Engineering
Alstom to hire up to 1,000 engineers in India in 3-4 years
15 Jun 2015
Alstom says it is looking at increasing the skilled workforce in India to strengthen manufacturing and R&D capabilities, as a part of its ‘Make In India’ initiative
L&T to raise $1-1.5 bn through sale of stake in non-core business; focus on smart cities
12 Jun 2015
Diversified engineering giant L&T is raising resources to invest in three key segments - smart cities, smart communication systems and security solutions
BHEL wins Rs17,950-cr thermal plant order in Telangana
02 Jun 2015
State-run BHEL has been awarded the single-largest order in its history, for setting up a 4,000 MW super-critical thermal power project in Telangana
MHI to split machine tools business in October
26 May 2015
Siemens to cut another 4,500 jobs worldwide
07 May 2015
The latest round of job cuts takes the total announced since December to 13,100 — or about 4 per cent of the global workforce
BEML rolls out India’s biggest dump truck
05 Mar 2015
Bribery allegations in Brazil further taint Rolls-Royce’s reputation
17 Feb 2015
Rolls Royce, which supplies turbines for Petrobras, is reported to have been named in court documents by former Petrobras director Pedro Barusco, who claims to have personally received $20,000 from Rolls-Royce
Singapore Aero Engines Services, Tata Technologies in pact to launch 'global engineering centre' model
12 Feb 2015
L&T, BEL consortia likely to bag Rs40,000-cr defence project
11 Feb 2015
The defence ministry will fund two Indian consortia to develop a Rs40,000-50-000 crore 'battlefield management system', to interlink soldiers and battlefield sensors through voice and data channels
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