How Many Sensex Companies Bought Electoral Bonds?

Collectively, these companies spent Rs 628 crore (Rs 6.28 billion) on political contributions in the past five years, according to their annual reports. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been......

Russia, Ukraine view Modi as peacemaker? Putin, Zelenskyy invite PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held separate conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and asserted that dialogue and diplomacy were......

How companies show electoral donations in annual reports

A reading of the reports suggests that there is no standard practice for reporting political contributions and it is left to the company's discretion to report them as they find fit. Illustration:......

Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

Nifty cos' profit growth seen at slowest in 5 qtrs

The brokerage earnings estimate for the January-March 2024 quarter (Q4FY24) for Nifty 50 companies hints at a slowdown in corporate profit growth while revenue increase is likely to be in low......

India's exports dip marginally in March; 3.11% in FY24

India's merchandise exports dipped marginally in March to $41.69 billion, and by 3.11 per cent during the last fiscal year to $437.06 billion mainly due to continued geopolitical turmoil, and......

Why Drug Prices Won't Increase This Year

The government has been stringent with pricing changes.Prices of 651 essential medicines came down from April 1, 2023 by 6.73 per cent with the government capping ceiling prices of these drugs.......

MNCs look towards India for a booster dose

In recent months, several pharma multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly turning to Indian companies to expand market reach in the country’s pharmaceuticals sector. Illustration:......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......