Power
World's first solar fuels reactor for night passes test
21 Feb 2018
International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested a solar reactor that runs on air, is able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen and can be run day or night using concentrated solar power
Life after oil: Saudi Arabia betting big on renewables
07 Feb 2018
The world's largest oil exporter is embarking on an ambitious effort to diversify its economy and reinvigorate growth, in part by ploughing money into renewable energy in a bid to emerge as a global force in clean power
India admitted to Australia Group
19 Jan 2018
While India is now a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime and the Wassenaar Arrangement that deals with conventional arms and duel technology products besides the Australia group, its membership to the NSG is being stalled by China
India to launch $350-mn fund for solar projects
19 Jan 2018
Toshiba sells Westinghouse to Canada’s Brookfield for $4.6 billion
06 Jan 2018
Bankrupt US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Co, which nearly brought its parent company Japan’s Toshiba on the brink of collapse, is being sold to Canadian buy-out firm Brookfield Business Partners
Reliance Infra to sell its Mumbai power assets to Adani for $2.93 bn
21 Dec 2017
The transaction marks Adani Group’s entry into the power distribution sector in Mumbai and an increase in the group’s footprint in the power transmission
Adani ends tie-up with Downer, to go it alone on Australian project
19 Dec 2017
In a setback to Adani, the newly-elected Queensland government led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk last week vetoed a A$900-million concessional loan for the construction of a rail line for Adani's Carmichael coal mine project
Coal scam: Ex-Jharkhand CM Koda, former coal secy get 3-year jail
16 Dec 2017
While all four accused were granted statutory bail for a period of two months to enable them to file appeals in the Delhi High Court, Koda would, however, remain barred from electoral politics in the light of a 2013 Supreme Court judgement
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
