former Goldman Sachs director accused of insider trading has been ordered by a US court to pay $13.9 million in civil penalties, and banned from serving as an officer or director of a public company
Hospitalised Mandela sees spate of tributes on 95th birthday
18 Jul 2013
Mandela's birthday is also Nelson Mandela International Day, a day declared by the UN as a way to recognise the Nobel Prize winner's contribution to reconciliation
Tata Sons appoints Dr Nirmalya Kumar as member, Group Executive Council
17 Jul 2013
Dr Nirmalya Kumar is one of the world's leading thinkers on strategy and marketing
42 years after liberation, Bangladesh covicts former Pakistani collaborator
15 Jul 2013
A 91-year-old former chief of an Islamic party in Bangladesh, Ghulam Azam, was awarded a 90-year jail term today for crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war
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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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