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Monday- 18th March 2019 Mukesh Ambani helped his brother Anil from imprisonment by paying money owed by him to Ericsson. The bailout came in critical time as Tuesday was the deadline for Anil’s RCom to clear ₹580 crore due to the Swedish equipment maker. L&T has bought a 20.32% stake in Mindtree for ₹3,269 crore …
Monday- 4th March 2019 Two shareholders of UTI AMC, SBI and LIC have sought more time from the SEBI to divest their stake in the asset manager, but SEBI has declined them an extension of time. Last year, the SEBI introduced a cross-holding limit in mutual funds to eliminate potential conflicts of interest. Zomato Media, …
Monday- 25th February 2019 The income tax department has revived its demand that Cognizant provide documents related to the bribes it had paid to Tamil Nadu government officials to secure approvals for a building. Cognizant had voluntarily disclosed to the US SEC in 2016 the payment of bribes after it uncovered the 2014 payments in …
Monday- 18th February 2019 The RBI to pay ₹28,000 crore as interim dividend to the government, which will help the Center meet its revised budget estimates and polish its fiscal credentials ahead of the general elections. With this interim transfer, the government will get a total ₹68,000 crore from the central bank in the current …
Monday- 11th February 2019 The parliamentary standing committee on IT refused to meet representatives of Twitter India, insisting that CEO Jack Dorsey would have to appear before it in 15 days. The committee has insisted on meeting someone who can be held accountable for Twitter’s actions in India. The government is aiming to raise ₹5,316 …
BJP came in power in 2014 on the back of a failing government and what can be best described as "Modi Wave", and as it was probable, it was a convincing win. However, fast forward 5 years, the Union Elections are around the corner and the "wave" has died, and predicting the results would be …
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Monday- 21st January 2019 The RBI has outlined norms for private parties to apply for the development of retail payment systems such as IMPS, UPI and others. It has said that it could allow multiple entities to set up payment systems in India to encourage competition as there are very few players at present. In …
