Wednesday, September 16
In space travel, the firsts are often what matter most: the first woman in orbit and the first man to walk on the moon, or, less famously, the first time astronauts grabbed a wobbling satellite with their hands. Yet in the 1980s, America's two biggest soft drink companies raced for another milestone: to serve the first fizzy drink in orbit. One of the greatest excesses of the cola wars happened as NASA was transitioning from the prestige-driven Apollo program toward our modern era of commercial spaceflight, which has been dominated by companies willing to land a Nokia 4G/LTE communications system on the moon, or launch a mannequin-driven Tesla Roadster into space. To the Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo, the commercially minded shuttle program was a perfect marketing opportunity. Forty years on,
Shares of Monarch Surveyors and Engineering listed with a premium of 68.5% on Tuesday. The stock debuted at Rs 421.25 on the BSE SME platform. The Rs 94 crore IPO, which ran from July 22 to July 24, saw overwhelming investor interest across categories. The issue was subscribed a massive 250.65 times overall, with retail investors bidding 263.01 times, non-institutional investors (NIIs) 317.05 times, and qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) 179.01 times.Monarch Surveyors provides end-to-end civil engineering consultancy services such as surveying, GIS mapping, geotechnical investigations, feasibility studies, and project management.The company’s client base includes entities from the roads, railways, ports, and oil and gas sectors. As of March 2024, the company had 417 employees and a di
NTPC on Tuesday reported a 11% YoY growth in its Q1FY26 net profit at Rs 6,108 crore versus Rs 5,506 crore in the year-ago period. The company's revenue from operations stood at Rs 47,065 crore, down 3% from Rs 48,529 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.The state-run power generator reported a 23% quarter-on-quarter fall in its profit after tax (PAT) versus Rs 7,897 crore while the topline declined 5.5% over Rs 49,834 crore reported in Q4FY25.NTPC today informed that it has fixed Thursday, September 4, 2025 as the record date for the final dividend of Rs 3.35 per share for the Financial Year 2024-25 as recommended by the Board of Directors of the company in their meeting held on May 24, 2025. If the final dividend is approved at the ensuing Annual General
