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Dip in non-investment grade paper marks improved balance sheets of firms

Category has lower share than before among rated instruments

Lok Sabha will now have over 500 crorepatis, up from 88% in 2019: ADR

This time, the average assets of winners are Rs 46.3 crore, compared to Rs 14.7 crore in 2014

New election mantra for markets: Buy on exit polls, sell on results

Markets have outperformed on exit poll days, with limited gains on results

Lok Sabha elections: Incumbents constesting may be at 47-year low

With less than a week to go for poll results, Business Standard tracks the long-term trends on the political churn in Parliament in the first of a two-part series

Statsguru: Rising summer temperatures push power demand in India

Increased use of cooling equipment during heatwaves is said to be a key reason, although only around a quarter of households own air conditioners or air coolers in India

Intellectual property rights' filing on rise amid local defence push

The target set till March 2025 for IPR is 6900 for all the organisations

Lok Sabha elections: Kangana Ranaut's holdings show immovable asset skew

Real estate accounts for nearly 70% of wealth

Statsguru: Declining foreign ownership of the Indian stock market

The decline in foreign ownership comes amid rising domestic investor participation and lower relative attractiveness of the Indian market, despite higher earnings growth

Truck freight rates dip for smaller cities, remain flat for bigger ones

Jaipur, Ahmedabad see largest declines

India lost 38,100 hectares of tree cover to forest fires in over 2 decades

Globally, 2023 stands out as the year with the highest tree cover lost due to fires

Consumer sentiments highest in at least 62 months, shows CMIE data

Index of Consumer Sentiments index is at its highest level since at least March 2019

Setting the record straight: Less than 10% of Indian women may own land

New study suggests earlier ownership surveys may have overestimated their rights

Why Caesarean section deliveries are rising at an alarming rate in India

Pregnancy-related complications are one of many reasons why C-sections are burgeoning in India

Statsguru: IMD predicts the highest rainfall in nearly two decades

Actual rainfall has often exceeded the weather department's estimates in recent years

Porting requests at 8-month low; Voda biggest loser among major providers

In Feb 2024, subscribers made nearly 12 mn portability requests, lowest since June 2023

Israel outweighs Iran in trade with India since 2019, shows data

India's exports to Iran dropped to $1.2 billion as of December 2023, on a rolling 4-quarter basis. India's exports to Israel grew to $6.1 billion in the same period

Bangalore and Chennai see rise in truck freight rates, shows data

Freight rates from Delhi to Trivandrum have seen a decline by four per cent, while from Delhi to Jaipur, there has been a decline by 10 percent, in this time period

'No score safe' in IPL as batters dominate tournament in changing game

Even median batters are netting more runs than before and the room for bowlers appears shrinking

Statsguru: The private sector investment cycle shows revival signs

The current uptick is spread out across multiple sectors. There have been a slew of announcements in the past two months, including the ground-breaking for three semiconductor facilities

Share of private sector in defence production hits a multi-year high

Investments observed in key defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu