Engineering
Govt sets up agency to modernise, promote bicycle industry
18 Nov 2019
The government is looking to boost bicycle demand, inter-alia, by ensuring enabling safe and segregated cycling infrastructure and enhancing export competitiveness of bicycles through support of schemes and favourable trade policies
Temasek arm bids $3 billion for 30.55% of Keppel Corp
21 Oct 2019
Temasek directly owns 20.45 per cent in Keppel, and if successful, the partial offer will result in Temasek owning an aggregate 51 per cent in the struggling rig-maker
McDermott wins $4.5 billion EPCI contracts from Saudi Aramco
12 Jul 2019
The contracts involve construction of a gas-oil separation platform, compression and accommodation facilities, in a consortium with China Offshore Oil Engineering Company, worth $3.0 billion, and construction of offshore gas facilities and pipelines worth $1.5 billion
L&T announces strategic initiative for digital transformation
29 Mar 2019
With some of the largest deployments of IoT, analytics and AI in the industrial sector, through its current construction, EPC and manufacturing businesses, L&T is in the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, according to L&T Next
Siemens in deal with Russia's RDIF on $4.5 billion rail link
18 Feb 2019
The planned 220-km double-track high-speed railway between the cities of Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg over the Urals, would allow trains to travel at speeds of 300 km per hour
EU regulators likely to derail Siemens-Alstom merger plan: report
21 Jan 2019
`We can’t build those champions by undermining competition,” EC’s Margrethe Vestager said in Berlin, adding, “We can’t build them with mergers that harm competition, or by looking the other way when Europe’s businesses break our rules”
ABB sells over 80% in Power Grids to Hitachi for $9.1 bn
18 Dec 2018
Post divestment ABB plans to modify the structure of its remaining businesses and focus on simplified digital industries for enhanced customer value and shareholder returns
Larsen & Toubro Q2 net jumps 23% to Rs2,230 cr
31 Oct 2018
L&T to buy back 60 million shares for Rs9,000 cr
23 Aug 2018
This is the first share buy-back by the Mumbai-headquartered construction and engineering giant since its stock market entry
KKR acquires 60% stake in Ramky Enviro Engineers
13 Aug 2018
Finnish robot car VTT Marilyn takes a leap towards automatic 24/7 driving
16 May 2018
VTT's robot car, Marilyn, sees better than humans in foggy, and even snowy, conditions, and can navigate without stopping — including in bad weather, and avoid accidents automatically
Do Indians need to worry about the rise of the robots?
08 May 2018
While the number of robots deployed by Indian firms has seen a 200-fold increase in the 21st century, the country still has the lowest density of robots in the world, and they are mostly deployed in jobs that are difficult or dangerous for humans
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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