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Samakhiyali Tollway Private Limited, a special purpose vehicle of IRB Infrastructure Developers, will execute the Samakhiyali-Santalpur highway project in Gujarat with an outlay of Rs 2,092 crore, according to a statement on Thursday. The project is to be executed on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) mode, IRB Infrastructure Developers (IRB) said in the statement. «Samakhiyali Tollway Private Limited has successfully achieved financial closure for its Samakhiyali Santalpur BOT highway project in Gujarat.

chaebol, family-run conglomerates that form the backbone of South Korea’s economy, and the government. On June 20th the World Bank’s arbitration forum ruled that South Korea’s government had left Elliott Investment Management, an American hedge fund, out of pocket by improperly meddling in a merger between two units of Samsung. The deal in 2015 between Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries was seen as an attempt to ensure a smooth succession between Mr Lee and his son, Lee Jae-yong.

₹21 crore in damages from the pilots for failing to serve the mandatory notice period of six months for pilots and one year for commanders. Damages have been sought on account of revenue loss caused by cancelled flights, reputational loss to the airline, and the costs it had incurred on training the pilots. The airline simultaneously moved the Delhi High Court, asking it to take action against the pilots.

Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on 21 September floated tenders for deploying e-scooters, and e-cycles for last-mile connectivity in Dwarka, reported PTI. As the new policy is in the works, the Delhi government is likely to extend the existing EV policy by six months, said Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. On August 8 this year, the Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy-2020 expired and the government had said that the subsidy being given under it would continue till a new policy gets notified.

₹70 to over ₹100, it was a significant shock to households and businesses' balance sheets. The exorbitant cost of fuel has forced households to cut back on spending for other essential items. But, it appears that the government has not acknowledged the economic fallout and is maintaining the status quo.

doctors' strike, health chiefs are sounding the alarm over more than 100,000 NHS operations and appointments that have been postponed. This week's joint strike by consultants and junior doctors has caused significant disruption across the healthcare system.

Kailash Gahlot on Thursday said the Electric Vehicles Policy 2.0 will look at incentivising retrofitting of vehicles considering its high cost. In an interview to PTI, the minister said that since the new policy is in the works, they will extend the existing policy by six months or until the new one is ready. The Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy-2020 expired on August 8 this year and the government had said that the subsidy being given under it would continue till a new policy gets notified. «We are moving a cabinet note and within this week it should be finalised. The existing policy will be extended for six months or until the new policy is notified,» he said. Talking about the new policy that is in the works, the minister said the one thing that they will look at is the concept of retrofitting. «People want to convert their IC (internal combustion) engines into electric ones. The process is expensive. For converting a normal Gypsy, it takes almost Rs 5-6 lakh, which is on the higher side. We will look at how to incentivise it,» he told PTI.

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GTBank), the banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has selected the Finacle digital banking solution for its multi-country digital transformation program. The size and tenure of the deal was not disclosed. The lender will achieve transformation of its business across its home operations in Nigeria as well as in 10 other markets across Africa and Europe, according to the press release.

Vaibhav Jewellers will open for subscription on September 22. The issue closes on September 26 and the anchor investors allocation will be done later today. Ahead of the issue opening, market analysts say there is no definitive trend of GMP of the company's shares in the unlisted market. Vaibhav Jewellers is one of the earlier entrants in the organised jewellery retail market of Andhra Pradesh and continues to focus on regional expansion into the high-growth untapped regions within the micro-markets of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. About 77% of its retail showrooms are in tier two and tier three cities and the rest are in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam catering to urban consumers. The IPO comprises a fresh issue of Rs 210 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) segment of up to 28 lakh equity shares.

Bank of England halted its long run of interest rate increases on Thursday as the British economy slowed, but it said it was not taking a recent fall in inflation for granted. A day after a surprise slowing in Britain's fast pace of price growth, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted by a narrow margin of 5-4 to keep Bank Rate at 5.25%. Four members — Jon Cunliffe, Megan Greene, Jonathan Haskel and Catherine Mann — voted to raise rates to 5.5%. It was the first time since December 2021 that the BoE did not increase borrowing costs. «There are increasing signs of some impact of tighter monetary policy on the labour market and on momentum in the real economy more generally,» the MPC said in a statement. It cut its forecast for economic growth in the July-September period to just 0.1% from August's forecast of 0.4% and noted clear signs of weakness in the housing market. Growth for the rest of the year was likely to be weaker than previous forecasts, the BoE said. Record growth in workers' pay, which has been a big concern for the central bank, was not backed up by other measures of the labour market, it noted, suggesting the BoE's policymakers expected it to slow down soon. «CPI inflation is expected to fall significantly further in the near term, reflecting lower annual energy inflation, despite the renewed upward pressure from oil prices,» the BoE said. But it said services inflation was expected to remain elevated. The BoE's decision to pause its rate hikes came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also opted to keep borrowing costs on hold.

Bank of England halted its long run of 14 straight interest rate hikes on Thursday as the British economy slowed, but it said it was not taking a recent fall in inflation for granted. A day after a surprise slowing in Britain's fast pace of price growth, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted by a narrow margin of 5-4 to keep Bank Rate at 5.25%. Four members — Jon Cunliffe, Megan Greene, Jonathan Haskel and Catherine Mann — voted to raise rates to 5.5%. It was the first time since December 2021 that the BoE did not increase borrowing costs. «There are increasing signs of some impact of tighter monetary policy on the labour market and on momentum in the real economy more generally,» the MPC said in a statement. It cut its forecast for economic growth in the July-September period to just 0.1% from August's forecast of 0.4% and noted clear signs of weakness in the housing market. Growth for the rest of the year was likely to be weaker than previous forecasts, the BoE said. Record growth in workers' pay, which has been a big concern for the central bank, was not backed up by other measures of the labour market, it noted, suggesting the BoE's policymakers expected it to slow down soon. «CPI inflation is expected to fall significantly further in the near term, reflecting lower annual energy inflation, despite the renewed upward pressure from oil prices,» the BoE said. But it said services inflation was expected to remain elevated. The BoE's decision to pause its rate hikes came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also opted to keep borrowing costs on hold.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the Federal Reserve may have to keep increasing its benchmark interest rate in the coming months to combat persistent inflation. 

Private credit is going through a golden era, according to its fans, but a handful of asset managers are refusing to be dazzled by the biggest part of the booming $1.5 trillion market: direct lending.

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₹200 per equity share of face value of ₹10 each. Organic Recycling IPO lot size is 600 equity shares and in multiples of 600 equity shares thereafter. The issue price is 20 times of the face value of the equity shares.

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Narendra Modi will inaugurate 16 'Atal Awasiya Vidyala' (residential schools) across Uttar Pradesh and lay foundation stone for an international cricket stadium during his visit to Varanasi on 23 September. A statement from the prime minister's office said, "At around 1:30pm, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi.

The highly anticipated opBNB Mainnet has gone live on September 13, 2023. Founded on the pillars of scalability, security, and cheaper transaction fees, opBNB's inauguration is poised to bring another one billion users into the realm of Web3.

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