Top companies have grabbed a bigger pie of their sectors in the pandemic period, leading to a further rise in market concentration in many industries as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). The HHI score, which indicates competitive intensity in an industry (or a lack of it), reached a new high in FY21 as bigger firms raised their revenue market shares either organically or through mergers and acquisitions. A higher HHI score indicates a rise in market concentration in favour of a few firms while a lower score means that the industry's revenue is more evenly divided among many companies
This year, the festival is being celebrated amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and many devotees said that they prayed to Chhathi Maiyya to keep everyone safe from the virus. "I am keeping fast without water for four days. We will pray to Chhathi Maiyya to keep everyone safe from COVID-19," says Rinku Devi, a devotee, after taking a dip in the river.
Simbu has applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in the Beep Song controversy.
There coud be other reasons for gaining weight, losing hair, explains Dr Usha Menon.
The contestants enjoy some down time after being in the Bigg Boss house for over three months.
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Meet the winners at the Zee Rishtey Awards.
Former World Championships silver medallist N Usha suffered a shock quarter-final defeat even as India were assured of eight medals in the Asian Women's Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Usha, who was expected to have it easy against Chorieva of Tajikistan, a country participating for the first time in the event, was knocked out in the lightweight 60kg category.
New-generation private sector banks such as ICICI, HDFC, Axis, Kotak etcetera owe their existence to the recommendations of the first Narasimham Committee.
Chhori is a remake of the Marathi horror hit, Lapachhapi.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that a commission, headed by retired Justice Usha Mehra, will probe the Delhi gang-rape case and submit its report in three months. "The commission headed by former high court judge Usha Mehra will identify the lapses and may also come up with an interim report if necessary," Chidambaram told media personnel.
Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute.
Paswan's daughter Asha Devi and her husband Anil Sadhu protested in front of the car of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi when he had come to receive the body of the Lok Janshakti Party founder. Sadhu is presently associated with Lalu Prasad's RJD.
India has announced suspension of all tourist visas till April 15 in a bid to contain the spread of the virus.
'To keep laughing is the most important thing in life.'
'If I were to live a thousand years, I could not repay the gratitude I feel.' 'To receive love is the greatest thing.' 'What more in life could you wish for?'
The party has left Mainpuri, described as its "safest" seat, for Mulayam Yadav, who is the MP from Azamgarh right now.
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Sinha was not occupying any party position in the party and since membership drive was on, it had been decided that her membership would not be renewed, he said.
Tripadvisor.in lists out the best of India's heritage hotels you must head to this festive season.
A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death while resisting a chain-snatching bid in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area, police said on Sunday.
Track and field success at the Olympics has largely eluded India
In an all Dalit village in Muzzaffarnagar, three girls who do mazdoori after finishing the day's chores, will cast their vote for the first time. Opening their home and heart to Archana Masih/Rediff.com, they say all they want is a high school, a vehicle to take them to the main road and a sewing machine.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
From politicians to entrepreneurs and change makers, Akash Ambani's wedding had some illustrious guests.
The building 'Matruchaya', built 35 years ago, collapsed on Tuesday night at Cholve village, following which rescue operations were launched by the National Disaster Response Force, fire brigade officials and civic authorities said on Wednesday.
Vice president of Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party, Usha Thakur, said Monday that problems like sexual harassment arise because of the compromise with "moral values" and resorting to "short-cuts".
'I have often felt that the powers-that-be tried to influence the sports awards. There are many incidents in which I have seen and experienced cheap politics,' says P T Usha.
Dipa Karmakar's historic 4th place finish in Artistic Gymnastics drew praise from the entire nation. The Tripura girl performed with exceptional grit but missed out on a medal by a narrow margin. The 22-year old, who had earlier become the first Indian gymnast to qualify for finals, was lauded by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and former cricketer Virender Sehwag.
The National Human Rights Commission sought a report from the Tamil Nadu government.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'Considering the fact that the Attorney General for India has already declined to grant his consent in the present matter for the reasons detailed in the said letter...the present request made to me is misconceived,' Mehta said in his letter addressed to lawyer Anuj Saxena.
When 24-year-old Remya called her home here from AMRI Hospital in Kolkata in the wee hours on Friday, her mother did not think that she was hearing from her daughter for the last time.
Usha Ananthasubramanian said the bank will leave no stone unturned to recover unpaid loans.
Dipa Karmakar's historic 4th place finish in Artistic Gymnastics drew praise from the entire nation. The Tripura girl performed with exceptional grit but missed out on a medal by a narrow margin. The 22-year old, who had earlier become the first Indian gymnast to qualify for finals, was lauded by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and former cricketer Virender Sehwag.
India has just 28 Olympic medals to its credit since making a debut back in 1900.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'I was almost forgotten after Filmistaan as nothing substantial, or should I say, successful in terms of box office, came my way.'
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