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Reform in three Acts with long-overdue Bill to improve audit discipline

The government introduces a long-overdue Bill to improve the audit discipline

Insufficient balance, wrong PIN top reasons for failed digital transactions

Only 1.7 per cent of transactions are declined due to technical reasons such as connectivity issues.

Statsguru: Six charts show the rapid rise of ETF investing in India

The Securities and Exchange Board of India recently cleared the way for silver ETFs

When the Metro traffic projections go wrong; it is not just a Delhi problem

Metros not meeting their ridership projections is not a Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) problem alone

Goodbye shadow banking

Bad loans in some NBFCs will definitely rise but no one should complain. They are no longer shadow banks

Shriram regroups for the future with succession plan, business integration

Experts indicate that the succession plan allowing professionals to run the show will also help in this technology drive

Corporate-promoted NBFCs can have 15% stake in banks, with increase in cap

Banking experts said the move to increase non-promoter shareholding would help lenders with greater access to capital

India's new ambassador to China faces Himalayan challenge to ease ties

In Beijing, Rawat replaces Vikram Misri who had a three-year stint and possibly not a single day without challenges

IGX awaits regulatory reforms to meet mandate of expanding fuel access

The Indian Gas Exchange, which opened for business last year, is waiting for regulatory reforms to achieve its mandate of expanding access to the fuel

2021 saw greater collaboration among pharma, govt, academia: Sudarshan Jain

'Diversified supply chain is a fundamental need', said Jain

Can biz family trusts ensure smooth succession? Answer lies with Tolstoy

As business families grow larger with the addition of sons and daughters and sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, they drift away and live in their own separate houses

Why Blue Circle is not like professional networking platform LinkedIn

Though a great product, LinkedIn has become too cluttered as a platform for senior leaders to network and connect, says Blue Circle founder Siddharth Anand

In India you don't have casual payer, you have casual player: Games24x7 CEO

'Gaming came into the limelight during the pandemic, and we also saw a bunch of states passing laws to ban this space'', said Bhavin Pandya

Is that NFT you're buying authentic? There are ways of finding out

While certain tools can alert a potential buyer to a fraud, there are few guarantees in this complex new world

Linking Aadhaar to voter ID: Why the law had to be amended, what govt says

There has been misuse of Aadhaar data when it has been used in elections

Disinvestment's tough climate call: The hurdle in govt's fund-raising path

A raft of energy and mineral CPSEs currently lined up for sale may find it difficult to attract buyers because they lack viable environment-related agendas

Quick commerce in superfast lane: Decoding the biz of 10-minute deliveries

The concept is rapidly coming of age but it's unclear still whether it's a boom or bubble

How India affords a falling LPR

We find that the fall in LPR since 2016 has been accompanied with a fall in the proportion of households where more than one person is employed

Hospitalisations, not total Omicron cases, should concern us: Gautam Menon

'Boosters are certainly in order for the elderly, those health care workers who were vaccinated early on and the immunocompromised', said Menon

Interpretation of ARC maladies

Regulatory oversight and supervision of ARCs need a revamp and, like other regulated entities, rogue ARCs should be punished