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Volkswagen rejigs Indian management
09 Mar 2013
Former Italian premier Slivio Berulsconi convicted in wiretap case
07 Mar 2013
Berlusconi was sentenced to one-year prison term for breach of confidentiality in the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations
Nicolás Maduro takes charge in Venezuela as cancer claims Chavez
06 Mar 2013
President Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for the past 14 years, passed away on Tuesday, losing a long fight to cancer and leaving thousands of his supporters mourning on the streets of Caracas
Convicted Rajat Gupta ordered to pay $6.2-m to Goldman
26 Feb 2013
The money that Gupta now has to pay Goldman is separate from the cost of Gupta's legal defence, which has thus far exceeded $30 million
ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda expected to head Bank of Japan
25 Feb 2013
Haruhiko Kuroda, with his overseas connections and language skills, is widely expected to win foreign understanding for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s monetary policy
The king-sized ego that felled the king of good times
23 Feb 2013
Ego, which often fires our resolve to do even the seemingly impossible, could also be an intense force of self-destruction. When a business leader is blinded by bloated ego, it not only destroys his or her own personal wealth, but also the wealth and incomes of employees, business partners, and shareholders. Vijay Mallya is only the most recent example. By Shivshanker Verma
Hari Shankar Singhania passes away
23 Feb 2013
Singhania, 81, passed away peacefully in his sleep late on Friday night
Alcatel-Lucent appoints Michel Combes as CEO
23 Feb 2013
T S Vijayan is new IRDA chief
21 Feb 2013
Cameron regrets Jallianwala Bagh, but doesn’t apologise
20 Feb 2013
David Cameron today became the first serving UK prime minister to pay his respects at the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in Indian, and British history.
Amartya Sen gets top French award from President Hollande
18 Feb 2013
Conferring the award, French President Francois Hollande praised Sen lavishly, quoting extensively from his works that speak about the problems faced by the poorest sections of society
Featured articles
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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