RBI likely to go for 25 bps rate cut on April 4

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking to cut key lending rates by another 25 basis points on Thursday to boost economic activities amid fears of global slowdown... Read more »

Coca Cola to package ethnic drinks to counter dropping fizzy drink sales

Recognising the gradually changing consumer preference for healthier beverages over fizzy drinks, Coca Cola has been moving into the nutrition space for a while now. After launching several products... Read more »

Rahul Gandhi vows to remove angel tax for start-ups if Congress comes to power

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said new ventures will not require any regulatory permissions for three years and will get easy access to bank credit if his party... Read more »

Essar Steel: Operational creditors to get an additional Rs 1,000cr

Operational creditors that were to receive Rs 214 crore from the Essar Steel debt resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal, could net an additional Rs 1,000 crore, reports Business Standard. Operational creditors... Read more »

Vijay Mallya appeals in wake of Nirav Modi’s UK court hearing

It has been a busy week of Indian extradition-related activity in the UK courts as liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s High Court appeal moves forward for a judge’s verdict on... Read more »

Five PSU lenders receive capital infusion of Rs 21,428 crore from government

Five state-owned banks, including PNB, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank, Thursday received shareholders’ approval for capital infusion of  Rs 21,428 crore in lieu of preferential allotment of shares... Read more »

Infosys to acquire 75% stake in ABN AMRO Bank subsidiary for 127.5 mn euros

India’s second largest IT services firm Infosys on Thursday said it will acquire 75 percent stake in ABN AMRO Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Stater, for 127.5 million euros (about Rs 989 crore).... Read more »

Bank of Baroda share price up 6% after govt decides to infuse Rs 5,042 cr into lender

The government will now infuse Rs 5,042 crore into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with... Read more »

Raghuram Rajan critical of Modi’s minimum government,maximum governance promise

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday questioned the ‘minimum government and maximum governance’ promise of the Narendra Modi regime, saying the state has gained more power... Read more »

Essar Steel lenders discuss distribution of Rs 42,000 crore, NCLAT to wait for the outcome

The lenders of Essar Steel on Wednesday said that the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and meeting of the Committee of Creditors of the debt-ridden firm is going... Read more »