Technology - general
Robots to soon start teaching in UK schools
10 Jan 2009
Continental flies Boeing 737-800 on biofuel for 90 minutes
09 Jan 2009
Continental Airlines yesterday conducted a test flight on a Boeing 737-800 for 90 minutes with one engine flying only on biofuel derived from algae and jatropha plants, with astonishing results
HCL Technologies: At the cutting edge
07 Jan 2009
HCL Technologies has developed proprietary technology that now allows it to offer image processing solutions for a whole range of applications, including high resolution images from satellites.
Toshiba enters solar photovoltaic systems
05 Jan 2009
PM wants private sector to boost scientific research
03 Jan 2009
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called upon the private sector to help boost scienific development in the country, by providing a "new wave" of investments.
Intel Develops new 32 nanometer Chip
11 Dec 2008
Intel developing self-sustaining sensors for the future
08 Dec 2008
Intel is developing self-powered microchips that could be implanted in the human body, a mobile phone, a building, or anyplace else where people wish to gather information
What doesn't GPS do?
11 Nov 2008
GPS can be effectively used in almost any business that relies on precise location information. B Ashok Kumar demystifies the popular technology
Water snails offer new propulsion possibilities
10 Oct 2008
Genencor, Goodyear in research collaboration
16 Sep 2008
Genencor, Goodyear in research collaboration
16 Sep 2008
GM's OnStar, American Red cross partners to provide emergency services in crisis situations
02 Sep 2008
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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