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IIT-Bombay, IISc-Bangalore among top 10 BRICS universities
23 Nov 2017
Seven out of the top 10 universities, including top-ranked Tsinghua University, are from China, while 2 are from India and 1 is from Russia
India's second Moon mission set for March 2018
25 Oct 2017
Isro's second unmanned Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, an advanced version of Chandrayaan-1, will use an orbiter, lander and a rover
NASA finds Mars has a twisted magnetic tail
23 Oct 2017
Mars’ magnetotail is formed when magnetic fields carried by the solar wind join with the magnetic fields embedded in the Martian surface in a process called magnetic reconnection, says the study
New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds
21 Oct 2017
New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
Call rates to drop as Trai cuts mobile termination charges to 6 paise
20 Sep 2017
While the reduction is expected to give a Rs4,000-crore boost to Reliance Jio and leave a gaping hole in incumbent telcos’ annual revenues, the regulator decided to terminate mobile call termination charges altogether beginning 1 January 2020
Isro’s IRNSS satellite launch fails
01 Sep 2017
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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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