There’s a famous quote which goes, “What gets measured gets managed”. This notion, although appreciable, has a bit of a chasm with reality, especially in the field of qualitative analysis. …

The Indian capital markets are hitting one record after another in terms of mergers and acquisitions. Be it Tata’s acquisition of Air India, Sony’s merger with Zee or Adani’s purchase of SB Energy, equities are on a dance and markets are on a cash-ride. …

The IPO of Hariom Pipe Industries Ltd opened for subscription last week to a good deal of reception. Here’s an explainer on the details involving the issue. IPO Stats ● Issue Size: ₹130cr ($17.1m) ● Issue Type: Book-built ● Issue Price: ₹144–153 ($2) per equity share ● Market Lot: 98 shares ●…

Apple’s CODA won the Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. The Kashmir Files crossed ₹300cr ($39.6m) in worldwide box office collections. Netflix is planning to charge extra for users sharing passwords. Quite an eventful few weeks in the movie business, indeed. If only we needed further confirmation of art…

From kettles in the kitchen and wearable devices on our hands to vehicles in our lands… Everything is going electric. …

Veranda Learning Solutions IPO opened for subscription yesterday. Here’s a take on the company’s business and the merits of investing in it. Some IPO Facts ● Issue Size: ₹200cr ($26.2m) (Entirely a fresh issue) ● Issue Type: Book-built ● Issue Price: ₹130–137 ($1.7) per equity share ● Market Lot: 100 ● Issue Breakup…

In August 2020, Juspay, a payment aggregator startup, suffered an unidentified data breach exposing the payment information related to nearly 35 million user accounts. Most of the data ended up being on sale on the dark web. In January 2021, another fintech company called Chqbook, faced a similar ordeal with…

The War between Russia and Ukraine has officially entered its second month and there’s no sign of a ceasefire. There are different signs, however, of the worsening choke in supplies of commodities coming out of these two countries. The importance of fertilisers, for instance, can be hardly overstated. Production of…

A recent World Air Quality Report shows that India’s air pollution problem deteriorated immensely in the year 2021. Not only has New Delhi been crowned with the unenviable honour of being the world’s most polluted capital city (for the second successive year), but India as a nation has also fared…