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Mumbai, 1April 2024: Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Tata AIA), one of India's leading life insurers, has launched a premium payment service on its WhatsApp platform marking the first-ever launch of its kind in the life insurance sector. Previously limited to UPI-based transactions, Tata AIA consumers can now use a wide range of payment methods within WhatsApp.

Adani Enterprises share price that has risen 90% in last year has more than doubled from lows seen in February last year. Analysts at Jefferies India Limited however expect almost 17% upside for Adani Enterprises led by commissioning of Copper unit first phase and expansions being undertaken during second phase. The target price of Jefferies for Adani Enterprises stands at ₹3800 while the stock is trading at close to ₹3260 levels.

Prestige Estates Projects Ltd.(up 4.18 per cent), Godrej Properties Ltd.(up 2.59 per cent), Oberoi Realty Ltd.(up 2.38 per cent), Phoenix Mills Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises Ltd.(up 0.94 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The general take on India’s rapid economic growth is that it’s powered by the government’s capex push. But a recent report questions this narrative, saying it underestimates the role of consumption. Mint unpacks the investment versus consumption debate.

It is time that gives the long-term investor an advantage, says Utpal Sheth, CEO of Rare Enterprises— the Mumbai based private equity firm that manages assets of more than $1 billion. “I would say 80-90% of market participants are in it for less than a year. As an investor, if you have the conviction and courage to stick around for the long term, most of your competition automatically reduces." adds Sheth, noting that most people do not have the commitment for long-term investments.

Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams since a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned competing workspace messaging app Slack.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) is only stock under the F&O trade ban on Monday while Hindustan Copper has moved out of the ban. For Zee, the MWPL stood at 105.5% on Thursday with OI reported by Trendlyne at 132.9 million. It was up by 0.7% from the previous session.

Pre-packaged insolvency resolution processes, or pre-packs, were introduced to India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in April 2021 with the goal of giving micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) a fast, cost-efficient and effective way to resolve financial stress. Debtors and creditors are expected to put an early effort into resolving a troubled MSME’s liquidity problems quickly. The pre-insolvency regime is especially important for MSMEs, which have simple business structures and can’t absorb sudden disruptions.

British International Investment is looking to raise exposure to India's affordable housing finance and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) spaces, sectors that receive continuous government support and have shown significant improvements in asset quality metrics. The UK's development finance institution said that it has a strong pipeline on both debt and equity investment in these two sectors and that it is looking for innovative ideas for funding. «We are currently pushing funding into two big areas. One is affordable housing and the other is MSME finance. There is a third area which is microfinance,» BII's director and head of financial services business in South Asia, Gaurav Malhotra, told ET.

micro and small enterprises (MSEs) as it will impact their businesses. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chiefs of major export promotion councils and federation of Indian export organisations have appealed to waive the export companies from section 43B(h) of the Income Tax law. The new rule, Section 43B(h) of the Income Tax Act, introduced in the Finance Act 2023, is designed to make sure small businesses get paid on time. It allows companies to get tax breaks if they pay their small business suppliers within the time limits set by the MSMED (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development) Act, 2006. Especially, companies must pay within 45 days if there is an agreement, and within 15 days in the absence of such a pact. If they do not meet these deadlines, they can not deduct these expenses for tax purposes.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has terminated 50% of its Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) staff in Bengaluru to optimise costs and boost its operating margin, the company said in a statement. ZEE has also restructured the TIC and streamlined its scope of work following the board's guidance. The ZEE board had recently asked the management team to reduce TIC expenditure by 50% from ₹600 crore for FY25. Under the new structure, the TIC plans to enhance its content creation, distribution, and monetisation processes by utilising technology-driven tools to gain deeper consumer preferences.

NEW DELHI : Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd said it is overhauling its technology and innovation centre, which includes a pruning of expenses by 50% and a restructuring of its team on the advice of a new management oversight panel. The measures are in line with managing director and chief executive Punit Goenka’s approach to optimise resources and arrive at a cost-effective structure to drive growth, the company said in a statement on Friday. Based on guidance from Zee’s board during the recently conducted monthly management mentorship program, Goenka has pruned the technology centre’s structure by about 50% and streamlined its scope of work, the company said.

FY24 Stock Market Recap: BSE PSU index gains 92%, 37 stocks surge over 100%; check top gainers “In pursuance of SEBI guidelines for periodic revision of lot sizes for derivatives contracts specified in the SEBI circular CIR/MRD/DP/14/2015 dated July 13, 2015, the market lots of derivatives contracts shall be revised," the stock exchange said in the notification. The derivative lot size of 128 stocks remains unchanged, encompassing companies such as Apollo Hospitals, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and Adani Enterprises. Also read: FY24 Review: Gold price continues to glitter amid geopolitical concerns; outlook bullish for FY25 For 6 stocks, the lot size has been increased, including Zee Entertainment, Polycab India, Navin Flourine, Dalmia Bharat, Bandhan Bank, and Atul.

BSE PSU index, a barometer of public sector enterprises' performance, zoomed from 9,497 points to 18,274 points, translating into a stellar gain of 92.4%. The government's accelerated capex spending, coupled with sector-specific reasons, has helped PSU stocks achieve record gains in FY24. In the recent interim budget (FY24-25), the government raised the capital outlay by 11.1% to ₹11,11,111 crore, equivalent to 3.4% of GDP.

₹19,774 crore as paid-up capital, compared to over 1,59,500 companies registered in FY23 with a paid-up capital of ₹18,132.16 crore. Paid-up capital is the shares subscribed and paid for, which can be further augmented. ONGC Green Ltd., PFC Infra Finance IFSC Ltd., IRCTC Payments Ltd., Indbank Global Support Services Ltd., Jamnagar Transmission Ltd.

Under this multi-year agreement with AWS, Minfy will help enterprises across multiple industries worldwide leverage AI and cloud technologies to deliver new solutions, like the Swayam.ai generative AI app store. Swayam.ai serves healthcare, aerospace, logistics, manufacturing, and public sector customers worldwide with solutions including intelligent chatbots, sentiment analysis tools, and text-to-video conversion. Minfy plans to further international expansion in the U.S., Australia, and in Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia and Philippines with AWS.

Best Agrolife Ltd (BAL) on Friday announced the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Pvt Ltd (SFCL) for Rs 139 crores. The acquisition will enable BAL to leverage SFCL's proficiency in developing cost-effective and distinctive manufacturing routes for off-patent molecules, it said. «This acquisition involves obtaining a 100 per cent stake through cash consideration, with an estimated enterprise value of Rs 139 crores based on the valuation,» the Delhi-based BAL said in a statement. The cash outflow for BAL will be to the tune of Rs 9.5 crore after considering the net working capital and liabilities, it said.

Gen AI) use cases by this year end, SAP's first chief AI officer Philipp Herzig told ET, helping boost sales in a revenue stream that's expected to garner a disproportionate share of the future P&L at the enterprise software major. Creating a new AI-focused unit under Herzig’s leadership, SAP currently has almost 30 different use cases or tasks in the customer experience, HR and documentation, sales and services domains are accomplished via Gen AI.

Reliance Industries (RIL) and Adani Power have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 500 MW, marking a rare, strategic collaboration between conglomerates led by two of the country’s wealthiest men. The Mukesh Ambani company will invest Rs 50 crore for a 26% stake in a 600MW unit of Mahan Energen’s thermal power plant. The latter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gautam Adani-led Adani Power. Mahan Energen has agreed to allot 50 million equity shares of Rs 10 face value each to RIL at par, Reliance said in a regulatory filing. “The proposed investment by the company is in compliance with the provisions of the Electricity Rules, 2005,” it said. RIL did not disclose any specific purpose for signing the power purchase agreement.

Mint, said that when starting a probe or seeking information which are based on records or are reflected in the statutory books of account or filings, then letters should be written to the designated officers of the business instead of issuing summons. This procedure applies in the case of a listed company, or state-owned enterprise, government department or agency or any other authority, the guidelines said. Such letters have to specify the reasons for investigation and the legal provisions.

Mint review of director appointments at 21 companies showed. These include Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, Dish TV India Ltd, pharma firms Gland Pharma Ltd, Alkem Laboratories and Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd, and banks like Union Bank of India and Karnataka Bank. Zee has seen three instances of directors opting out while Gland Pharma and IFGL Refractories Ltd, which provides refractories to steel plants, has witnessed two such occasions in the last three years.