Nifty 50 touched a new high in 2016. It closed at 8069.65 on May 26, 2016. Benchmark indices BSE Sensex closed at 26,367, 486 points higher than the previous day. While investors are rejoicing the bullish trend, the indices were better positioned on the same day last year.

CEOs of Indian listed companies enjoy highest total fixed pay of Rs 3.2 crore as against Rs 1.8 crore received by CEOs of private companies, shows a survey conducted by Aon Hewitt.

State-owned insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) often comes to the rescue of PSUs at the time of disinvestment.

Droughts have been endemic in independent India and have taken their toll on the domestic economy.

Life insurers reported a growth of 22.6 per cent in first year premium collection for the period ended March 2016 as compared to same period last year, shows data released by IRDA.

India's unprecedented water crisis is affecting everyone - from domestic user to farmer to industrialist. The lopsided cost vs price economics of water can have a debilitating effect on the country. What government, industry and farmers need to do to avert a catastrophe.

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According to the report, wearables/sensors were the top funded areas in Q1 with $260 million.

\"Barring the recent past, an appreciating rupee has been accompanied with robust export growth, while weaker exchange rates have not necessarily translated into an export push,\" said Ind-Ra.

To honour redemptions, mutual funds had to liquidate their holdings in the capital market after nearly two years. Mutual funds pulled out Rs 2,698 crore in April 2014, after which they continued to infuse funds till March 2016 when they were net sellers to the tune of Rs 10,199 crore.

Buoyancy in tax revenues was a hallmark of the rapid economic growth between 2004 and 2008.

Since 2010, 22 new funds have been created, and 25 countries are considering the setting of a new fund. As per the report, SWFs are concentrated mainly in four areas, Middle East, China, Southeast Asia and Norway.

The Union Budget has over the years tried to give an impetus to the economy.

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