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India's economic growth was negative more often before 1947 than after

The average growth in the 50 years leading to Independence was 0.06%

Good times: Titan adds shine to Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's portfolio

While analysts are positive on Titan, it has been seeing some headwinds

V G Siddhartha's financials stayed weak after selling his Mindtree stake

Promoter's pledge has been above 70% since December 2018

Number of companies without a single independent director on the rise again

Several of these companies have gone bankrupt and are under the resolution process

Number of pending appeals at Securities Appellate Tribunal rise 70% in FY19

The ratio of appeals dismissed to those decided in favour of Sebi shows a decline. There were 18 appeals in favour of Sebi for every order passed against it in FY18. The ratio has since dropped to 5.5

Abuse of RPTs continues to pose serious governance challenges in boardroom

The value of transactions with the potential for RPT conflicts exceeded Rs 2.8 trillion in 2018-19

India parties lag behind West in spending on Facebook, Google election ads

Indian political parties spent Rs 27.8 crore on Facebook ads in 2019. Google ads saw spending of Rs2 7.4 crore.

FB, Google ads' share less than 1% of overall poll campaign outlay in India

India falls way behind US and UK, whose allocations to the two tech giants are 6.5% and 10.5%, respectively

Five years on, Sec 151 on small-shareholder directors makes little headway

Efforts have been few and far between since 2014, when the section was introduced; combo of entrenched promoters and onerous curbs may have stifled a provision meant to empower such shareholders

At 48.3% in 2018, corporate taxes in India among highest in the world

The combined corporate tax rate in India is more than one-and-a-half times that of Japan, and over double that of Russia and the UK: Report

India adds 5 mn investors in 1 yr, internet helps small cities put in money

Increased use of institutional investment methods might also affect the number, said experts

Employees of more companies seem to be looking to buy out promoter stakes

Financial services and asset management firms see such more buyouts

Aviation to telecom: New accounting norms may alter debt math of companies

Companies will have to treat their obligation to meet long-standing operational expenses as debt liabilities.

Sebi hit the brakes on 'free of cost' transfers for FPIs in past year

An FPI could earlier transfer assets between its arms, in the wake of a merger of schemes or similar reorganisation, through an application to the markets regulator

NSE cash market trades on cell phones up 10x since 2014, BSE deals up 20%

Data penetration has helped lower costs for brokers as more customers go mobile

Uncertainty around India's economic policy at 27-month high in May

Index levels more than doubled over March. It rose from around 40.6 to 83.6 in May.

AIFs line up to enter turbulent debt market; 'demand for patient money'

Experts see demand for patient money, away from daily pressures faced by MFs

Average taxpayer will need to work over 300 years to match an MP's assets

New MPs boost average wealth of Lok Sabha members

Anomaly in Facebook poll spend data; 'unknown' locations top chart

Experts say more transparency is required from social media and other digital giants

Auditor exits mount at listed SMEs as scrutiny increases after IL&FS crisis

Eight out of twelve auditors exited mid-term in 2019; one analyst says "spotlight" on them has increased.