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Barkha Mathur leads health coverage for the Business Standard website. She reports on the intersection of medicine, policy, and health science, with a focus on stories that impact readers’ physical and mental well-being. When not tracking the latest developments in health, she’s often reading medical research or listening to hip-hop.
Barkha Mathur leads health coverage for the Business Standard website. She reports on the intersection of medicine, policy, and health science, with a focus on stories that impact readers’ physical and mental well-being. When not tracking the latest developments in health, she’s often reading medical research or listening to hip-hop.
For businesses to grow and companies to compete, we need to ensure we do not increase compliance burden, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey, chairperson of the National Financial Reporting Authority
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Former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His tenure will be co-terminus with the prime minister's term or until further orders
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He died after a cardiac arrest at his home in south Mumbai and his last rites were performed in the evening, according to media reports
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He breathed his last at 6.30 pm at Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai
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