'The fortunate part is that the severity is less. New strains are continuously forming and the virus is getting less severe.'
Bajaj Auto has amended its dividend distribution policy as it seeks to reward its shareholders and boost return ratios. The amended policy will also consider the surplus the company has when calculating the dividend payout as a percentage of profits after tax, the Pune-based firm said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday.
The two cities finally got their act together by ramping up the testing capacity and implementing stricter quarantine norms.
Ballooning debt forces more and more Indian promoters to sell out to global majors and PE players.
Monsoons have had limited effect on market returns for a given year, report Sachin Mampatta and Sundar Sethuraman.
India had a record voter turnout of 66.4 per cent in 2014. This is still lower than the global median of 68.03 per cent.
With Karnataka election results out of the way and as several key states, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, prepare for assembly polls later this year ahead of the 2019 general election, Shankar Sharma, vice-chairman and joint managing director, First Global, advises investors to ignore all the noise around the elections.
'We will have to get together internally and figure how this will happen.' 'Suffice to say, it is feasible and will be done in a logical way.'
After his previous visit, the Sensex crashed and it took four painful years to top the 21,000 mark.
In the past two years, investors in gold have lost money.
Higher growth, reform bets have boosted returns but leave limited room for error.
Price correction over post-election peaks could throw disinvestment calculations awry.
Sources said many individual investors were interested in applying for the NFO, due to additional benefits being offered such as upfront discounts and loyalty bonuses.
Sebi has pushed for better corporate governance of listed companies through measures such as the need for a succession policy
The stock market watchdog had said any adverse findings by other regulators might have a bearing on the exchange.
Promoters and top executives intending to buy or sell shares of their companies might soon have to inform the market well in advance for such transactions.
Move by Swiss cement major Holcim to simplify its Indian structure has not gone down well with institutional investors.
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