Category: Business

When India’s national auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), released a decadal analysis on States’ macro-fiscal health, one headline somehow travelled faster than anything else highlighted in the study — Uttar Pradesh, long labelled as a backward State lagging in fiscal performance, was said to have recorded a revenue surplus of ₹37,000 crore. This…

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It’s not always the big splurges that throw your budget off track. Even everyday indulgences in negligible amounts could wreck your ship of finance. Say, for instance, a cup of coffee here, a quick snack bite there, a samosa grabbed between meetings, mouth-watering vadapavs in the evening, or, an OTT subscription of just ₹99 per…

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An active fund’s total return comes from two components- returns in line with benchmark index (beta returns) and returns more than the benchmark (alpha returns). You pay a higher fee for an active fund compared with a passive one for the expected alpha returns. But a huge proportion of an active fund’s return is driven…

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A mother is someone who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take, said Gaspard Mermillod In recent years, India has seen significant strides in maternal health, but the challenges are very real. As per the Sample Registration System, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India bettered from…

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The Indian hand tools, power tools and fasteners market is witnessing growth, driven by government capital expenditure on roads, railways, airports and housing, alongside rising demand from furniture manufacturing, the automotive aftermarket and the growing Do it Yourself (DIY) culture, said industry officials and experts.  According to a study by IMARC Group, the domestic hand…

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Representational image of a Boeing 737 MAX airplane on an assembly line | Photo Credit: AP Boeing is getting back the ability to perform final safety inspections on 737 Max jetliners and certify the planes for flight more than six years after crashes of the then-new model killed 346 people, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration…

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