The new guidelines of govt mandate foreign travelers to have a negative RT-PCR test report before entering India. Let us find out the most common types of tests which help us detect the Covid-virus.
US inflation’s so persistent that US policymakers do not consider it as ‘transitory’. Will the US Fed become the first major global central bank to hasten tapering of its asset purchase programme?
ICICI Venture aims to be a private equity major in the startup, fintech and real estate space. Business Standard’s Surajeet Das Gupta takes a peek into chief executive Puneet Nanda’s strategy
India has just about 1,324 registered investment advisors for an investor base of over five crore. What is the reason for this? Is it SEBI’s rules or investors’ reluctance to pay for advice?
Two registrar and transfer agents of the mutual funds industry recently launched a transaction platform for investors. Named MF Central, it promises to provide a dashboard to all mutual fund investors
Despite a stellar equity-run in 2021, brokerages remain bullish on equities for 2022. Where are global equities headed in the next calendar year? What is the target for Sensex? Let’s finds out
In an interview with Business Standard’s Sharleen D’Souza, Peter Betzel, chief executive officer and chief sustainability officer of Ikea India, shares the company’s expansion and investment plans.
The Centre is likely to convene GST Council meeting next month. On the agenda will be a rationalisation of taxes and inverted duty structure for certain goods. Find out what to expect from the meeting
What’s the expectation from upcoming GST council meet? How does Ikea India CEO Peter Betzel plan to expand? Where are global equities headed next year? What is MF Central? Find all answers here
You must have heard about long and short positions in the market. Do you know what exactly these terms mean? And how different are they from each other? Business Standard demystifies it for you
Business Standard’s Puneet Wadhwa talks to Marc Faber, editor and publisher of ‘The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report’ on how investors should approach the markets next year and his investment strategies
JioMart’s B2B business model has created a dilemma for India’s FMCG companies who risk alienating the 4.5-lakh distributor community. Find out the stumbling blocks in JioMart’s path to dominance
Post a choppy IPO debut, Paytm received the RBI nod to operate as a scheduled payments bank. How does it change things for the company? This report makes sense of Paytm Payments Bank’s new status
What is Paytm Payments Bank’s ‘scheduled’ status? Can Mukesh Ambani pull off a Jio in B2B retail? What’s Marc Faber’s take on financial markets? What are long and short positions? All answers here
After the West, nuanced debates on the ‘right to be forgotten’ by the internet have started in India too. So far, they are limited to the corridors of courts. Find out the developments around it
Last month, Vodafone Idea hiked tariffs to improve its financials. But analysts continue to be wary of the telecom player. What is worrying them? What is the road ahead for the stock? Let’s find out
Byju’s recently acquired Austrian math learning company GeoGebra. How have the startups acquired by BYJU’s have performed since their take over? Let’s understand this in our next report
The crash of the military helicopter carrying the country’s chief of defence staff and 13 others brought the focus on civilian choppers. Find out how the private helicopters fared in India over the ye
How is India’s private helicopter market faring? How have edtech major Byju’s acquisitions panned out? Is the worst over for Vodafone Idea stock? What is the right to be forgotten? All answers here
The one-month lock-in period for anchor investors in newly-listed companies Nykaa, Paytm, PolicyBazaar and others ended on Wednesday. What is this lock-in period? Why did SEBI increase it? Let’s finds