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India's food inflation bites harder as risks build for global supplies

Its average citizen is more affected than people in peer economies

At 8.15% for FY23, EPFO returns are second lowest in over 45 years

EPFO's return in 1977-78 was 8%. It has since been 8.25% or more; the peak was 12%, a rate that remained unchanged between 1989-90 and 1999-2000

Covid cases hit five-month high, weekly deaths at 29, highest since Dec

Experts worldwide though aren't pressing the panic button just yet, buoyed by the great wall of immunity

Statsguru: Six charts show an uncertain year amid global headwinds

India is relatively better placed than much of the world.

How India is breathing easy on corporate debt amid crisis elsewhere

Indian companies are doing better than peers, but business is slowing down

Covid restrictions took longer to ease in India than several of its peers

Value of stringency index remained higher than several large economies between 2020 and 2023

Trade fuelled faster rise in India's production-based emissions

India's production-based estimates of CO2 emissions rose 63 per cent, from 1.6 billion tonnes in 2009 to 2.6 billion tonnes in 2019, reveals an analysis of numbers from tracker Our World in Data

At a crossroads: India's per capita emission increases 36% since 2011

The latest figure is nearly 8 times the level of 1960

Questions raised over Gautam Adani sibling Vinod's related party status

According to legal experts, while the definition of related parties varies among regulators, it is unusual for a promoter-group entity to not be classified as one

Large-Cap Equity: What makes ICICI Pru MF's Anish Tawakley an outlier

ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund has generated higher returns than its benchmark over the one- and three-year periods by minimising risk and focusing on steady performance

Number wise: Which state in India has the most educated politicians?

A higher percentage of candidates and winners in elections are now graduates. Read more to find out which state does the best

Few women in India hold CFA charter; amid social pressures, lack of parity

Country's share of women completing exam for chartered financial analyst is 13%

Statsguru: Six charts explain labour scars from Covid-19 pandemic

The share of manufacturing in employment has risen since the previous report, but at 11.6% it is lower than the 12.1% seen in 2018-19

Norway sovereign fund raised Ambani bets ahead of Adani Group exit

Overall India bets have nearly doubled since pandemic began

Statsguru: G20 puts the rising debt burden of poorer countries in focus

The World Bank noted in December 2022 that the poorest countries saw their debt treble to $1 trillion over the decade ending 2021

Indian investments in foreign stocks, property touch a record high in Dec

More than $2 billion invested last year amid diversification push

India lost 2 Bhutans worth of individual taxpayers to Covid-19 pandemic

Growth rate of new tax payers has been under pressure in recent years

Indian pharma R&D spends stay stagnant three years after pandemic downturn

Spends are now lower relative to sales than before Covid-19, stand at 4.4% of net sales, compared with 20% in the US

Why related party transactions may need more regulatory attention

The practice picked up during the pandemic, come into focus as Adani controversy unfolds

Statsguru: India's telecom industry is lurching towards a duopoly

Vodafone's losses are expected to touch Rs 30,000 crore in the financial year 2022-23