Weak exports, rural distress, uncertainty over election outcome to lower IIP says Report

India’s industrial production is expected to stay muted in the near term, on account of weak exports, rural distress, credit constraints and uncertainty over the election outcome, a report said Monday. According... Read more »

Naresh Goyal and wife steps down from the board of Jet Airways

Twenty-five years after founding private airline Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal have stepped down from the board of the company. Naresh Goyal will also cease to be the... Read more »

Tight liquidity creates slowdown in credit growth, asset quality, says ICRA

Housing finance companies (HFCs) have been facing tight liquidity conditions since September 2018 and this has pushed them to lower their disbursements and meet a sizable portion of their fund requirement through... Read more »

Reliance Communications Enterprises pledges 12.50 cr of their shares with IndusInd Bank

Debt-ridden Reliance Communications Enterprises has pledged 4.52 per cent of its holding in Reliance Communications (RCom) amounting to 12.50 crore shares with private sector lender IndusInd Bank, as per a PTI report.... Read more »

FPIs infused Rs 38,211 crore in domestic capital markets.

Foreign investors have poured in a net amount of Rs 38,211 crore in the domestic capital markets in March so far, mainly on account of improved global liquidity. In February, foreign portfolio... Read more »

Olx India to focus on business expansion and monetisation after 10-fold growth.

Online pre-owned good seller Olx, which is backed by over USD 20-billion Naspers group, will start focusing on monetising its India business after clocking a 10-fold growth, a top company official stated.... Read more »

Walmart infuses Rs 763 crore in Flipkart-owned PhonePe to counter Amazon, Google

Bengaluru-based digital wallet PhonePe had made waves in October 2017 when its parent Flipkart had announced a $500 million funding commitment to scale up its operations. Incidentally, PhonePe is ranked among the... Read more »

Fitch cuts India’s GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8%

Global rating agency Fitch has cut its India’s economic growth forecast to 6.8 per cent for 2019-20 from the earlier estimate of 7 per cent due to weak momentum in manufacturing and agriculture. However, it said India economic... Read more »

Bajaj Auto in talks to offload KTM AG’s 48 pc stake to its parent company

Bajaj Auto International Holdings BV is in talks to offload its 48 per cent stake in Austria-based KTM AG to its parent company KTM Industries AG, which is Europe’s biggest sport motorcycles producer.  Bajaj Auto informed Indian stock exchanges... Read more »
OnMobile Global Limited acquires Appland AB

Telecom subscriber base crosses 120 cr mark, Jio, BSNL, Airtel add customers

The country’s telecom subscriber base for the third time has crossed the 120-crore mark with Reliance Jio, BSNL and Airtel adding new customers in January, according to a report released by telecom regulator Trai.... Read more »