Sports
ESPN valued at $24 billion, Apple and Verizon among likely buyers
03 Nov 2023
According to BofA Global Research, the Disney-controlled ESPN sports network is currently exploring opportunities to attract investments from various sources
JioTV to broadcast the Winter Olympic Games 2018
09 Feb 2018
CCI slaps Rs52-cr fine on "monopolistic" BCCI
30 Nov 2017
BCCI, which assured broadcasters that it “shall not organise, sanction, recognise, or support another professional league” during the 10-year rights period, argued that it was a `not-for-profit’ organisation and therefore doesn't come under the ambit of the CCI
Nike to launch pilot programme with Amazon
30 Jun 2017
Supreme Court names new administrators for BCCI
30 Jan 2017
Diana Edulji, a former Indian women's cricket skipper, is the only one representing players in the committee
China shuts every sixth golf course in crackdown
24 Jan 2017
Anurag Thakur, Shirke out of BCCI as SC upholds Lodha panel
02 Jan 2017
Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been sacked by the Supreme Court for failing to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee
SC blocks fund use as BCCI refuses to implement Lodha reforms
21 Oct 2016
Neither will member state associations get a single penny from the BCCI coffers without complying in "letter and spirit" with the Lodha Committee reforms, nor will the board be able enter into contracts beyond a financial limit prescribed by the Lodha panel without approval
SC bars BCCI from disbursing funds to state bodies
08 Oct 2016
The apex court barred the BCCI from releasing any funds to its state affiliates unless it gives an unconditional undertaking to comply with the organisational reforms recommended by the Justice R M Lodha Committee
Lodha clarifies on accounts freeze as BCCI threatens to cancel NZ series
04 Oct 2016
On Monday, Justice Lodha had directed banks where the BCCI holds accounts not to disburse funds for financial decisions taken by the board at its special general meeting on 30 September
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
