Sachin P Mampatta, Business Standard

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No Of Companies That Exited Sensex In 40 Years...
Rediff.com12 Jan 2026

There were 18 exits from the index between 1995 and 2000. The pace has since dropped to...

Listed companies' rent, lease expenses down since pandemic
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

Companies' rent and lease expenses have seen a significant decline relative to the...

Northern Borders 'Stable Yet Sensitive': Defence Ministry
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

The deployment of the army in all sectors along the Line of Actual Control, the de...

Independent Director Exits Hit Multi-Year High
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

Less than 12 per cent of the exits were from companies with Rs 10,000 crore in market...

3.84 Trillion Spent On These Weapons...
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

The largest tranche came in July, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, with the DAC...

Open offers highest since 2008 as acquisition, takeover attempts surge
Rediff.com29 Dec 2025

Open offers this calendar year, following attempts at acquisition and takeover, came in...

Second wave of dematerialisation takes off in unlisted companies
Rediff.com26 Dec 2025

In the mid-1990s, when the shares of listed companies first began to be held in...

India Inc's profits relative to capital employed at 14-yr high
Rediff.com22 Dec 2025

Companies are squeezing more profits from their operations relative to the capital they...

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over...

Trai Launches Digital Consent Pilot
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A national rollout will take place after the pilot test in which SBI, PNB, Axis Bank,...

Households Are Moving Away From Banks To Markets
Rediff.com8 Dec 2025

For every 100 rupees, households invested Rs 45.2 in mutual funds and equities in...

Mutual Fund Transactions Surge Online
Rediff.com28 Nov 2025

Major fund houses report a sharp rise in online transactions, driven by changing...

Sebi Eases IPO Lock-In Rules
Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Sebi has proposed allowing depositories to mark such pledged shares as...

1 in 3 Decade-Old Tax Cases Still Unheard
Rediff.com12 Nov 2025

'Tax cases are technical in nature... Many high courts do not have a tax bench, which...

Domestic pension fund flows into equities at record high
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

A record amount of pension money may be finding its way into the stock market, if...

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits...

Why Income Tax Cases Drag On For Decades
Rediff.com6 Nov 2025

'Repeated adjournments are one of the largest contributors to lengthy litigation cycles.'

'Banks Need To Reinvent Themselves'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

'Reinvention is not a hugely difficult task. With technology as available today, you...

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall
Rediff.com1 Nov 2025

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk,...

Automation Takes the Lead, Hiring Trails
Rediff.com29 Oct 2025

Eight of the top 10 employers showed a double-digit growth in fixed capital. Only one...