The spike was led by HDFC Bank's $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Housing Development Finance Corp. in April, which combined India's leading bank and largest mortgage lender.
Bumper pool of fees has become all the more significant for bankers in an especially harrowing year, that saw sickness and death come much closer to home due to Covid pandemic.
Banks should think about the types of candidates they’re trying to recruit. In post-pandemic era, keeping young employees will be about something more existential than money & perks.
In a letter to all state chief secretaries, the finance ministry sought proactive and preventive measures amid rising incidents of violence against bankers on bank premises.
The average commute time on Mumbai's, India's financial capital, major routes is over an hour, more than twice the averages of Singapore, Hong Kong & New York.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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