Government
Andhra Pradesh CM, YSR Reddy, perishes in chopper crash
03 Sep 2009
It is confirmed that Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, missing since yesterday morning on a helicopter flight, has died in a crash.
Northern India's groundwater reserves vanishing
13 Aug 2009
American hydrologists now say that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as one foot per year over the past decade, and that consequences of this depletion include a collapse of agricultural output and severe shortages of potable water.
Rangarajan back as PM's top adviser
11 Aug 2009
Nirupama Rao is new foreign secretary
01 Aug 2009
Nirupama Rao today took over as India's foreign secretary, succeeding Shivshankar Menon.
Government setting up biotechnology regulator
24 Jul 2009
HC upholds Delhi's plastic bags ban
15 Jul 2009
NHPC, OIL offers slated for this year; RITES issue deferred
14 Jul 2009
The government would dilute its holding in NHPC Ltd and Oil India Ltd through an IPO this fiscal, but would defer a public issue of RITES Ltd, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
Clinton’s India visit: no hyphenation with Pak, policy speech tomorrow
By Rajiv Singh | 14 Jul 2009
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Indian sub-continent next week will be an exclusive one, focusing entirely on India without any hyphenation with Pakistan being attempted.
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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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