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Mumbai: Faster economic rebound, as shown by healthy macro-data, along with estimates of a possible less severe third Covid wave, lifted India's equity indices to record high levels, with the Nifty50 breaching the 16,000-mark. Besides, healthy macro-economic data as well as better-than-expected quarterly results boosted investor sentiments. The S&P BSE Sensex hit an intra-day record level...
New Delhi: Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra said that he has settled 91.2 per cent of the debt to 43 lenders. In an open letter, he said that the remaining dues are in the process of being paid. In his first open letter issued on January 25, 2019, Chandra had apologised for the hardships faced by...
Mumbai: Kumar Mangalam Birla has stepped down as the Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Vodafone Idea Ltd. In a regulatory filing, the company said that the company has accepted the request of Birla to step down. "The Board of Directors of Vodafone Idea Limited, at its meeting held today, have accepted the...
Washington: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) board of governors has approved a new general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) equivalent to $650 billion, the largest ever in the organisation's history, in an effort to boost global liquidity amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "This is a historic decision, the largest SDR allocation in the history of...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has cleared the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Bill 2021 under which depositors of banks under moratorium will be able to access money within 90 days, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said briefing the cabinet decision. All commercial banks and even branches of foreign banks operating in India will come...
New Delhi: The government may consider lowering import duty along with offering other sops to Tesla, but for that, the electric vehicle major would have to invest in setting up a manufacturing facility in the country. Tesla had urged the Center earlier to reduce import duty in electric vehicles. It wants to bring its latest...
United Nations: The Delta variant-spurred Covid-19 second wave has shaved off 3 per cent from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) previous projection for India's economic growth for fiscal year 2021-22, pegging it now at 9.5 per cent, but the country still remains the world's fastest-growing large economy. The IMF's World Economic Outlook Update (WEOU) made...
New York: Johnson & Johnson is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from widespread Baby Powder litigation into a newly created business that would then seek bankruptcy protection, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. During settlement discussions, one of the healthcare conglomerate’s attorneys has told plaintiffs’ lawyers that J&J could pursue the bankruptcy...
