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February 13, 2025
ONGC-NTPC Green JV acquires Ayana Renewable for â¹19.5K cr
NIIF-backed firm has 4 GW of operational and under-construction assets
2 mins
RBI lifts curbs on Kotak Mahindra Bank
The lender will soon restart digital customer acquisition, credit card issuance
2 mins
Simplified I-T Bill brings in concept of 'tax year'
Replaces textual definitions with formulae
3 mins
Higher expenses a drag on JFL earnings
Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd (JFL) on Wednesday reported a consolidated net profit of â¹43.24 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2024.
1 min
Locking customers to our Cloud was not fair
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the data management giant's Cloud services platform, grew 50 percent in the June-November 2024 period in India, with artificial intelligence (AI) solutions-led wins contributing to roughly 30 percent of bookings during the period. MAHESH THIAGARAJAN, executive vice-president of software development at OCI and the person responsible for Oracle's multi-Cloud strategy, in an interview with Shivani Shinde on the sidelines of the Oracle CloudWorld Tour in Mumbai, talks about the Indian market, Cloud adoption, generative AI (GenAI), and the importance of India. Edited excerpts:
2 mins
NIIF plans $2 bn private credit fund
The government-backed National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is planning to raise a $2 billion private credit fund, which would be India's largest such vehicle, according to its chief executive officer Sanjiv Aggarwal.
1 min
Torrent to buy 67% in Gujarat Titans for â¹5,000 crore
Ahmedabad-based Torrent Group, through its holding company Torrent Investments, on Wednesday signed an agreement to acquire 67 per cent stake in the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, according to a company statement.
1 min
FATF, egaming firms to discuss laundering risks
Firms invited for tomorrow's meet include Dream11, Baazi Games, Zupee, and WinZO
2 mins
PE/VC Investments in India Off to Strong Start This Year
Up 37% compared to Dec at $6.3 bn, shows a report by EY and IVCA
1 min
Tech disrupting traditional industries, warn biz leaders
Technology is rapidly reshaping industries that have long been rooted in tradition, driving a wave of innovation that is transforming everything from finance, banking, steel to manufacturing.
2 mins
Day temperatures soar 3-6°C above normal across North, Central India
Daytime temperatures over the past few days have risen 3-6°C above normal across most of North and Central India, potentially reducing yields in wheat and barley crops.
1 min
Extreme weather claimed 80K lives in India: Report
Extreme weather events claimed at least 80,000 lives in India and caused $180 billion (inflation-adjusted) in economic loss in the past three decades (1993-2022), according to a new report by Germanwatch, a Germany-based non-profit NGO.
1 min
â¹ Gives Up Early Gains to Close Slightly Weaker vs $
The rupee reversed its early gains to settle 6 paise weaker at 86.89 per dollar against the previous close of 86.83.
1 min
NCAER Urges States to Set Up Independent Fiscal Councils
States should create their own independent fiscal councils, with academics, financial market participants, and other experts as their members, in order to strengthen their institutional capacity, a research paper released by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has recommended.
1 min
Important That We Conclude Bilateral Investment Treaty
India and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) nations had on Monday launched a 'dedicated desk' to provide support to businesses looking to invest, expand, or establish operations in India. This could catalyse $100 billion FDI commitment under the trade deal. Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda told Shreya Nandi in an interview in New Delhi that she hopes the India-Switzerland investment treaty negotiations speed up. Edited excerpts:
2 mins
Road, rail, coal may dominate NMP 2.0
Ministries drafting action plans; final assets to be submitted by month-end
2 mins
Retail inflation hit 5-mth low in Jan as food prices eased
Industrial output growth slowed to 3.21% in December 2024
2 mins
US Inflation Rises 3%, Tops Forecasts
US consumer prices increased more than expected in January, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's message that it was in no rush to resume cutting interest rates amid growing uncertainty over the economy.
1 min
Inside the collapse of Nissan and Honda's $60 billion mega deal
Nissan was deep in trouble late last year when rival Honda offered a lifeline: a $60 billion tie-up that would help both Japanese automakers compete against the Chinese brands upending the car industry.
3 mins
SoftBank Registers $2.4 Billion Loss in Q3
Japan's SoftBank Group booked a surprise $2.4 billion quarterly loss on Wednesday, hit by a decline in the value of e-commerce platform Coupang and other tech companies held by its Vision Fund investment arm.
1 min
US Prez says lower interest rates would go hand-in-hand with tariffs
Govt agencies to work with Musk's team to identify reductions in workforce
2 mins
Gaza Truce Hangs by a Thread as Israel Calls Up Reservists
Egypt, Qatar intensify efforts to save ceasefire, says Hamas
2 mins
Plain tales of green entrepreneurship
A volume of startup tales in India can often be shallow, thinly disguised hagiographies offering no real insights or useful information.
3 mins
Boosting Manufacturing
Success in iPhone export needs replication across sectors
2 mins
For clarity on states' fiscal health
The NITI Aayog's initiative on this is appreciable, but the tool needs to be refined before using it for policy purposes
4 mins
Development with AI
Policy will need active adaptation
2 mins
Labour pains in corporate India
About a year after the United Progressive Alliance launched its signature rural employment guarantee scheme, a sugar baron was heard complaining on a post-Budget TV show that the NREGA, or the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (as it was called then before \"Mahatma Gandhi\" was prefixed to it in 2009), had made it difficult to find labour to bring in that year's sugarcane harvest.
3 mins
DEBT OVER DEFICIT
Rather than target fiscal deficit, the government is positioning debt-to-GDP ratio as the fiscal anchor. Will the strategy pay off?
5 mins
Retail Investors Hold Key to Market Trajectory: Kotak Institutional Equities
The behaviour of retail investors in the coming weeks and months will be crucial in determining the trajectory of the Indian stock market, Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE) said in a note.
1 min
Gaekwad gets a day's extension from SC to deposit â¹600 crore
Contempt plea against Saluja withdrawn
1 min
Moderate valuations offer support to NMDC despite headwinds
India's largest iron ore producer NMDC reported revenue growth of 21 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), up 33 per cent quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q), to â¹6,600 crore in the third quarter of the financial year 2025 (Q3FY25).
2 mins
Markets down for 6th day
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the sixth consecutive session on Wednesday as global trade war concerns continued to weigh on sentiments.
1 min
Equity MFs Draw Over â¹39,600 Cr in January
Despite sharp market selloff, SIP inflows hold firm above â¹26K cr
3 mins
81% of Nifty 500 stocks fall below 200-DMA, signal bearish trend
A falling market in the last few weeks has taken 404 of the 500 stocks (81 per cent) that comprise the Nifty 500 index below their respective 200-day moving average (DMA).
2 mins
AFA alert for fraud transaction? Block, report, replace card
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the implementation of Additional Factor Authentication (AFA) for cross-border \"Card Not Present\" (CNP) transactions.
2 mins
Sebi proposes relaxation in advance fee norms
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering easing regulations in the collection of advance fees from clients, in response to concerns raised by research analysts.
1 min
MSCI Axes More Chinese Stocks From Indices Despite Rebound
China's weighting in global indices has fallen over the years
1 min
Engineers India looks to raise nuclear energy play
State-owned Engineers India Limited (EIL) is in talks with global players to raise its nuclear energy play, both in the conventional nuclear space as well as for small modular reactors (SMR), Chairperson and Managing Director (MD) Vartika Shukla (pictured) said.
1 min
PM Meets Pichai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris where they discussed the \"incredible opportunities\" AI would bring to India.
1 min
Natural gas consumption in India to grow 60% by '30: IEA
Driven by higher consumption in the city gas distribution (CGD) sector, natural gas consumption in India is projected to grow by nearly 60 per cent to 103 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually while gas imports will double by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday.
1 min
Deal aligns with net-zero targets of ONGC and NTPC
ONGC-NTPC Green Energy Ltd (ONGPL), a 50:50 joint venture between ONGC Green Limited (OGL) and NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), completed the transaction.
1 min
71 Sections on TDS and TCS Provisions Merge into 11 in New I-T Bill
\"As of now, there are 71 sections covering various TDS and TCS provisions. In the new Bill, these have been merged into just 11 sections, from Section 392 to 402.
1 min
Modi, Macron for Enhancing Investment Ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for enhancing trade and investment ties between the two countries and committed to further deepening their engagement in the Indo-Pacific and various global forums and initiatives.
1 min
Strategic pacts reshape energy turf
Deals and business agreements across supply chain announced
2 mins
MP to amend policies, ease delivery of public services to attract investments
The Madhya Pradesh (MP) government plans to amend as many as 30 policies and notify all public services - except those requiring central government approval - under the Public Service Guarantee Act for time-bound delivery ahead of the mega Global Investors Summit 2025 later this month.
1 min
Montek Ahluwalia bats for smaller states to drive economic growth
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, economist and former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India, has pitched for creation of new cities by carving out new states to drive urbanisation and fuel economic growth.
1 min
SC on freebies: Are we not creating a class of parasites?
Court says people were unwilling to work due to such political benefits
2 mins
Rajnath Urges Pvt Sector to Lead Defence Manufacturing
The time has come for the private industry to take a lead in India's defence manufacturing sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the Union Budget allocated â¹27,886 crore for acquiring weapons and systems from domestic private players.
1 min
Fear of tighter US visa norms keeps temples, consultancies busy
While Trump's first term saw record high H-1B denial rates, some argue that things are different this time
4 mins
â¹1.8 cr GST notice to Dr Reddy's
Pharmaceutical firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) on Wednesday said that it has received an order seeking demand including interest and levying penalty to the tune of over â¹1.8 crore from the Joint Commissioner of Central Tax, Hyderabad Commissionerate.
1 min
Digital Channels Drive 62% Of Student Enrollments In India: Report
In a transformation in the education landscape, 62 per cent of student enrolments are now driven by digital channels, with platforms like Google leading paid enrolments at 10.13 per cent.
1 min
Mumbai reports 1st GBS death
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has confirmed the first death of a 53-year-old man due to Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in Mumbai.
1 min
MSME pharma units get 1-yr breather to adopt Schedule M standards
The government has given one-year breather to small-and-medium sized pharma units with annual turnover of less than â¹250 crore to comply with the revised Schedule M standards which seek to set quality standards and good manufacturing practices.
1 min
Chemists body seeks meeting with NPPA on price display issue
The chemists' lobby, representing almost 1.2 million pharmacists in the country, has sought a meeting with National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) over the issue of displaying the drug price list at chemist shops, terming it as \"mammoth task\" to compile the prices of hundreds and thousands of brands.
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