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Client Participation in Capital Markets at NSE (%) * till Sep'20; Source: NSE 36.5 LAKH Number of investors added on the Bombay Stock Exchange since last quarter 82% & 69% Rise in BSE Smallcap and Midcap indices, respectively, since March lows Tradin

25% Share of world Covid-19 vaccines to be produced in India $93 billion The size of the global vaccine market due to Covid-19 pandemic, from $41.6 billion in 2018 100+ Countries where Indian vaccines will be supplied “Normally, it doesn't make a gre

Chief Economic Advisor K.V. Subramanian recently hinted that the government could mobilise ₹90,000 crore by selling 6-7 per cent stake in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). This was the first statement by a senior government functionary on the issue a

THE BIG INVESTMENTS ON CORONA VACCINES Serum Institute ₹2,100 crore It plans to invest another ₹900 cr Zydus Cadila ₹500 crore Bharat Biotech ₹300-400 crore When the first Corona cases surfaced during January and February in Kerala and Mumbai, it was

144.52 MILLION TONNES Estimated production of food grains during the 2020-21 Kharif season, a likely record On November 13, representatives of 29 farmer organisations from Punjab met two Central ministers at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Minister of Agri

A No Objection Certificate to produce vaccine candidate for analytical, test purposes from DGCI. If vaccine is recombinant or involves genetic tweaks, it needs approval from Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation, Department of Biotechnology Apply

Wealthy nations that account for just 13 per cent of global population have cornered over half of the promised supply of Covid-19 vaccines (Agreed supply, in million doses) Each patient needs two doses of the vaccine. The price varies depending on wh

a) Initial Estimate Put Out by CEA, Department of Economic Affairs VALUATION ₹12.85-15 lakh crore b) AUM Method Most conservative valuation with assets under management (AUM) is ₹10 lakh crore First-Year Premium Method Most conservative valuation wit

The day Royal Enfield launched Meteor, its latest cruiser motorcycle and the most important launch for the domestic market since adventure tourer Himalayan in 2016, 46-year-old Ajay Verma ambled into the company’s showroom in Noida for a dekko. Verma

Seventy three-year-old M.P. Subramanian hails from Narikunni, a small town in Kerala’s Calicut district. A diabetic and a heart patient, Subramanian has to visit his endocrinologist once in every two months. All was going well until the lockdown made

The Union Budget targeted ₹2.1 lakh crore disinvestment, of which ₹1.2 lakh crore was to come from CPSEs. Latest data shows only ₹5,000 crore has been realised. All pre-Covid Budgets across the world have gone topsy-turvy. The Coronavirus pandemic is

Back in May, Deepti Verma Chhabria and her husband used to order food from neighbourhood kitchens set up by home chefs. The couple decided not to venture out during the lockdown and was wary of ordering from restaurants. “We thought that the safest w

Covid-19 was just a seven-month event for equity markets. From a three-year low on March 23 to fresh high on November 6, the 30-share BSE Sensex and its broader peer, NSE Nifty 50, have shown that the only thing certain in stock markets is uncertaint

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg asks in her international bestselling book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. This powerful question struck a chord with 21-year-old Sanya Khurana. She was just out of co

AS we near the last quarter of 2020/21, here’s a look at how best to review your tax savings and take steps, if needed, to add that extra bit of money in your pocket. Individuals can save taxes either by investing in government-notified products or b

For Sanjay Agarwal, MD of CenturyPly, tryst with nature has been a lifelong passion inculcated by his father at a very young age. He remembers his father taking him to a river in Tinsukia, Assam, for swimming, when he was eight years old. An avid gol

Q. What was the problem you were grappling with? a. I once walked into a role with utmost confidence in my functional skills and my ability to deliver the mandate. While I did succeed, it came with a lot of pain, at the cost of some relationships whi