Chemicals
MIT working on self-assembling phone
23 Aug 2016
Praxair in talks to buy its German rival Linde
16 Aug 2016
Not Teflon coated: DuPont ordered to pay $5.1 mn damages
07 Jul 2016
A US jury has ordered DuPont to pay $5.1 million in damages to a man who said he developed cancer from exposure to a chemical used to make Teflon, the coating in non-stick cookware and other applications
Grasim Q4 net jumps 37%; to pay 225% dividend
10 May 2016
DuPont to cut 5,000 jobs before Dow merger
31 Dec 2015
Flood-hit Chennai’s chemicals hub yet to recover
26 Dec 2015
Dow, DuPont to merge and split, say reports
10 Dec 2015
The $120 billion combination will split further into three companies to focus on agriculture, specialty chemicals and materials, says a Wall Street Journal report
Bhopal gas disaster lessons fast forgotten
03 Dec 2015
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, meant to provide immediate relief to industrial disaster victims, remains largely on paper as there is no awareness of it at the district level
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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