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India’s Manufacturing PMI Falls to 57.8 in June – Top Indian Market Updates

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India’s manufacturing PMI slips to 57.8 in June

India’s manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) for June stood at 57.8, compared to 58.87 in May. The PMI of 57.8 is higher than 50 indicating an expansion in activities. Anything below 50 indicates contraction. India’s May manufacturing sector activity was at a 31-month high.

PMI is a month-on-month calculation, and a value above 50 represents an expansion compared to the previous month.

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Adani Ports registers record cargo volume of over 100 MMT in June quarter

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has reported an 11.5% YoY increase in cargo volume handled at 101.4 million metric tonnes (MMT) in the quarter ending June 2023. This is the highest-ever quarterly cargo volume handled by the company. The company witnessed growth across most ports and all three broad cargo segments. The container segment grew 19% YoY, while liquids and gas and dry bulk segments grew 8% and 7% YoY respectively.

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Edelweiss Financial Services to raise Rs 300 crore from NCDs 

Edelweiss Financial Services has announced the public issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The NCDs have a face value of ₹1,000 each, amounting to ₹150 crores (base issue size). The issue also has the option to retain over-subscription up to ₹150 crores aggregating to ₹300 crores. Effective annual yield for NCDs ranges from 8.94% to 10.46%.

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USFDA closes inspection at Zydus’ Ahmedabad unit with VAI recommendation

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd’s Ahmedabad unit received an ‘Establishment Inspection Report’ (EIR) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The inspection has been closed with a ‘voluntary action indicated’ (VAI) recommendation in the EIR. A VAI is generally issued when a plant receives observations and responds to them, and the regulator believes the response by the company is satisfactory.

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Kansai Nerolac sells Thane land parcel for Rs 671 crore to Hiranandani Group

Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd sold its land parcel in Thane to the Hiranandani Group. The sale was for a total consideration of ₹671 crore. The company entered into a deed of conveyance last Friday for the sale of a total area of 97,090 square metres together with the transfer of rights in land admeasuring 6,300 square metres.

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SpiceJet repays Rs 100 crore to City Union Bank, releasing all securities pledged

SpiceJet completed the ₹100 crore settlement payment to City Union Bank a little over a decade after it took the loan. The airline said it paid the last Rs 25 crore tranche on June 30, 2023, thereby shutting the loan account opened in 2012. With this, all the securities of the airline that had been pledged with the bank now get released. 

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Lupin gets USFDA nod for cyanocobalamin nasal spray

Lupin Ltd has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for cyanocobalamin nasal spray. The cyanocobalamin nasal spray is a generic equivalent of Nascobal nasal spray. According to IQVIA MAT, Cyanocobalamin nasal spray (RLD Nascobal) had estimated annual sales of $69 million in the US.

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IIFL Finance raises $175 million from HSBC, Union Bank & Bank of Baroda

IIFL Finance raised $175 million through the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route in June 2023. The NBFC has raised $75 million from HSBC, $50 million from Union Bank (Sydney), and $50 million from Bank of Baroda. The company raised funds at SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) plus 200 basis points. With this, the company’s total borrowing since March 2023 aggregates to $275 million.

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Zee and IndusInd Bank announce a settlement of all dues

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has closed the insolvency proceedings against Zeel after payment to creditors. NCLAT recorded that all payments were made to IndusInd Bank by June 30 as per the agreed-upon terms. As per IndusInd Bank’s plea, Zee paid nearly ₹84 crores in the case related to Siti Networks.

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Bank of Maharashtra clocks 25% loan growth

Bank of Maharashtra has posted a credit growth of 24.93% at ₹1.75 lakh crore in the June quarter. The outstanding credit was ₹1.40 lakh crore at the end of June 30, 2022. The bank registered a 24.82% growth in the total business (total advances and total deposits) to ₹4.19 lakh crore at the end of June 2023 compared to ₹3.36 lakh crore in the June quarter of 2022.

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Tata Motors Launches India’s Cheapest Electric Car – Top Indian Market Updates

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Tata Motors launches Tiago EV at ₹8.49 lakhs

Tata Motors launched its new and cheapest electric vehicle car, the Tiago EV, at an introductory price of ₹8.49 lakh. The hatchback comes with two battery options. The 24kWh battery offers a range of 315 km on a full charge, while the 19.2kWh battery is expected to deliver a range of 250 km. The automaker will offer eight years or 1,60,000 kms warranty on battery and motor.

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Godrej Properties acquires seven-acre land in Bengaluru

Godrej Properties Ltd has acquired a 7-acre land parcel in Indiranagar extension in Bengaluru. The plot has a total development potential of around 6 lakh sq. ft. and an estimated booking value potential of ₹750 crore. The company is planning to develop the plot as a premium residential project comprising apartments of various configurations.

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L&T Construction to build new medical college in Assam

Larsen & Toubro Ltd’s construction arm has secured a significant contract (in the range of ₹1,000-2,500 crore) from the State Government of Assam. The company will construct a new medical college and hospital at Golaghat, Assam. The facility will include a 430-bed teaching hospital, academic block, private ward, hostel, and residential facilities. The total built-up area will be 9.44 lakh square feet.

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Vi to lose access to towers if it fails to clear dues: Indus Towers

Vodafone Idea (Vi) risks losing access to Indus Towers’ mobile towers from November 2022 if it fails to clear its dues. On Monday, Indus Towers held a board meeting to discuss the company’s mounting trade receivables. It reportedly issued a “strongly-worded” letter to Vi, directing the telecom company to pay 100% of monthly dues. Vodafone Idea’s total tower dues exceed ₹10,000 crore.

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Airtel Payments Bank to install 1.5 lakh micro ATMs in FY23

Airtel Payments Bank has started rolling out 1.5 lakh micro ATMs in a phased manner across Tier 2 cities and semi-urban regions to facilitate cash withdrawal for customers. The bank will gradually expand its service to cover more banking points in a phased manner. It is now integrated with the National Payments Corporation of India’s National Financial Switch (NFS) to facilitate micro ATM transactions.

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Ramco Cements commissions cement plant in AP

Ramco Cements Ltd has commissioned its fifth integrated cement plant at Kolumigundla, Andhra Pradesh, at a cost of ₹3,000 crore. The plant has a clinkerisation capacity of 2.25 million tonnes per annum. The plant is capable of manufacturing various types of cement as per the specifications of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The unit will provide jobs to over 1,000 people.

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Union Cabinet approves 3-month extension for PMGKAY

The Central government announced the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for another three months till December 2022. The PMGKAY was launched in March 2020 to provide free 5kg foodgrains per person per month to about 80 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The extension for three months will cost ₹44,700 crore, said Union Minister Anurag Thakur.

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Indian fertilizer companies sign MoU with Canada’s Canpotex

Coromandel International, Chambal Fertilizers, and Indian Potash Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Canada-based Canpotex. This MoU will help reduce supply & price volatility and ensure a stable long-term supply of potash fertilizer to India.  Canpotex will supply up to 15 lakh metric tonnes of potash annually for three years to these Indian three companies. 

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Edelweiss Financial Services to raise up to ₹400 crore

Edelweiss Financial Services (EFSL) has announced plans to raise up to ₹400 crore through a public issue of bonds next week. The base issue size is ₹200 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to ₹200 crore. EFSL will issue secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of the face value of ₹1,000 each. The issue opens on October 3 and closes on October 17.

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Krsnaa Diagnostics enters B2C segment

Krsnaa Diagnostics is set to enter the business-to-consumer (B2C) segment with a chain of 600 diagnostic centres across India. The company’s entry into the B2C space is likely to change the industry dynamics on pricing. It offers imaging and pathological tests at discounts of 45-60% and 40–80% to the market rates, respectively.

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India’s GDP Expands 8.4% in Q2 – Top Indian Market

India’s GDP expands by 8.4% in July-Sept quarter

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 8.4% in the July-September quarter of the current financial year (Q2 FY22). The GDP had contracted by 7.4% in the corresponding quarter last year. GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices is estimated at Rs 35.73 lakh crore in Q2 FY22, compared to Rs 32.97 lakh crores in Q2 FY21. The Indian economy strengthened in Q2 due to a pickup in the pace of vaccinations and the easing of localised restrictions.

Meanwhile, the output from India’s eight core sectors grew 7.5% in October 2021, compared to a 0.5% contraction in October 2020. Core sectors’ growth stood at 4.5% in September 2021. The core sectors include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers, steel, cement, and electricity.

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Yes Bank’s voting rights in Dish TV unfrozen by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (SC) unfroze a restriction imposed by the police on Yes Bank’s voting rights in Dish TV India Ltd. This move will allow the bank to vote in Dish TV’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). However, the AGM scheduled to take place on November 30 has now been postponed. The freeze on voting rights of shares held by Yes Bank was due to a notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh police on Nov 5, which directed the bank not to transfer or exercise any rights as a shareholder of Dish TV. 

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Infosys to transition Daimler’s HPC workloads to green data centre in Norway

Infosys will transfer Daimler’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads to Lefdal Mine Datacenter in Norway, one of Europe’s greenest data centres. The HPC workloads are used to design vehicles and automated driving technologies. The shift to Green Data Center as a Service is an important milestone in supporting Daimler to achieve its sustainability mission (Ambition 2039) to become carbon neutral by 2039.

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Edelweiss Financial Services to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore via NCDs

Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd (EFSL) will raise up to Rs 500 crore via the public issue of secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of face value Rs 1,000 each. The base size of the issue is Rs 200 crore, with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 300 crore. The issue is within the shelf limit of Rs 1,000 crore. The effective yield per annum of the NCDs ranges from 8.75% to 9.70%. 

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redBus partners with IRCTC to offer train ticketing service

Online bus ticketing platform redBus has partnered with IRCTC to offer rail ticketing services under “redRail”. As part of its introductory offer, redRail will not levy any service fee or payment gateway charges. All of the scheduled train services of IRCTC, which includes nearly 9 million daily seats, will now also be available on the redBus app for booking.

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Maruti Suzuki flags drop in December output due to chip shortage

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is expecting an adverse impact on vehicle production at its manufacturing units in Haryana and Gujarat in December due to the global semiconductor shortage. Total production could only be around 80-85% of the normal production. Supply chain disruptions and booming demand for consumer electronics have led to an acute shortage of semiconductors. 

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Dilip Buildcom emerges lowest bidder for rail project in Himachal Pradesh

Dilip Buildcon Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for a tender floated by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) in Himachal Pradesh. The work includes slope protection and allied works in connection with the new Bhanupali-Bilaspur-Beri railway line in Bilaspur district. The project cost is Rs 636.94 crore. Dilip Buildcon has to complete the project within 24 months.

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PTC Industries’ arm receives approval to make alloy castings for aerospace applications

Aerolloy Technologies, a subsidiary of PTC Industries Ltd, has received international certification to manufacture titanium and nickel super alloy castings for aerospace applications. Uttar Pradesh-based PTC Industries develops and manufactures strategic components and sub-systems for various defence and aerospace applications.

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NMDC slashes lump ore prices by Rs 750 per tonne, fines by Rs 200 per tonne

NMDC Limited has reduced the prices of lump ore by Rs 750 per tonne and fines by Rs 200 per tonne. The company has revised the rates of lump ore or higher grade ore to Rs 5,200 a tonne. The price of lump ore or low-grade ore has been fixed at Rs 4,560 per tonne. The revised prices are effective from November 30, 2021.

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Bank NPAs Could Rise To 9.8% in March 2022, says RBI – Top Indian Market News

Bank NPAs could rise to 9.8% in March 2022, says RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said in its Financial Stability Report that Non-Performing Assets (NPA) at Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) could rise to anywhere between 9.8% to 11.2% by March 2022. The Gross NPA ratio for SCBs stood at 7.4% in March 2021. The report further states that Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks could see their bad loans rise to 12.52% by March 2022. PSU Banks had reported a gross NPA ratio of 9.54% as of March 2021.

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Edelweiss Financial Services to exit insurance business

Edelweiss Financial Services will exit the insurance broking business by selling its 70% stake in Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd (EGIBL) to US-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG). AJG currently holds a 30% stake in EGIBL. The transaction is likely to be completed within 10 months. This acquisition is subject to approvals by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). 

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SBI MF launches ETF on Nifty India Consumption Index

SBI Mutual Fund is going to launch an exchange-traded fund that shall track the Nifty India Consumption Index. The new fund offer (NFO) which began on June 30, 2021, shall end on July 14, 2021. The Nifty India Consumption Index tracks a basket of companies that represents domestic consumption. The index contains stocks like Hindustan Unilever (HUL), ITC, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki India, and many more.

Bharti Airtel launches ‘Black Plans’ to increase revenue

Bharti Airtel Ltd has announced a new plan known as ‘Airtel Black’. This plan intends to bundle telecom, DTH, and fibre under a single billing plan. The subscribers of Airtel Black will be entitled to priority resolution of faults and extra benefits. The move is aimed at attracting high-paying customers and driving average revenue per user (ARPU).

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India’s exports hit $95 billion in April-June 2021: Piyush Goyal 

India’s exports have touched $95 billion or nearly Rs 7 lakh crore in the April-June quarter this year, said Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at a conference. The minister also commented that despite Covid-19, India saw foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of almost $81.72 billion (~Rs 6.09 lakh crore) for the financial year 2020-21 (FY21). The top investors who contributed to India’s high FDI inflow in FY21 include Singapore (29%), followed by the US (23%) and Mauritius (9%).

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Zydus Cadila gets USFDA approval to market generic HIV infection treatment tablets

Zydus Cadila has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market generic Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate tablets. The drug is used with other HIV medications to help control HIV infection. The tablets will be manufactured at the pharma company’s formulation facility at SEZ, Ahmedabad.

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Laurus Labs receives license to manufacture Covid-19 drug 2DG

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has granted a license to Laurus Labs to manufacture and market 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2DG). The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given emergency approval for 2DG for use on Covid-19 patients in our country. Two other companies— Shilpa Medicare and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories— have also received approval to market 2DG.

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Mindtree completes acquisition of NxT Digital Business from L&T

Mindtree Limited has completed the acquisition of Nxt Digital Business from Larsen & Toubro (L&T). This will enable the IT firm to capture opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 space. The cost of the acquisition was Rs 198 crore. L&T is also the promoter/holding company of Mindtree with a 61.03% stake.

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Adani Ports registers 83% YoY rise in cargo volumes in June

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) handled cargo volumes of 25.54 million metric tonnes (MMT) in June 2021, registering a growth of 83% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. In the container segment, APSEZ handled cargo volumes of 0.67 million twenty-foot equivalents (TUEs) in June. The company handled cargo volumes of 75.69 MMT for the April-June quarter (Q1 FY22).

UPI hits record 280 crore transactions in June 

The United Payments Interface (UPI) hit a record high of 280 crore transactions in the month of June 2021. The value of UPI transactions grew by 12% from Rs 4.5 lakh crore in May to Rs 5.5 lakh crore in June this year. The is mainly due to the recovery in our economy, as the number of Covid-19 cases slowly decline and businesses reopen.

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Nitin Gadkari Announces Vehicle Scrappage Policy in Lok Sabha – Top Indian Market News

Nitin Gadkari announces vehicle scrappage policy in Lok Sabha 

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday, announced the vehicle scrappage policy in the Lok Sabha. The policy will focus on removing vehicles older than 15-20 years from Indian roads. Owners of old vehicles will get strong incentives to scrap old and unfit vehicles. With this policy, raw materials like plastic, aluminium, steel, copper, would be recycled and will become a lesser cost component for the automotive industry. The minister said that states can make registration fees and road tax lower, which would encourage people to buy new vehicles. This ultimately leads to more sales for the automotive industry.

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TGP Rise Fund to invest $200 million in Airtel Africa mobile money business

Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary, Airtel Africa, announced that investment firm TPG’s Rise Fund will invest $200 million (~Rs 1,452 crore) in the company’s mobile money business. The transaction values Airtel Africa’s mobile money business at $2.65 billion (~Rs 19,245 crore). Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC) BV is currently the holding company for several of Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations. The Rise Fund will hold a minority stake in AMC BV upon completion of the transaction.

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Adani Green raises $1.35 billion from 12 international banks

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has raised $1.35 billion (~Rs 9,800 crore) debt through definitive agreements signed with a group of 12 international lenders. The funds will initially be used to finance the 1.69 gigawatt (GW) hybrid portfolio of solar and wind renewable projects to be set up in four special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in Rajasthan. This is part of AGEL’s vision of scaling up its renewable energy capacity to 25 GW by 2025.   

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Welspun Corp secures orders worth Rs 777 crore in domestic, overseas markets

Welspun Corp Limited said it has received multiple orders worth Rs 777 crore from the overseas and domestic markets. This includes an order of approximately 50 kilometric tonnes (KMT) received from a large client in the Middle East. With these orders, the company’s order book stands at 686 KMT- valued at Rs 5,300 crore. Mumbai-based Welspun Corp is a leading manufacturer of large diameter pipes.

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Dilip Buildcon receives financial closure for NHAI road project in Telangana

Dilip Buildcon announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Repallewada Highways, has received the financial closure letter from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a road project in Telangana. The project consists of four-laning of NH-613 from Repallewada to Telangana on hybrid annuity mode (HAM). The project cost is Rs 1140.5 crore.

Bajaj Auto amends dividend distribution policy

Bajaj Auto Limited has amended its dividend distribution policy to reward shareholders and boost return ratios. The policy will consider the surplus the company has while calculating the dividend payout as a percentage of profits after tax (PAT). The dividend payout will be up to 90% if the surplus funds are over Rs 15,000 crore.

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Varroc Engineering to produce EV chargers for Delta-Q Tech

Varroc Engineering Limited said it has entered into a contract manufacturing agreement with Canada-based Delta-Q Technologies Corp. The company will manufacture Delta-Q’s chargers in India to support the expansion of the electric two and three-wheeler market. Varroc Engineering is a leading automotive component manufacturer based in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

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Ministry of Corporate Affairs investigating irregularities in Edelweiss’ ARC arm: Report

As per reports from multiple sources, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has ordered an inspection of the books of Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company (EARC) after a whistleblower wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office and Reserve Bank of India alleging fraud at the firm. The whistleblower has alleged that Edelweiss Group, along with its partner Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), diverted at least Rs 1,800 crore from EARC. Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd said it has not received any intimation of any inspection being conducted by MCA.

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Delhi HC restrains Future Retail-Reliance deal on Amazon’s plea

The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, restrained Future Retail from going ahead with the Rs 24,713-crore deal with Reliance Industries. The court has upheld the Emergency Arbitrator’s award that Amazon.com, Inc had won against Future Retail. A single-judge bench of Justice JR Midha held that the retail company has willfully violated Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s (SIAC) order. Future Group entities have been directed to pay a penalty of Rs 20 lakh.

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IPO Updates:

Kalyan Jewellers

The Rs 1,175-crore initial public offering (IPO) of Kalyan Jewellers was subscribed 2.61 times on the final day of bidding. The portion reserved for retail investors was subscribed 2.82 times. The portion set aside for non-institutional investors (NIIs) saw a subscription of 1.91 and that of qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) 2.76 times.

Suryoday Small Finance Bank

The Rs 582-crore initial public offering (IPO) of Suryoday Small Finance Bank was subscribed 1.01 times on the second day of bidding. The portion reserved for retail investors was subscribed 2 times. The portion set aside for non-institutional investors (NIIs) saw a subscription of 20% and that of employees 17%. To know more about the IPO, click here.

Nazara Technologies

The Rs 582-crore initial public offering (IPO) of Nazara Technologies was subscribed 10.55 times on the second day of bidding. The portion reserved for retail investors was subscribed 44.47 times and that of employees 5.33 times. The portion set aside for non-institutional investors (NIIs) saw a subscription of 7.73 times and that of QIBs 72%. To know more about the IPO, click here.