 "News digest: Karnataka exit polls, Flipkart IPO, Indian B-schools and more")
Walmart may bring an IPO to make Flipkart public in as little as 4 years
Nearly 70 per cent of the 49.6 million electorate in Karnataka voted on Saturday to elect a new Assembly. As the voting ended at 6:30 in the evening, four of the seven polling agencies predicted in their exit polls that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would emerge the single-largest party when votes are counted on Tuesday. Read more
Karnataka poll: 4 of 7 exit polls bet on BJP; counting of votes on May 15
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Future imperfect? Indian B-schools face dearth of students, quality faculty
About a year ago, Apollo Institute of Management in Durg, Chhattisgarh, was about to release newspaper advertisements announcing its management programme. But it had to shelve the plan. The mandatory cap on annual fees made it financially unviable to run the college. Read more
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