New Delhi, March 28 -- From India retaining its 4% medium-term inflation target to IPO approvals nearing expiry amid market volatility, several Indian cities topping global pollution charts, a reversal in women's exit from farm jobs, and mixed revenue growth across media and entertainment-here's this week's news in numbers.

The government on Wednesday retained its 4% retail inflation target and the 2-6% tolerance band for another five years. The Reserve Bank of India had adopted the inflation-targeting regime in 2016. While some have argued for raising the target or shifting focus from headline to core inflation, the dominant view is that the framework has broadly worked.

Data shows inflation breached the band in only three of the past ...