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The news flows that came from Yes Bank on the morning of 05th March were drastically different from the news flows in late evening. In the morning, the Yes Bank stock rallied by over 25 after it was reported that SBI was expected to come in and supp

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With increasing digitisation in India, all the sectors across the country have been witnessing a humongous shift and the brokerage industry has been no exception to this. With these changes the retail brokerage business models today can mainly be cla

On 17 May, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman laid out the details of the fifth and final tranche of the stimulus package. In terms of allocation, there was little left after the third day announcements. What was really ironic was that the last

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Prime Minister (PM) Modi has announced Rs 20 lakh crore (10 of GDP) economic package on Tuesday (May 12, 2020) to fight Coronavirus (Covid 19) economic crisis. The economic package announced by the PM is one of the largest in the world.

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Friday the 15th of May marked the third consecutive day when Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the press and announced a slew of measures to prepare the Indian economy for growth post COVID-19. Here is how the Stimulus panned out on the first three d

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