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Are GDP Growth Figures Fake?

In late-2010, Andreas Georgiou, a former International Monetary Fund economist, was parachuted into Athens by the European Union and IMF at the…

NCLT’s Rs6.5 Crore Subhash Chandra Plan Faces Challenge; Union Bank (UK) to Move NCLAT, HDFC Bank and LIC Housing Weigh Appeals

HDFC Bank is considering an appeal before the national company law appellate tribunal (NCLAT) against a national company law tribunal (NCLT) ord…

Tata Vs Reliance: 25-year Numbers Show a Sharp Divergence in Growth, Profits and Asset Creation after FY13-14

There have been many sermons served in print, mostly by the former grandees that occupied the privileged floor in Bombay House, that serving the…

Why FPI Pessimism Is No Cause for Alarm

For years, India was the emerging market that global investors worried about not owning. Now it has become the one they seem quite comfortable d…

Supreme Court Directs Tarun Tejpal To Surrender within 2 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, convicted in rape case, to surrender before jail authorities within tw…

Is MLA above High Court? Bombay HC Issues Show-cause Notice to Civic Chief for Violating Court Order

“What prompted you to obey an MLA, to disobey a division bench order? You have shocked us by your behaviour,” the Bench said.

Shri Ram Finance Corporation, Progfin Fined ₹10.80 Lakh by RBI for KYC, Governance Lapses

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a total penalty of ₹10.80 lakh on two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) Shri Ram Finance Corporati…

Biosecurity Implications of Dual-use Biological Research

In October 2017, in Mimi village in Nagaland’s Kiphire district, a few kilometres from the Myanmar border, researchers drew blood from 85 bat hu…

CBI Brings Back Vishakha Rathod from UAE in ₹88 Crore APS Wealth Venture Investment Fraud; Husband Deported Earlier

The central bureau of investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Union ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the ministry of home affairs (M…

SharkNinja NeverStick Nonstick Cookware: Heated to 30,000 Degrees Fahrenheit!

A new class-action lawsuit accuses SharkNinja of defying the “laws of physics and thermodynamics” by falsely advertising its NeverStick Nonstick…

Shriram Group: Is a Top Truck Financier Veering Off the Road?

The independent directors of Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd (STFC) and Shriram City Union Finance Ltd (SCUF), the two listed companies of…

The Quantitative Definition of a Quality Company

The year 2019 was one where money rushed into ‘quality’ stocks

How To Protect Your Digital Life in 2020, Especially from Deepfakes

As we are getting ready to say goodbye to 2019, the cybercriminals too are preparing to launch more sophisticated attacks on electronic devices,…

Drugmakers’ Money-Back Guarantees: an Answer to Rising Prices or a ‘Carnival Game’?

Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly agreeing to refund money if patients don’t respond to medications as expected. The Trump administratio…

New Re1 notes to be circulated soon by RBI