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Eye on CSR Part-II: FY22 spend near target, thanks to white knights

The second of a three-part series on corporate social responsibility (CSR) looks at whether companies are meeting spending expectations

Eye on CSR-I: Listed govt firms contributed Rs 2,900 crore to PM CARES

The first of a three-part series on corporate social responsibility (CSR) explores allocations to the PM CARES Fund. The analysis is in the context of easing of CSR disclosure rules in annual reports

Indian companies are turning more to junk bonds to meet funding needs

Companies using such securities raised more capital in 2022-23 than at any point in the last 8 years

In the old tale of Kabuliwala, there is a South Asia trade mystery

India's business with its neighbourhood is stagnant though it offers better terms than China

Share of NRIs, overseas investors in mutual fund assets declining

Accounted for a larger share in the years leading up to Covid-19

Daily Covid-19 tests up 84% in a month, just shy of 140,000 mark: ICMR data

Technicians conducting over 60,000 more tests daily than a month ago; slight drop in number of positive cases at 5,357, though daily and weekly positivity rates are still above 3%

Centre tells states to conduct Covid mock drills in hospitals as cases rise

At the current rate, India is conducting 100 tests per million, according to the health ministry

India's food inflation bites harder as risks build for global supplies

Its average citizen is more affected than people in peer economies

In changing investment geography, 'other cities' share in MF assets rises

Their share is six times higher than it was in March 2012

New projects hit Rs 12.3 trillion in March quarter on large orders

Analysts say slowing growth globally may limit future investments

More directors paid Rs 1 lakh per board meeting than before pandemic

Number of board meetings have also gone up post pandemic according to Excellence Enablers' Survey on Corporate Governance

People rush back to vaccination centres as Covid-19 scare resurfaces

Hospitals check equipment, trial run of oxygen plants ahead of mock drills

Statsguru: Six charts explain the UPI's emerging growth challenge

There are more than 7 billion transactions every month using the payment system - more than five transactions for every man, woman and child in the country

At 8.15% for FY23, EPFO returns are second lowest in over 45 years

EPFO's return in 1977-78 was 8%. It has since been 8.25% or more; the peak was 12%, a rate that remained unchanged between 1989-90 and 1999-2000

Covid cases hit five-month high, weekly deaths at 29, highest since Dec

Experts worldwide though aren't pressing the panic button just yet, buoyed by the great wall of immunity

Statsguru: Six charts show an uncertain year amid global headwinds

India is relatively better placed than much of the world.

How India is breathing easy on corporate debt amid crisis elsewhere

Indian companies are doing better than peers, but business is slowing down

Covid restrictions took longer to ease in India than several of its peers

Value of stringency index remained higher than several large economies between 2020 and 2023

Trade fuelled faster rise in India's production-based emissions

India's production-based estimates of CO2 emissions rose 63 per cent, from 1.6 billion tonnes in 2009 to 2.6 billion tonnes in 2019, reveals an analysis of numbers from tracker Our World in Data

At a crossroads: India's per capita emission increases 36% since 2011

The latest figure is nearly 8 times the level of 1960