Firms/companies
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent
04 Oct 2017
RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee said while there are concerns with GDP growth sliding down to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, a large part of the slowdown is expected to be transitory
SBI reduces interest on fixed deposits
04 Oct 2017
Godrej Agrovet's Rs1,157-cr IPO opens for public
04 Oct 2017
Airtel Tigo merger gets NCA approval in Ghana
03 Oct 2017
Google ends ‘first-click free’ policy to help publishers seeking paywall
03 Oct 2017
The moves come amid mounting criticism that online platforms are siphoning off the majority of revenues as more readers turn to digital platforms for news
Ola ties up $2 bn funding from SoftBank, Tencent, others
03 Oct 2017
Ola, the largest ride-hailing company in India, today secured $2 billion in new funding from a group of investors including SoftBank Group Corp and China's Tencent Holding
Tata Motors to roll out EV variant of Tigor from Sanand plant
03 Oct 2017
Tata motors will supply 10,000 electric cars to the government within nine months of receiving a letter of intent
RCom calls off merger with Aircel as plan hits 'regulatory' wall
03 Oct 2017
The merger was expected to bring down RCom’s total debt to around Rs20,000 crore and that of Aircel to around Rs4,000 crore
First US oil shipment arrives at Paradip; comes cheaper than Dubai oil
03 Oct 2017
The first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels bought by Indian Oil Corporation from the US Gulf Coast refiners has arrived at Paradip Port in Odisha priced $2 per barrel cheaper than the Dubai crude that India often buys
Dieselgate: VW to take another $3 bn hit; ex-official held
30 Sep 2017
Volkswagen said it is taking an extra $3 billion charge – lifting the total bill for its emissions-test cheating scandal to around $30 billion – even as Munich prosecutors arrested Wolfgang Hatz, a former board member at Porsche
Tata Motors wins govt tender for supply of 10,000 electric vehicles
30 Sep 2017
The electric vehicles will be procured in two phases with the first 500 electric cars being on road by November 2017 and the remaining 9,500 units being delivered later
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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