Ashli Varghese &Amp; Anoushka Sawhney

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Global caution sends private equity-backed M&A deal value to 6-year trough
Rediff.com29 Aug 2024

The value of private equity (PE)-backed mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India...

Unspent CSR funds hit five-year high in FY23
Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

Not all listed companies above a threshold have spent on corporate social...

Workplaces Unsafe For Women? 400+ Cases Registered
Rediff.com16 Aug 2024

On average, 49 sexual harassment cases were reported every day in 2022.

Covid Reduced 2.6 Years Of Life Expectancy In India
Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

The decline in life expectancy was higher among young individuals and those aged 50 to 60.

Why Promoters Are Cutting Stake In Companies
Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

'This trend will continue as long as the bull run continues.'

Over 85% Billionaires Are Upper Castes
Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

While other backward classes had a share of 9 per cent, there were no scheduled tribe...

49.9% New MPs In 2019
Rediff.com1 Jun 2024

Nearly half of the MPs elected in the 2019 general elections in India were first-timers.

Are Foreign Investors Wary Of Indian Markets?
Rediff.com24 May 2024

The share of foreign investors was lower than domestic institutions across key sectors,...

Strikes And Lockouts Decline By 90%
Rediff.com17 May 2024

Industrial disputes dropped 89.3 per cent to 34 in 2022 compared to 318 a decade ago,...

38,100 Hectares Of Tree Cover Lost To Forest Fires
Rediff.com13 May 2024

Between April 25 and May 2, India received 38,885 fire alerts.

IMD Predicts Highest Rainfall This Year
Rediff.com30 Apr 2024

It expects rainfall to be about 106 per cent of the long period average, aided by La...

Israel outweighs Iran in trade with India since 2019, shows data
Rediff.com23 Apr 2024

Trade links with Israel have strengthened in the past few years, even as the value of...

Why No Score Is Safe In IPL 2024
Rediff.com23 Apr 2024

'The impact player rule has skewed the game heavily in favour of the batters.' 'The...

'There is no crime and no robbery in UP now'
Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

While conditions have improved over the last decade in western UP, there are still...

India moved fewer people to non-agri jobs than most neighbouring nations
Rediff.com13 Apr 2024

India has managed to move a smaller share of its working-age population away from...

Electoral Bonds Saw Landscape Shift
Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

Key individual parties have cornered a larger share, with some favouring regional and...

FDI Declines From Pandemic Highs
Rediff.com4 Apr 2024

Net inflows were $18.4 billion for the rolling 12-month period ended January 2024...

Top 1% Indians Earn 23% Of Income
Rediff.com1 Apr 2024

Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is...

Rs 4000 cr missing link in electoral bonds data
Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

The ECI data covers 20,421 bonds worth Rs 12,769 crore. The ADR data, however, collated...

Women's unemployment rate at 16-month low; labour participation declines
Rediff.com14 Feb 2024

The unemployment rate for women was last this low around Diwali in 2022. The...