Morning Business News Round Up_June 28, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • WTO panel rules in India’s favour in case against US
  • Government sets up working group to revise WPI
  • Govt to go ahead with disinvestment of Air India
  • Despite NBFC crisis, NPAs fall to 9.3% in FY19: RBI
  • Indian banks have been under-reporting frauds: RBI
  • Govt, RBI must work more closely to boost growth: Guv
  • Govt may tighten disclosure norms for CSR spending
  • SEBI tightens rules for pledged shares, MFs to shield minority shareholders
  • Pressure on fiscal front, economy has hit a soft patch, says RBI
  • NTPC-Power Grid JV likely to be distribution sector operator
  • Axis Bank considers $1.3 billion share sale to expand lending capacity
  • Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta sees foreign hand in Sterlite Copper closure
  • Modi govt mulls big legislative changes in Essential Commodities Act
  • Trump asks India to withdraw tariff hike; calls it unacceptable
  • India gets 24% below-average rainfall this week: IMD
  • DLF promoters infuse balance₹2,250 crore upon exercise of warrants
  • L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering bags twin orders from ONGC
  • Cement firms’ profit to look up despite weak demand in Q1
  • Tata plans UK’s first industrial-scale carbon capture plant
  • BSNL says ‘not received’ DoT direction to put capex plan on hold
  • Finance ministry wants EPFO to lower provident fund (PF) interest rates: Report
  • Jaguar Land Rover is exploring new high-yield bond sale
  • Cement demand to witness single-digit growth in FY20: Report
  • Cox & Kings defaults on payments of ₹150 crore
  • India-Japan ties to become stronger in ‘New India’: PM Modi tells diaspora
  • Indians’ money in Swiss banks falls, hits second-lowest level in two decades

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  • NMDC invokes termination clause against BHEL for delay in Rs 1,395 crore contract
  • PNB fraud case: Swiss authorities freeze four bank accounts of Nirav Modi, sister
  • Rupee settles 8 paise higher at 69.07 against US dollar
  • By March 2020, banks’ gross NPAs to reduce to 8 per cent
  • FSSAI calls for visible labelling of packaged foods
  • Adani Ports plans to raise USD 750 million
  • Bharat Biotech to manufacture Cholera vaccine

Morning Business News Round Up_June 27, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • RBI issues norms for interest rate derivatives
  • Data related to payments to be stored only in India: RBI
  • HSBC issues notice to IL&FS arm seeking its dues
  • US-China trade war will shave off global output: Fitch
  • DHFL to soon complete full stake sale in 2 subsidiaries

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  • UCO Bank targets Rs 8,000 crore recovery in FY20
  • Proposals to revive BSNL, MTNL being prepared: Prasad
  • American investments worth trillions waiting for India, says Pompeo
  • India won’t compromise national interest in trade talks with US: Goyal
  • Govt can raise Rs 95,000 cr from infra bonds to boost growth: BofA
  • ED seizes Rs 9,778-crore assets of Sterling Biotech, promoters in PMLA case
  • Valuation gains from non-cigarette businesses likely for ITC’s investors
  • NTPC-PGCIL joint venture to focus on improving efficiency of distribution utilities
  • Electrosteel to invest ₹5,000 cr to double production capacity
  • Adani Power to acquire GMR Chhattisgarh Energy
  • ‘Reliance Infra to deliver Rs 7,000-cr Versova-Bandra Sea Link project in 60 months’
  • GST audit for small assessees to be desk-based
  • PPF and other small savings schemes set for interest rate cut
  • SC stays payment of ₹380 crore by IL&FS subsidiary
  • CBDT expands areas to be covered by committee writing the new Direct Tax Code
  • JM Financial, Suraksha ARC acquire ₹2,000 crore Unitech loans
  • Icra cuts long-term debt rating of Piramal Capital, Edelweiss firms by a notch
  • FDI in telecom sector down 43 per cent to USD 2.6 billion in 2018-19, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • Government, RBI closely monitoring rupee exchange rate, says Nirmala Sitharaman
  • US aims to restart China trade talks, will not accept conditions on tariff use
  • Oil ministry seeks Rs 33,000 crore more for subsidy payout
  • Rupee settles 21 paise higher at 69.15 to US dollar
  • No shortage of iron ore in country: Mines Minister
  • Britannia Industries denies speculation over resignation of its MD Varun Berry
  • Inflation pinches much less for expats than average Indian
  • Rising exposure of MFI loans per lender worries industry

Morning Business News Round Up_June 26, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • DHFL defaults again on commercial papers repayment
  • Borrowing cost of NBFCs rises despite RBI rate cuts
  • Improved infra may boost exports to $1tn in 3 yrs’
  • Rupee circulation rises 22% over pre-note ban level
  • DoT asks BSNL to put all capex on hold, stop tenders
  • Centre plans new RERA online platform for all states
  • AbbVie to buy Botox-maker Allergan in $63b deal
  • Bank NPAs likely to drop to 8% by March 2020, says CRISIL report
  • Govt likely to release draft national retail policy in 10 days: CAIT

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  • Govt plans common platform for RERA of all states, UTs; move to help buyers
  • Govt plans to appoint another joint secretary-rank bureaucrat to Sebi board
  • India’s rural mobile phone base slips further, shows Trai report
  • Reliance Industries raises $1.85 billion
  • PM pitches for corporate investment in agriculture
  • India needs to scale up airport infra: Virgin Atlantic
  • Lupin gets employees to take ‘ownership’ of quality at its manufacturing plants
  • Piramal Enterprises, TPG eyeing exit, says Shriram Capital
  • Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for influenza infection capsules
  • Red Corner Notice issued against 25 economic offenders, says Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Govt warns foreign e-commerce firms over steep discounts: Report
  • IndiaMART IPO fully subscribed on 2nd day of bidding
  • Godrej Properties launches QIP to raise ₹2,100 crore
  • India plans to set up 500GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030
  • India is cheapest solar energy producer; beats China, UK, US among others
  • Govt likely to use Rs 3 lakh crore RBI windfall to pay regular bills
  • Housing finance companies asked to raise capital adequacy to 15 %
  • L&T acquires controlling stake in Mindtree, reveals report
  • Govt, RBI closely monitoring rupee exchange rate: Sitharaman
  • Rupee pares gains, settles flat at 69.36 a US dollar
  • Export-led growth very critical for good jobs in India: Arvind Panagariya
  • Sensex gains 312 points; energy, auto, banking stocks rally

Morning Business News Round Up_June 25, 2019

Morning Business News :

  • Illicit money outflows average 10% of GDP: Parl panel
  • RBI launches new online banking complaints system
  • I-T Dept issues 380 notices on undisclosed assets
  • Evaluating selling 20% stake in Shriram: Piramal
  • Mobile subscriber base rises a tad in April: Trai
  • Gem and jewellery industry seeks lower duty on gold
  • RBI delays surplus transfer after finance secretary’s objection: Report
  • Sebi diktat to book expenses helps MFs pare distribution-related costs
  • Centre resolves 615 infrastructure projects worth Rs 22.35 trillion
  • Wilful defaulters in nationalised banks up by 60% in five years: Govt
  • Viral Acharya unable to continue as deputy governor beyond July 23: RBI
  • Sebi to tighten rules for pledged shares by promoter group entities

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  • Black money stashed outside India is estimated at USD 216-490 bn
  • Indian telcos need to invest ₹1 lakh crore in fibre networks : Crisil
  • I-T dept issued Rs 64,700-crore refund between April 1-June 18, 2019:
  • Chinese banana imports surge to a record high in May
  • Future Enterprises plans to raise up to Rs 900 cr via NCDs
  • Jet Airways creditors have time till July 4 to submit claims
  • TCS hikes stake to 66% in Japanese JV with $32.6 million investment
  • Promoters sell 10% stake in Emami for₹1,230 crore, shares down over 7%
  • Filling Iran oil gap in India: US supplies outshine Middle East crude
  • India, US nearing industrial security pact for defence tech transfers
  • Sebi to allow IPOs by tech companies with superior voting right shares
  • India’s May oil imports down 11% from April
  • Oil prices rise as Middle East tensions simmer
  • Hero, Bajaj, TVS say e-mobility transition could undermine Make in India
  • JM Financial Fund II buys stake in co-living operator Isthara Parks
  • Govt should hike public sector spending; incentivise private cos for new projs: Icra
  • Rupee does U-turn, rises 23 paise to 69.35 against US dollar
  • RBI panel defers reserves report for fourth time
  • Home buyers body want Rs 10,000 cr ‘stress fund’ to complete stalled projects

Morning Business News Round Up_June 21, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • NCLT admits Jet Airways into bankruptcy process
  • DBS revises India GDP forecast for FY20 down to 6.8 pc
  • New industrial policy to be announced soon: Prez
  • MPC members voted for cut but flagged risks to inflation
  • Adding 78,000 petrol pumps is uneconomical: Crisil
  • China asks India to take an independent call on Huawei
  • 30 new judges appointed in NCLT courts across India
  • Moody’s downgrades Tata Motors with negative outlook on JLR worries
  • EPFO halts investment in private sector bonds due to NBFC crisis
  • Worst growth for India’s corporate bonds in over 10 years fuels concern

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  • Mining’s share of India’s GDP fell to 1.53% in FY18 from 1.93% in FY13
  • Govt identifies 5,106 risky exporters who fraudulently claimed GST refunds
  • FSSAI plans to expand notified entry points for food imports
  • Recovery of bad debt from steel companies to dip
  • GAIL hires LNG carrier from Mitsui
  • Jaypee Infratech resolution plan: Creditors await NCLAT hearing
  • Cairn Oil & Gas shortlists Lloyd’s Register for developing OALP-1 blocks
  • NHPC ties up 2,500-MW thermal power
  • Govt to push campaign against black money at faster pace: President Kovind
  • Credit, deposit growth loses momentum: RBI data
  • L&T to get three board positions at Mindtree
  • Oil jumps 3% to $63 as Iran shoots down US drone in Gulf
  • Retail, FMCG to add 2.76 lakh new jobs in April-September FY20
  • Sebi panel proposes cut in liquid funds’ exposure to NBFCs, HFCs
  • Bajaj Holdings buys majority stake in MSL as Maharashtra government exits joint venture
  • Nearly one-fourth of India Inc posted losses in FY19
  • Government starts crackdown on dummy firms
  • Intertrust acquires tech solutions provider Viteos for $330 million
  • Centre, states need to pursue labour law reforms: SBI report
  • Forex trading platform for retail participants ready for rollout on Aug 5
  • Sensex soars 489 points as dovish Fed lifts global markets
  • Gold crosses Rs 34,000-mark, at 5-year high in global market

Morning Business News Round Up_June 20, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • US Fed leaves key rate unchanged, hints at future cuts
  • Two former directors of IL&FS arrested by ED: Reports
  • HDFC buys 51% in Apollo Munich for Rs 1,347 cr
  • Govt plans to exempt EVs from registration fee
  • PNB’s recovery of bad loans doubled in FY19
  • Trump may use H-1B cap to target India’s data rules
  • RBI slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on South Indian Bank
  • OVL, partners to invest $20 bn in Mozambique to monetise gas reserves
  • Jalan panel report on RBI’s capital size to be finalised by June-end: Das
  • NBFCs face $15.8 bn of maturing debt amid cash crunch, credibility crisis

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  • Aviation to telecom: New accounting norms may alter debt math of companies
  • FinMin to rework proposal for Air India sale after considering oil price
  • NDTV case: Delhi ITAT upholds long-term capital gains tax on Roys
  • PSU drugmaker Hindustan Antibiotics hopes to regain health post ₹250-crore VRS
  • Renault India to phase out diesels cars from next year
  • L&T bags water supply project contract in Sri Lanka
  • BHEL commissions Chhukha hydro project in Bhutan
  • Rajesh Exports bags ₹ 942-cr order from Germany
  • SAT fines Sebi for 2017 order, calls its approach ‘casual’
  • Nirmala Sitharaman discusses liquidity, financial stability with regulators
  • Settlement mechanism: Sebi sets grounds for confidentiality to applicants
  • India will not allow multi-brand retail by foreign firms, predatory pricing
  • IndusInd Bank fixes 4 July as date for merger with Bharat Financial Inclusion
  • ArcelorMittal confirms Italian arm raises concern with govt for legal safeguard
  • Huawei’s troubles open big opportunity for Nokia, Ericsson
  • Tax body seeks extension of GST return filing by four months
  • UK Sinha panel on MSMEs submit report to RBI
  • US-China economic relationship ‘unbalanced’: USTR
  • FM reviews state of economy at FSDC meet
  • EAC-PM rejects Subramanian’s claim on over-estimation of GDP
  • Rupee up 2 paise to 69.68 vs USD ahead of Fed policy decision
  • Amazon opens Telangana’s largest delivery centre in Hyderabad

Morning Business News Round Up_June 18, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • Claims against RCom swell to Rs 57,382 crore
  • Ecommerce cos bat for safety of consumer data
  • India says UAE assures supply of oil despite attacks
  • Circular economy can generate 1.4 crore jobs: Kant
  • Only BS-6 vehicles to be available from next year
  • Govt should encourage land leasing, pooling: Report
  • New rules to prosecute tax defaulters kick in
  • Indian copper smelters feel the pinch as China laps up key ingredient
  • Fitch cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.6% for 2019-20 fiscal
  • Govt considers selling stake in weak banks, raise funds for rural housing
  • HDFC MF takes Rs 500 crore of Essel group exposures on its books

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  • Steel imports from South Korea and Japan fill up the Chinese gap
  • Hindustan Zinc to launch floating solar plant soon
  • Hindustan Platinum acquires ABB plant in Puerto Rico
  • ‘Reliance Infrastructure looking to pare debts to zero by 2020’
  • UAE assures India of oil, LPG supplies
  • Wipro Lighting to introduce LiFi-enabled products in 2 months
  • Lenders to take Jet Airways to NCLT
  • Budget airline IndiGo orders 280 Jet Engines in $20 billion deal
  • Financial markets may be underpricing major risks in Fed, G-20 events
  • Investor wealth erodes by over ₹2 trillion as stocks plummet
  • Reliance Capital sells 10.75% stake in RNAM for ₹1,450 cr
  • Pfizer acquires Array Biopharma, valued at $11.4 billion
  • Telecom panel approves Rs 3,050 crore penalty on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea
  • BPCL’s investment plan for Mozambique gas field gets government’s approval
  • India’s commercial realty raked in $2.6 billion cross border investments in Q1 OF 2019
  • Summer crop sowing lags on slow monsoon progress; IMD says rainfall to pick up next week
  • Rupee logs 3rd straight loss; Indo-US trade tiff weighs
  • Investor wealth erodes by over Rs 2 lakh cr as stocks plummet
  • Huawei says US ban could wipe $30 billion off revenue
  • Piramal Enterprises sells stake in Shriram Transport

 

Morning Business News Round Up_June 17, 2019

Morning Business News :

  • BHEL bags 200 MW solar energy orders worth Rs 800 cr
  • NBFC crisis to pull down home loan growth: Report
  • Trai to determine the unique mobile subscribers base
  • UCO Bank declares Yashovardhan Birla wilful defaulter
  • FinMin assessing capital needs of PSU banks
  • Lakshmi Mittal’s South African subsidiary facing charges
  • Sebi likely to rejig mutual fund categorisation norms to curb credit risk

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  • Cross-border insolvency: Cabinet likely to take up new provisions soon
  • RBI joins peers to buy gold insurance as US-China trade war escalates
  • Hindustan Copper plans to increase ore production five times by 2025
  • Lupin recalls more than 18,000 bottles of antibiotic drug in US market
  • India draws up plan to gain from US-China trade war
  • India imposes higher customs duty on 28 US products
  • Suspect DeMo cash deposits again come under scanner
  • GST Council may give 1-year extension to anti-profiteering authority
  • Vedanta lost $200 m on Sterlite plant shutdown: Anil Agarwal
  • Noose tightens on Swiss account holders; Details of at least 50 Indians shared
  • India has wage problem, not job problem: Mohandas Pai
  • Niti asked to follow due process for suggesting CPSE assets for monetisation
  • Agrochemicals exporters widen their valuation gap vis-à-vis domestic plays
  • ONGC to auction over 60 fields to private operators
  • Rainfall deficiency hits 43 per cent; monsoon progress likely in the next 2-3 days: IMD
  • FPIs remain net buyers in June, invest Rs 11,132 crore
  • India can boost exports of 300 products to US, China amid trade war, says report
  • Jaypee Infratech lenders moot fresh plan to complete housing projects
  • CREDAI seeks bank funding for developers to buy land for affordable housing projects
  • Round-tripping still rampant in gold exports
  • Steel industry seeks safeguard duty to counter rise in imports
  • Start-ups entering listed space via reverse merger

Morning Business News Round Up_June 14, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • SEBI, MCA probing PWC’s resignation as auditor of RCap, Reliance Home Fin
  • RIL, HDFC among Indian cos on Forbes Global 2000 list
  • India Inc revenue growth hits six-quarter low in Q4
  • RBI to pump in Rs 12,500 crore liquidity on June 20
  • Auditors weigh quitting cos with dodgy a/c policies
  • Infra sector seeks more capital and tax rebates
  • NCLT adjourns hearing on Jet Airways to June 20
  • Govt may roll over Rs 62,000 cr in fuel, fertiliser subsidies to FY21
  • Telecom panel tells Trai to review recommendations on 5G spectrum sale
  • Walmart is expected to pump in $1.2 billion to fund Flipkart’s operations
  • Agri input companies post single-digit growth in Q4 on weak Rabi season
  • Adani Australia receives final clearance for Carmichael coal mine

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  • Bharat Dynamics bags Rs 1,188 cr contract from Indian Navy
  • NMDC resumes mining at Chhattisgarh
  • ‘New RBI circular a breather to power sector, but fails to address core issues’
  • Debt default bogey forces SEBI to tighten screws on rating firms
  • Jain Irrigation says not defaulted on debt obligation
  • India-Taiwan JV 22KYMCO to export electric scooters from India
  • Real estate index gains the most as sales volume picks up pace
  • N Chandrasekaran hints at more collaboration among Tata group firms
  • NHAI invites bids for TOT projects worth₹4,995 crore
  • Debit cards continue digital payment dominance
  • India cannot stay immune to global impact of the trade war: HSBC’s Quinn
  • Piramal-Bain likely to lower maiden India fund target to $750 mn
  • Spectrum Auction: DoT asks TRAI to lower reserve price
  • Gulf Tensions: Oil prices soar after fresh tanker attacks
  • Govt reduces ESI contribution rate to 4 per cent, industry to save Rs 5000 crore annually
  • Niti Aayog’s Governing Council to meet on June 15
  • UN panel lauds India’s digital initiatives for economic inclusion
  • USFDA points out data integrity lapses at Aurobindo Pharma unit
  • Govt finds 22 violations by Deloitte and BSR, sees ‘organised crime’
  • Ficci for increasing FDI cap in insurance to 74 per cent
  • Grant Thornton, affiliates not to take up non-attest work from listed audit clients
  • Rupee skids 16 paise to 69.50 vs USD as oil prices shoot up
  • India gets USD 42 billion FDI inflows in 2018: UN report

Morning Business News Round Up_June 13, 2019

Morning Business News:

  • April IIP rises to 6-month high at 3.4%
  • Retail inflation spikes to 7-month high of 3.05% in May
  • Subramanian’s growth estimates omit productivity: CII
  • ATC opposes consolidation of books of Videocon group
  • Tata Motors global sales dip 23% in May
  • M&As plunge 54 percent in May to $2.8 billion
  • DoT may debar BSNL from LWE-II connectivity program
  • FDI flows to India grew 6% in 2018: UN report
  • Jalan panel defers report on RBI surplus funds after lack of consensus
  • Rs 2-trillion bank frauds in 11 years: ICICI Bank, SBI report maximum cases

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  • Sebi moves SC against NCLT order on IBC overriding regulators’ laws
  • Japan to invest Rs 13,000 cr in northeast in infrastructure projects
  • UP govt launches fight against shell firms, 317 companies face action
  • Indiabulls approaches SC, seeks early hearing in petition against it
  • PWC resigns as statutory auditor of Reliance Capital, Reliance Home Finance
  • Madras HC allows more parties to join Sterlite case
  • Sintex Industries defaults on ₹89-crore payment
  • Tata Power Solarrolls out residential rooftop campaign
  • Alembic Pharma to raise up to Rs 300 cr via NCDs
  • Due to Jio, India is home to world’s 2nd largest internet user base: Report
  • Sugar production in India seen sinking to 3-year low on dry weather
  • PFC raises $1 billion through international bonds
  • KKR to buy publisher Axel Springer for $7.7 billion
  • Ford recalls 1.2 million Explorer SUVs for suspension issue
  • Food service industry to touch Rs 5.99 lakh cr mark by FY23
  • Walmart earmarks $1.2 billion to fund Flipkart’s operations
  • Govt to take steps to contain imports of defective or sub-standard steel
  • China inflation hits highest level in 15 months
  • UK High Court notes broad consistency in India’s evidence against Nirav Modi
  • Rupee firms up by 10 paise to 69.34 against US dollar
  • IDBI Bank cuts MCLR by 5-10 bps across various tenors
  • Ex-CEO of IL&FS arm helped Fitch official buy villa, says probe report