The situation has improved marginally in Tripura and Mizoram in the past 24 hours.
Property sales have been sluggish and the sector has been facing headwinds. So, firms are in wait-and-watch mode.
Eye business expansion, fulfil working capital requirements and making loan repayments
Out of the 24 IPOs, 20 companies had anchor investors, which collectively subscribed to 31 per cent of the total public issue amount.
'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.'
A total of 180 NSE-listed companies have not appointed a woman director.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The sixth seeded Indian from Uttarakhand, who had won a bronze medal in the last edition of the competition, notched up 21-19, 21-18 upset win over Vitidsarn in the summit clash that clocked 46 minutes.
Though stocks backed by private equity investirs are likely to have higher governance standards, investors should do their own due-diligence, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
Bonuses are typically commensurate with deal activity in any given year. Investment banks, on average, pocket 2-3 per cent as fees for managing an IPO and 1.5-2 per cent for handling QIPs.
A summary of Wednesday play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
With the win, Bangladesh have strengthened their chances of progressing to the Super League stage from Group C.
The Awadhe Warriors virtually assured itself a berth in the semi-finals but it turned out to be a disappointing day for the Hyderabad Hunters in the ongoing Premier Badminton League (PBL) here today. The Warriors registered an emphatic 4-1 win over Chennai Smashers in the evening match but the Hunters were out of contention for a semi-final berth following their 1-4 loss against Mumbai Rockets early in the day at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad. Awadhe gained two points with a win in the Mixed Doubles clash, which was the Trump match for both sides, and bagged two more points by defeating Chennai in Men's Doubles and one of the two Men's Singles' matches.
Dabur Vatika's latest advertisement challenges the conventional notions of beauty.
Shriya and Adhya Beesam won the competition while Vineet Edupuganti won the top individual award.
Websites that are not mobilefriendly will drop down in rankings
It was an emotional homecoming for the people who hugged their loved ones amid tears as they emerged from Nedumbassery airport at 10.30 am.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost both seats he contested.
At present, seven companies are planning to raise Rs 2,965 crore (Rs 29.65 billion) and have Sebi's approval. Another 12 firms, intending to mop-up Rs 5,362 crore (Rs 53.62 billion), have filed draft documents with the capital market watchdog and are awaiting approval, Prime Database managing director Pranav Haldea said.
Share rises further to 73 per cent from 66 per cent last year; Some overseas i-banks seen scaling down operations
A total of 15 Indian-American students, including six girls, have made it to the national Spelling Bee semifinals, making it almost one-third of the total 42 candidates who have qualified.
Business Standard checks out trade hubs across the country to assess the impact of demonetisation. The first of a six-part series takes a look at Tirupur.
Over 900 listed firms yet to comply with new Sebi requirement due in less than 90 days
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of four advertising professionals, including a woman, from Pune last week finally broke silence after the body of one of the missing was fished out of the Neera river along Pune-Satara road on Wednesday.
Promoters of 517 companies have pledged nearly 46.35 per cent of their shares, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Of the 80 new appointments, 51 women are becoming directors.
The National Stock Exchange's proposed IPO to raise Rs 10,000 crore this year is expected to see the largest ever PE exit, of around Rs 5,000 crore.
Ramie was used in ancient Egypt and China long before cotton was introduced to the Far East.
The trends remained sluggish in the primary stock market
Among Indian cars Vizag-based Stephen Panchigalla clocked 13.366s in his Skoda Octavia in the same J Class, which was run jointly for both Foreign and Indian cars, to ended up as the 'Fastest Indian Car.' Of the day.
The talk in a tea stall in the Yadav-dominated village of Mohli in Munger district of Bihar is all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's exhortations to 'Yaduvanshis' to dump Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has fielded an unprecedented 22 candidates from the dominant backward caste.
Retail investors may burn their fingers investing in them, especially if the markets correct, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has slapped fines on 530 listed companies for failing to meet a deadline to appoint a women director and boost gender diversity in their boardrooms.
Nokia launches Nokia 7 Plus, 8 Sirocco series in India; relaunches Nokia 6 with new features.
Is Mumbai done with shared lives and overshared living spaces?
Bouldering is the new favourite among India's adventure enthusiasts
Another MLA Rekha Arya, who was also supposed to join the BJP on Wednesday, is visiting the Simhasth Kumbh in Ujjain, but has sent her acceptance to the party.
US, China and Japan have no quotas for women and have had the lowest increase in female directors.
ONGC has suffered a loss of over Rs 30,000 crore due to alleged siphoning off of natural gas by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) from the PSU's well in Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin and appointment of an experts body on the issue "will not help", the state-run oil firm said.
Heavy rains in the last three days triggered flash floods in parts of Bihar, where 41 people have died so far, and inundated large areas in Assam and North Bengal, paralysing normal life and snapping rail link to the Northeast from the rest of the country.
