Ankit Agarwal

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Finance

07 August, 2020

Lockdown woes: Q1 revenue drops for three out of every four firms

The nationwide lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic hammered India Inc. during the April-June period with ......

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Consumer

28 July, 2020

Value Lens: How ITC priced Sunrise Foods and what it could mean for other spice makers

In May, the cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate ITC Ltd agreed to purchase spices maker Sunrise Foods Pvt. Ltd as part of efforts ......

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Infrastructure

23 July, 2020

Cracks widen in infra dealmaking as investors turn wary, deals fall apart

The Indian infrastructure sector recorded a rather dull quarter through June as private equity investors and strategic buyers mostly stayed ......

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Finance

21 July, 2020

PE, M&A deals in financial sector sink but GIC, CPPIB bet more

The number of private equity deals, mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector touched the lowest level in at ......

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Healthcare

16 July, 2020

Value Lens: Gland Pharma may be cheaper than global firms but hovers above locals

The proposed initial public offering of Gland Pharma Ltd values the maker of injectable drugs at a premium to locally ......

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Finance

16 July, 2020

As RIL's net debt turns zero, a look at companies carrying heavy loan burden

India Inc.’s gargantuan debt problem is unlikely to be solved anytime soon as almost a fifth of the 500 most ......

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Healthcare

15 July, 2020

Healthcare PE deals climb in April-June, M&As maintain pace

The number of private equity deals in India’s healthcare sector rose in the April-June period to their highest level in ......

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Finance

14 July, 2020

Banks scramble to beef up defences as coronavirus threatens to sour loan books

Banks across the nation are raising or proposing to raise at least Rs 1.4 trillion ($19 billion) as the industry ......

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Healthcare

09 July, 2020

Value Lens: Piramal Pharma stake comes at some discount but may almost lose that tag

Private equity firm Carlyle has agreed to buy a fifth of Piramal Enterprises Ltd’s pharmaceutical business at some discount but ......

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Finance

08 July, 2020

Virus fears damp M&As in Jan-June but cross-border sales, collapsed deals in focus

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving India Inc. declined to the lowest level in at least eight years ......