As per analysts at Mumbai-based Axis Securities, COVID-19 outbreak has presented an unprecedented opportunity for security services companies in India

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Axis Bank, followed by Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, HDFC, PowerGrid, Tech Mahindra and SBI were among the top gainers. On the other hand, Titan, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries were among the laggards

If the subsidiary SBI Capital gets additional voting rights to the extent of its holding at 4.70 per cent, the SBI Group's total voting rights will go up to 30.70 per cent

Partnerships and collaborations, especially those through a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model with governments, will indeed play a key role in advancing public health and the economy in this COVID era

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the IMA requested him to ensure adequate care for doctors and their families who are a special risk group and extend the state-sponsored medical and life insurance facilities to doctors in all the sectors

In a letter to states and UTs, Secretary in the Health Ministry, Rajesh Bhushan stressed the need for operationalising ambulance transport system with oxygen facility and quick response mechanism

The PPP was part of a historic fiscal package worth nearly $3 trillion that gave businesses loans that can be partially forgiven if used for employee pay

Ahmedabad hospital fire: Almost 40 other patients have been rescued and shifted to the civic body-run SVP Hospital after the fire

India faces a fresh threat of NPAs with RBI warning dramatic rise in loan default rate from 8.5% in FY20 to 14.7% in FY21. A global study shows the Indian corporate sector was most debt-stressed with 43% of long-term loans vulnerable to default even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit

In an interdependent world, all countries need to do well

Stocks to watch today on August 5: Axis Bank, Tata Consumer, Unichem Labs, HPCL, Havells India among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Wednesday's trading session

Indian vaccine manufacturers are waiting for a vaccination plan from the government so that they can set aside stocks of vaccines when they are approved for production

Global studies show ownership does not make enterprises efficient, factors like competition, autonomy, regulation and institutional development do. Evidence also shows that private sector thrives on public hand-outs in normal times and public bail-outs in crises

Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan, appearing for petitioner Arushi Jain, said the high risk and low risk classification made by the Centre has no basis and the government advisory of June 18 after the top court's order has no rationale basis

West Bengal lockdown news: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the biweekly lockdown in the state will continue in August, with curbs on all days except Eid-ul-Adha, Rakshabandhan and Independence Day

Apart from rise in financial frauds in private companies in India, recent years have also witnessed a rise in the role of shell companies and tax havens in their operations, raising further concerns about illicit operations

Last week, the DCGI had cancelled the rapid diagnostic kit import licences of three firms and suspended that of 16 others saying the US drug regulator USFDA has removed the manufacturers from their list of coronavirus serology test kits, with directions that they should not be distributed

Punjab is among the most indebted states with debt to gross state domestic product (GSDP) ratio in FY20 being nearly 40%. The outstanding debt of the state is projected to be Rs 2,48,236 crore in 2020-21(BE) which is 38.53% of GSDP

Profit-driven enterprises are ill-suited to protect the health and life of a vast majority of people, as the US and Indian governments experience, but do precious little, thereby failing in their primary duty

Contrary to popular belief, private sector efficiency vis-a-vis public sector is a neoliberal construct for which there is little evidence or lived experience but is pushed, nevertheless, for private gains