'It is a worrying trend as we are not seeing too much fresh capital being raised for new projects, plants, expansion or diversification. It's just private equity or venture capital or promoters cashing out.'
74% of users play fantasy sports 1-3 times a week, with the majority playing once a week and 20% of the respondents reported playing more than five times a week, says a report on the online gaming industry in India.
Indian coffee shops market over the next four-five years will grow between 6 and 18 per cent CAGR, all due to the growing coffee culture among the youth, increasing urbanisation, rising disposable income levels and changing eating and drinking preferences, says Atanu Biswas.
'Allocate some parts of one's surplus income towards cryptocurrencies, considering the immense growth potential of this emerging asset class.'
Following the outbreak, Iran has stopped Indian basmati shipments. This has led to exports already falling 18-20 per cent this fiscal year. Iran and the rest of West Asia account for the largest imports of Indian basmati, and comprise more than 30 per cent of the shipments.
Most investors are obsessed with performance. They rarely venture beyond the numbers.
Deal wins, though better than a year ago, are nowhere near competitors'
Pharmaceuticals-Pre Budget Report 2013-14
After last Monday's massive fall in the Indian markets, a lot of quality stocks have fallen significantly.
Profit will grow from $4.6 billion in 2009 to a forecast figure of $7.5 billion for 2013 with Asia Pacific and Middle East based airlines dominating the international passenger market.
Increased truck sales, new models push Leyland's share to 34%, from 30.2% in the same quarter a year before.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The company, which rents cars by the hour, day, week and month, has Mahindra E2O Plus and Tata E Tigor available on the platform for which it charges a subscription fee of Rs 15,000-20,000 per month.
Going by the current pace, IT firms are likely to exceed the manufacturing sector in salary payouts over the next five years.
Hindi language dailies are the highest selling, at 22 million copies a day, followed by English at 8.55 million, Malayalam (4.55 million) and Marathi (4.33 million).
Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services tells Puneet Wadhwa why he thinks the current market levels will sustain.
Interview with chairman of Godrej group.
If the Puja as a brand can be marketed more effectively outside Bengal, even overseas, it might do wonders for the economy, says Atanu Biswas.
Bihar has ranked on top among the BIMARU states registering highest growth rate of 9.3 per cent
Sector-wise, the study revealed that the core industries have witnessed virtually negative growth in headcount, with crude oil just about maintaining the employment level.
In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.
Gujarat has registered the highest agricultural growth in real terms during the past decade leaving other states far behind, states a study conducted by Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham).
Trent, Tata Global Beverages, Titan Industries and Tata Chemicals may not be big contributors to the Tata kitty, but these are still significant to its growth story.
Large states like Andhra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal, MP, Odisha, Punjab and Tamil Nadu would need compensation from the Centre
Experts believe that the industry has the potential to grow at an accelerated 15-20 per cent CAGR for the next 10 years to reach between $49 billion to $74 billion in 2020.
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
Automotive, healthcare, industrial verticals drive captive centre growth in India, says Zinnov report
Experts say Biyani will now become a contract manufacturer of fashion and FMCG products, with the Reliance group being one of his customers.
Co-founders of India's latest unicorn expected Covid-19 to be a speed breaker; instead it accelerated sales. Cars24 now enjoys more than 90 per cent market share among all other similar online transaction platforms. Dhruv Munjal traces the birth of this used-cars platform.
The problem is actually acute in the diamond jewellery industry where there is no uniform criteria of inventory valuation unlike gold, whose prices are uniform and widely quoted.
The share of housing sector to the overall GDP (gross domestic product) is likely to rise by one per cent to 6 per cent on increased investment.
The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years
A bonus is given to existing stockholders in proportion to the number of shares they already hold.
Companies which have been dropped from the list include Tata Motors, Hindustan Unilever, MRF, Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Pfizer, Dr Reddy's Labs, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, HDFC and Kotak Mahindra Bank
Not only is the number of native language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta & Urvi Malvania find out how brands are rethinking digital marketing plans to accommodate this.
'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all associated supply chain linkages.' 'This alone will make the farmer an entrepreneur in his own right.'
The secretary defence production wants to make India (currently the largest importer of weaponry) one of the world's top five defence manufacturers and a global leader in artificial intelligence and cyberspace.
UBS said RIL's $10 billion petchem capex by 2016 will drive 12 per cent volume CAGR.
Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, CapitalVia answers readers' stock market queries