Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Trai seeks to ease pressure on telcos, moots 5% GST
01 Jul 2017
Apart from lower GST, other suggestions by the regulator include lower licence fee and spectrum usage charge and a longer tenor for paying for spectrum acquired through auctions along with lower initial upfront payment
Jio asks Trai to penalise Airtel over ‘misleading’ ads
28 Jan 2017
The move is the latest in a series of accusations and counter-accusations between the Mumbai-based Jio, promoted by Mukesh Ambani, and Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel Ltd
Reliance Jio tops download charts with average 4G speed of 9.9 Mbps
11 Jan 2017
Reliance Jio 4G network's average download speeds reached 18.16 megabits per second in December 2016, its highest since launch of its commercial 4G services in September, while it was 6.7 per cent for Vodafone in the same month, as per Trai data
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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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