India’s pharma, healthcare sectors poised for another year of robust growth
Nourished by increasing spending, improving accessibility and growing exports, India’s pharma and healthcare sector is poised for another year of robust growth even as pricing and cost headwinds could force players to pause to catch…
West Bengal FM Amit Mitra’s suggestion to boost banking penetration into unbanked areas; what…
Amit Mitra, West Bengal finance ministerWest Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Friday said the cooperative banks in the state have lent Rs 36,000 crore in the last five years and urged the lenders to extend the services in rural…
Gold is good bet for investors in 2020; here’s how investors can go ahead
On silver, Jigar Trivedi said that the conditions are perfect to see gains in the silver price in the coming months and years.With equities trading volatile, gold has emerged as a preferred bet for a section of investors. Since January…
Spotify to follow Twitter in eliminating political advertising
Spotify Technology SA will stop selling U.S. political advertising in early 2020, following Twitter Inc.’s lead in steering clear of a contentious election cycle. The move will apply to Spotify’s ad-supported service, as well as its…
Banks’ gross NPA ratios may rise to 9.9% by Sept 2020: RBI
The gross NPA ratio of banks stood at 9.3 per cent in March 2019.The gross non-performing asset ratio of banks may increase to 9.9 per cent by September 2020 from 9.3 per cent in September 2019, according to an RBIreport. The gross NPA…
Indian Railway Finance Corp garners Rs 1,580 cr on BSE BOND platform
This included green shoe option of Rs 790 crore, the exchange said in a statement.Indian Railway Finance Corporation(IRFC) on Friday raised Rs 1,580 crore by issuing bonds on private placement basis using on BSE’s electronic book…
Flying cars, Hyperloops and the other 2020 tech predictions that didn’t pan out
So, as 2019 draws to a close and we approach a new decade, let’s take a look back at how some of the tech industry’s predictions for 2020 fared.Predicting the future is hard, even for the people with the most power to influence it. In…