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Year in Review: Indo-Nepal ties grew in 2019, key collaboration inked

The Himalayan nation, sandwiched between India and China, witnessed political instability for many years before the pro-China Left alliance came to power in the historic polls in December, 2017

Year in Review: From missed opportunities to hope and optimism in hockey

In 2019, the Indian teams grabbed most of the opportunities that came their way -- the biggest among them was securing their Tokyo tickets

Slowdown hits sales of cars, biscuits in 2019, but not smartphones

A back of the envelope calculation shows that over 115 million units smartphones were shipped in India in the first three quarters of 2019 with Xiaomi, Samsung making up the top two tally

Here are the top 10 films of 2019 as per online booking platform BookMyShow

English films saw significant traction in 2019 - the Marvel craze took over India as Avengers: Endgame broke all records to sell over 8.6 mn tickets on BookMyShow

Year in Review: From Apple iPad to Samsung Galaxy Tab, best tablets of 2019

Business Standard lists top 5 tablets launched in 2019 that offer the best of both smartphone and notebook functions

Mid, smallcap indices register negative return for 2nd consecutive year

In CY18, the midcap and smallcap indices had tanked 13 per cent and 24 per cent

Year in Review: How democracies around the world were redefined in 2019

Business Standard compiles the list of key leaders and individuals redefining democracy in 2019.

Year in Review: Meet the 10 game changers of 2019

Business Standard brings you a list of celebrated personalities from across the world, who made big news for reasons good and bad

Year in review: CAA, Article 370 flavoured up social media in 2019

Indians are creating and consuming content on their mobile phones -- right from TikTok videos and Netflix shows to news reports shared by friends and family members on various WhatsApp groups

Past decade for entertainment: Scale and diversity were the greatest story

The gestalt effect of all the changes in the last decade has brought India to a sweet spot. Can it leverage these to become a global storyteller?

Year in review: In 2019, Indian pharma battled regulatory scare, and won

On the whole, rating agency ICRA maintained a stable outlook on the Indian pharmaceutical industry

Year in Review: From Jabra and Bose, top 5 Bluetooth earphones of 2019

Business Standard lists top 5 Bluetooth earphones launched in 2019

Key policy steps taken by NDA govt this year to revive a sagging economy

Macroeconomic parameters have shown that the Indian economy is going through a rough patch. Here are the key policy decisions taken by the govt in 2019, to bring the India growth story back on track

Year in Review: Galaxy Fold to Moto Razr, best foldable smartphones of 2019

Business Standard takes a look back at what the 2019 had in store for foldable devices

Year in Review: From job data to growth woes, India's 'shrinking' feeling

A list of events and policy decisions that made the biggest impact on Indian economy during the year 2019

Year in Review: Why 5G remained a distant dream for India in 2019 too

Despite several developments on the 5G front, the next-generation network connectivity is still nowhere close to being rolled out in India. Here's why

Year in review: After record 2018, M&A activity plunges to $52 bn in 2019

Merger and acquisitions seem to have become a big casualty of corporates' debt distress as India Inc learnt it hard way in 2019 that their first priority was to meet their loan repayment obligations and suitors from abroad also seemed reluctant in wooing distressed targets for any matchmaking. This has led to a mostly muted scene on India's corporate deal street this year, after a blockbuster 2018, while economic slowdown fears further came in the way for any significant merger and acquisition deals. But, experts are hopeful that the scenario might change in the new year, provided the economy rebounds from its lows. The domestic deal-making activities were also hit by weak corporate governance and a huge liquidity crunch in 2019, while the global deals were also hard to come by due to various factors including uncertainties caused by the USChina trade war, which left many investors in a wait-and-watch mode. According to leading law firm Baker McKenzie, the total M&A tally for ...

Year in Review: From Samsung to Apple, top 5 premium smartphones of 2019

Business Standard takes a look at the top five premium smartphones launched in 2019. Read on for a list of 5 best smartphones launched during the year

Mittal, Ambani set for knockout in 2020 heavyweight telco champion's title

It's been a bruising battle but Mittal has managed to remain standing without conceding much market share to his rival and keeping his debt under control

Year in review: From Xiaomi to Vivo, best midrange smartphones of 2019

Business Standard lists top five mid-range smartphones price under Rs 25,000 and launched in 2019