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And now, UK health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive for COVID-19
11 Mar 2020
Dorries had attended meetings at Westminster and in her constituency, besides a reception hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street last Thursday
MP govt doomed as 20 ministers resign; Jyotiraditya Scindia quits Cong
11 Mar 2020
The Congress party, meanwhile, declared failure in wooing Scindia back to its fold to save the party, saying Scindia has been dismissed from the party
Former GE chief and management icon Jack Welch dies at 84
03 Mar 2020
Welch followed a results-driven, hands-on style of management that helped GE turn around, although at the expense of thousands of employees who lost their jobs as Welch went on cutting costs and getting rid of unprofitable businesses
Buffett set to hand over reins of Berkshire Hathaway
24 Feb 2020
Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men, said Berkshire Hathaway is 100 per cent ready for his departure and that of his longtime partner Charlie Munger, but did not go into detail or name a successor
JeM chief Azhar `missing’ from Pak Army custody ahead of FATF meeting
17 Feb 2020
While another terror head and Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed has been jailed in two terror financing cases, Islamabad has failed to prosecute LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and JeM chief Masood Azhar and is banking on support from China, Malaysia and Turkey
Rishi Sunak replaces Sajid Javid as UK finance minister
14 Feb 2020
The 39-year-old Rishi Sunak, son-in-lay of Infosys founder Narayana Murthi, is set to move into No 11 Downing Street, next door to the Prime Minister’s Office as he takes charge of the second most important government position as the finance minister
WEF: Investor Soros flays Trump, Modi and Xi for nationalist fervor
24 Jan 2020
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros said the rise of nationalism across the globe was the great enemy of open society and he blamed leaders like US President Donald Trump, China's Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi for narrowing options for businesses
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s phone
22 Jan 2020
SC stays NCLAT order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as Tata Group chairman
10 Jan 2020
Observing that there were "lacunae" in the orders passed by the tribunal, the apex court bench also noted that there was no prayer in Cyrus Mistry’s petition for reinstatement but the tribunal went ahead with it and ordered his reinstatement
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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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