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Surat diamond industry to float Rs1,000-crore company to buy raw diamonds
18 Aug 2010
The Rs65,000-crore Surat diamond induwstry plans to cut out middlemen by launching corporate procurement arm
Welspun takes management control of MSK Projects
17 Aug 2010
A lethal brain tumour’s strength may be its weakness
17 Aug 2010
Disrupting signalling among diverse cancer cellsmay make glioblastomas be more easily treatable. By Scott LaFee
UK farmers to get guaranteed returns for green power generation
17 Aug 2010
UK's farmers will get guaranteed cash for the next 25 years on every unit of electricity generated by a solar panel, wind turbine or biomass technology
iiNet looks to emerge leading Australian telco
17 Aug 2010
Government hikes ethanol price for OMCs to Rs27 a litre
16 Aug 2010
The cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved an interim price of Rs27 per litre of ethanol for mandatory blending with petrol against the existing Rs21.50 a litre.
Lemon Mobile launches iT 717 touchscreen phone
16 Aug 2010
Private power producers protest import duty move
16 Aug 2010
McNally Bharat looks to acquisitions in Europe
14 Aug 2010
Oil futures decline 7% on economic concerns
14 Aug 2010
Crude oil futures have declined on concerns about slowing global economic growth, which is likely to affect energy demand.
East India Company reborn on I-Day eve
14 Aug 2010
Sanjiv Mehta, an India-born Briton, is relaunching the East India Company on Independence Day-eve, over 400 years after it was first set up in AD 1600.
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
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Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
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?
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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