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BT Buzz: DHFL defaults on payment; debt mutual funds take hit
On June 5, both ICRA and CRISIL downgraded the commercial paper of DHFL to [ICRA] D and CRISIL D, respectively, on account of delay in servicing the scheduled debt obligation worth Rs 950 crore, on June 04, 2019
BT Buzz: Trade wars - Bigger US retaliation could hurt Indian IT Industry
Policy watchers think that the US has kept its powder dry. If India does not step back now, more retaliation could follow. In fact, it could end up damaging its most successful exports story - IT and ITeS
BT Buzz: PM Modi pushes for big labour reforms; 43 crore unorganised workers to benefit
The fact that Modi wanted Santosh Gangwar to continue in the labour and employment ministry only proves the importance the government attaches to his 'reform agenda'.
BT Buzz: IndiGo, SpiceJet stare at tough times with vicious fare war ahead
Aggressive fleet induction plans of large airlines are likely to push aviation sector into dark ages
BT Buzz: What Modi 2.0 could mean for the Indian pharma industry?
The pharma industry is today growing at around 11 per cent per annum as compared to a high of around 15 per cent about five years ago.
BT Buzz: What the new govt can do to create more jobs
India, over the decades, has under-invested in healthcare, education, and skills development. All of this will come to bite the new government as it braces up to the challenge of finding millions of jobs every year.
BT Buzz: How stock markets fared during Modi's tenure
Contrary to what most market participants had anticipated, the Sensex returned just 51% under PM Narendra Modi's term as compared to UPA-II's 78 per cent and UPA-I's 180 per cent under the then PM Manmohan Singh
BT Buzz: With or without Modi, 'achche din' ahead for Ayushman Bharat
The pet scheme of PM Narendra Modi aims to provide a benefit cover of Rs 500,000 per family per year for tertiary and secondary treatment to 10.74 crore poor, rural families
BT Buzz: Data localisation - Datacentre service providers see gold
The Indian government's thrust to ensure that companies maintain data locally will certainly increase the cost of doing business and compliance obligations for multinationals
BT Buzz: Latest GDP controversy exposes larger issues
A study conducted by the National Sample Survey Office has found that 36 per cent of companies that are part of the MCA-21 database were shell companies which cannot be traced, and thus hinting at a possible overestimation of the GDP.