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China becomes world’s No. 2 box office market
25 Mar 2013
China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-biggest movie market, registering revenues of $2.7 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America
NBN admits to three-month delay in fibre rollout
23 Mar 2013
Majority Inmet shareholders accept First Quantum's C$5.1-bn hostle bid
23 Mar 2013
Vancouver-based First Quantum said that about 85.5 per cent of Inmet Mining’s outstanding shares have been tendered to its takeover proposal and that it has extended the offer to 1 April for the remaining shares
US eye care firm Bausch & Lomb files for IPO
23 Mar 2013
US eye care firm Bausch & Lomb files for IPO
23 Mar 2013
Diesel price raised by 45 paise a litre
22 Mar 2013
Italian ‘killer’ marine guards to return for trial
22 Mar 2013
The marines were sent back to India after the issue threatened to rock the Indo-Italian relationship. They two will land in Delhi today after a few weeks’ sojourn in their own country
India has 17.3 million slum dwellings: census
21 Mar 2013
Lanka to take over IOC’s stake in Trincomalee tank farm
21 Mar 2013
Lanka IOC head Subodh Dakwale said he was unaware of the government decision, although there were moves in this direction for some months now
Fukushima power outage cause unknown: Tepco
20 Mar 2013
2G case: CBI court summons top telecom executives in 2002 scam
19 Mar 2013
Those summoned included Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal, Essar Group's Ravi Ruia and former managing director of Hutchison Max (now Vodafone India) Asim Ghosh
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Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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.

