India expects FDI of $100 billion in the current fiscal after $83.6 billion in FY21-22: Govt

Indian rupee notes

India’s domestic economic recovery in FY 2021-22 boosted import demand while India’s external sector remained resilient and safe-haven demand for gold expanded the trade deficit from October 2021 to March 2022 time period. But strong capital inflows, dominated by strong exports and foreign direct investment (FDI), eased the pressure on the current account balance. In … Read more

PM Narendra Modi to launch 5G services in India on October 1 at India Mobile Congress 2022 event, 5G service in 13 cities in 1st phase

5G is written in a blue circle on the Indian flag in the background of the phone

In Budget 2022, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that 5G in 2022 and BharatNet broadband will be ready by 2025. Apart from this, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on the 75th Independence Day, had said that 5G services are going to start in India soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more

OYO files addendum to DRHP for its IPO with SEBI along with latest financial results

The logo of OYO, India's largest hotel chain, is seen installed on a hotel building in Jaipur

On Monday 19 September, OYO filed an addendum to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filed earlier for its initial public offering (IPO) in October 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). OYO (formally Oravel Stays Limited) disclosed its latest financials in the IPO filing addendum in which OYO’s revenue stood at … Read more

Vedanta and Foxconn to set up semiconductor and display fab units in Gujarat with investment of Rs 1.54 trillion, MoU signed

Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this picture

On Tuesday 13 September, the joint venture between Vedanta and Taiwan base Foxconn Group announced that it will open a new semiconductor and chip manufacturing plant in Gujarat. Vedanta is the third company to announce a chip plant in India. Earlier Singapore-based IGSS Ventures signed an MoU (Memorandum of understanding) with the Tamil Nadu state … Read more

India cross 10 crore Demat accounts in August 2022, 60% new Demat accounts opened in 29 months

Statistics of Demat Accounts in 2022

Indian stock market touched a significant milestone of 10 crore Demat accounts in August 2022. A total of 22 lakh new Demat accounts were opened in the month of August. Now the total Demat account in India is 10,05,10,862 crores which is a new record for the Indian stock market. According to the National Securities … Read more

NTPC produced 7.36 MMT of coal during April to August of FY 2022-23 with YOY growth of 62%

A truck is carrying coal from a coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand

NTPC Limited is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking that is India‘s largest integrated power company with an installed capacity of 70,064 MW. NTPC Limited has produced 7.36 MMT of coal during the period April 2022 to August 2022 which is an increase of 62% year-on-year as compared to 4.55 MMT produced during the corresponding period … Read more

Adani Group acquires 29.18% stake in NDTV and Open offer for additional acquisition of 26%

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addresses delegates during the Business Summit in Kolkata

Indian billionaire Adani Group has acquired a 29.18% stake in media company NDTV (New Delhi Television Limited), but Adani owns this stake indirectly in NDTV. NDTV is one of India’s leading news channels which operates many national channels like NDTV India, NDTV 24×7 and the company also runs an online news website. In 2009 NDTV … Read more

Malaysia to buy 18 LCA Tejas aircraft from India, 6 other countries showed interest: Govt

Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas jet flying in the sky during training in India

On Friday, 5 August 2022, in the Monsoon Session, Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt said in response to a question in the Lok Sabha that Malaysia shortlisted 18 LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) Tejas jets from India and Argentina, Indonesia, Australia, America, Egypt, and the Philippines have shown interest. In March 2019, India’s indigenous … Read more

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Launches the All-New Scorpio-N

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited's all-new Scorpio-N parked on the road

On 20 May 2022 Mahindra & Mahindra Limited announced that they will launch the all-new ‘Scorpio-N’ brand new of the much-awaited SUV segment. The all-new ‘Scorpio-N’ comes with automatic and manual transmission and is powered by diesel and petrol engines with prices starting at Rs 11.99 lakhs. The company said that their new SUV Scorpio-N … Read more

International trade settlement in Indian Rupees via Special Rupee Vostro account

Indian rupee notes

On Monday 11 July 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that the settlement of international trade can be done in Indian Rupees (INR) in order to boost the growth of global trade and to emphasize exports from India. And this additional arrangement has been made for invoicing, payment, and settlement of imports and … Read more

India’s RuPay cards and UPI to be accepted in France, NPCI and Lyra Network Signed MoU

Debit Card: India's RuPay cards and UPI to be accepted in France

On Thursday 16 June 2022, the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) announced that NPCI International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based payment solutions provider Lyra Network to accept RuPay cards and UPI payments in France. RuPay cards and UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services will be available in France soon. France and … Read more

Jubilant FoodWorks shares fall 12% on CEO Pratik Pota’s resignation

Share price: Jubilant FoodWorks shares fall 12% on CEO Pratik Pota's resignation

The share price of Jubilant FoodWorks, which operates brands like Domino’s Pizza, Dunkin’, and Hong’s Kitchen in India, was trading lower by 12.24% at Rs.2479.80. The company’s CEO (Chief executive officer) and Director Pratik Pota decided to resign from his position. The company said Pratik Pota will continue his position till Wednesday, June 15, 2022. … Read more

Airtel added 15.9 lakh mobile users, Vi 15.3 lakh and Jio 36.6 lakh lose subscribers: TRAI Data

Telecom subscribers: Airtel added 15.9 lakh mobile users, Vi 15.3 lakh and Jio 36.6 lakh lose subscribers

Recently the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the latest subscriber numbers of the telecom companies. According to TRAI’s recent data release, in the month of February 2022, Reliance Jio lost approximately 36.6 lakh wireless subscribers and in the same period, Bharti Airtel gained 15.9 lakh subscribers and Vodafone Idea lost 15.3 lakh subscribers. … Read more

Elon Musk holds 9.2% stake in Twitter and Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 Billion

Elon Musk holds 9.2% stake in Twitter and Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 Billion

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission 13G filing issued on Monday, April 4, 2022, Elon Musk owns 73,486,938 shares with a 9.2% passive stake in the Twitter company. A regulatory 13G filing on Monday, April 4, 2022, revealed that Elon Musk had bought a 9.2% stake on March 14, making him the largest individual … Read more

Abu Dhabi-based IHC to Invest $2 Billion in 3 Adani Group Companies: Adani stocks price surge

Stocks price: Abu Dhabi-based IHC to Invest $2 Billion in 3 Adani Group Companies

In Early Trade today, Adani Green Energy’s share price increased by 7.21% to Rs 2491.98, Adani Transmission’s share price increased by 4.31% to Rs 2656.88, Adani Enterprises share price was up by 0.17% to Rs 2173.22. According to reports, the Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC) will invest about $2 billion in these three companies … Read more

NPCI approved WhatsApp payment service to expand to 100 million users

Whatsapp Application Screenshot: NPCI approved WhatsApp payment service to expand to 100 million users

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp initially had a limit of 20 million users for its payments feature but now WhatsApp has received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to expand the payments feature to 100 million users. WhatsApp was allowed to launch payment services in November 2020 with a limit of 20 … Read more

Airtel added 7.14 lakh mobile users, Vi 3.89 lakh and Jio 9.32 mn lose subscribers: TRAI Data

Airtel added 7.14 lakh mobile users, Vi 3.89 lakh and Jio 9.32 mn lose subscribers: TRAI Data

Recently Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the latest subscriber numbers of telecom companies. According to TRAI’s recent data release, In the month of January 2022, Reliance Jio lost almost 93.22 lakh subscribers and Vodafone Idea lost 3.89 lakh subscribers, while Bharti Airtel added 7.14 lakh subscribers. Bharti Airtel has almost added 177 lakh … Read more

Zee Entertainment shares surge 17%: Invesco withdraws EGM requisition for ZEE’s board reconstitution

Stock Market: Zee Entertainment shares surge 17% after Invesco withdraws EGM requisition for ZEE’s board reconstitution

Today Zee Entertainment Enterprises share price was trading above 17% at Rs 299.90. In September 2021, Invesco had asked the board of Zee to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) as the company was not running smoothly, according to Invesco. Invesco wanted to remove 3 directors from Zee’s board, including Punit Goenka, CEO of Zee. … Read more