Hotels
Sahara India buying controlling stake in New York's Plaza Hotel for $570 mn
31 Jul 2012
The Sahara group has sealed a deal to buy a 75-per cent stake in in New York's The Plaza Hotel, in which Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holdings owning the rest
Hospitality operators to cut food waste by 5%
28 Jun 2012
Barclays in court battle over London hotels
20 Mar 2012
UK think-tank report decries pub downtrend, wants government support
25 Jan 2012
Pubs, an iconic British institution, across UK are dying, with statisticians predicting that the last orders will be called for the last time in the last pub in Britain some evening in June 2042
Criminal proceedings filed against Lavasa
05 Nov 2011
The filing of the criminal action as demanded by the environment ministry, ironically clears the way for granting clearance for the project.
Hero Group buys Gurgaon luxury hotel in new venture
06 Sep 2011
Marking its first foray into the hospitality business, Hero Group, India’s largest two-wheeler maker by sales, has added a new vertical by acquiring an ailing deluxe hotel in Gurgaon.
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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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