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NCLT has ordered initiating insolvency proceedings against Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd (CDEL), the parent company of Coffee Day Group which operates Cafe Coffee Day chain of coffee houses. The Bengaluru bench of the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) on August 8 admitted the plea filed by IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd (IDBITSL) claiming a default of Rs 228.45 crore and appointed an interim resolution professional to take care of the operation of the debt-ridden company. CDEL, which also owns and operates a resort, renders consultancy services and is engaged in the sale and purchase of coffee beans, had defaulted in the payment of coupon payments of redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The financial creditor had subscribed 1,000 NCDs through private placement and paid Rs 100 crore towards the subscription in March 2019.

Donald Trump, former US President and GOP presidential nominee delivered his speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, it soon made headlines all across the world. Trump reiterated his plan to establish his country as the “Crypto Capital” and “Bitcoin Superpower” of the world — providing much hope to American crypto enthusiasts. Since Bitcoin was released, it has grown rapidly to become the top new asset class in the world. While world governments did not perceive it as a financial changemaker asset at first, the significant adoption rates globally have forced them to think otherwise. For instance, the US government did not have a high opinion of BTC and other cryptocurrencies in the past decade, but the scenario has changed drastically since then as Trump pledged to create a “strategic reserve” of Bitcoin for the US government. Additionally, Trump raised a significant amount of Bitcoin campaign funding which helped to bolster his claims as BTC price soared thereafter.

government on Friday made it clear that it is not going to introduce any provision of creamy layer in the SC and ST reservation, days after the Supreme Court had said that states have the power to sub-classify SC/STs and observed that they can also identify the creamy layer, even from the SC/STs, excluding them from the benefits. The Cabinet held wide discussions on the SC's order, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters after the meeting today. Today, under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, wide discussions were held on this issue, Vaishnaw said. "...the well-thought opinion of the Cabinet is that the NDA government is committed and dedicated towards the provisions of the Constitution prepared by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. And as per the Constitution, there is no provision of creamy layer in SC and ST reservation. Cabinet's well-thought through decision is that the SC and ST reservation should be according to Baba Saheb's Constitution," Vaishnaw said.

Growing concerns about the US economy which have reignited talk of recession – and this week’s market volatility – are weighing on sentiment of retail investors in equities.

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JD Vance soon be a liability for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election 2024? If media reports are to be believed, his ratings in the opinion polls are plummeting. In an article published in the 'Washington Post', it was said that his selection as a running mate was not encouraging as he was a historically unpopular running mate. He is not a popular voter-friendly candidate is evident by he fact that in the 2022 Ohio Senate campaign all other Republican candidates for statewide office performed better in their races. As if it was not enough, his popularity has been waning since Donald Trump selected him as his running mate.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday slapped a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited and Rs 1 lakh on Nippon Life India Trustee Limited holding them in violation of total expense ratio (TER) norms prescribed by the regulator. Further, the trustee was penalised after the regulator found that it did not ensure compliance by the fund house.

Cochin Shipyard on Thursday reported a 76.6% year-on-year (YoY) growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 174.23 crore for the June 2024 quarter of FY25. It had clocked Rs 98.65 crore profit in the year-ago period. The company's revenue from operations increased 62% to Rs 771.47 crore against Rs 475.86 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal.

LIC, Eicher Motors, RVNL, SAIL, MRF and GRSE. Apart from the above, companies like ABB India, Agri-Tech, Astral, AstraZeneca India, Biocon, Birla Corp, Container Corp, Emkay Global, HCL Infosystems, Minda Corp, Oil India, Page Industries, ZEE Learn among others will also declare their quarterly results.

Asian equity markets Thursday, extending the volatile trading of the past week as investors digest signals from central banks on the path ahead for interest rates. The Topix Index opened lower alongside benchmarks in Australia and South Korea. US futures also fell in early Asian trading Thursday after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped on Wednesday. The yen rose, having dropped 1.6% on Wednesday.

It’s been rough sledding for the S&P 500 in the past month. The benchmark index is down over 4 percent as questions about the strength of the economy have begun to rein in those rampaging bulls.

Eicher Motors is expected to report a net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 in the range of Rs 943 crore — Rs 1,034 crore, according to estimates by four brokerages. The growth in profit after tax (PAT) could be between 2.7% and 13% on the year-on-year basis, the estimates said. Revenue for the reported quarter may be at Rs 4,178 crore — Rs 4,273 crore which translates into an uptick of up to 7.2%. The earning estimates have been given by Kotak Institutional Equities, Nuvama Institutional Equities, Yes Securities and Axis Securities.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) rose 6% to a day’s high of Rs 501.65 on the BSE after the company reported a more than 20% increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 7,182 crore for the June 2024 quarter. Total income for the quarter grew to Rs 24,736.68 crore, up from Rs 21,017.81 crore in the same period last year.

Anthony Ammirati is right back into the headlines after landing a $250k salary job in an adult entertainment company, following his pole vault qualification round, where he missed out after his private parts touched the crossbar, and took him out of the competition.

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, in collaboration with C-Voter, Tuesday released the Yale Climate Opinion Maps for India. This new online interactive tool provides the first-ever estimates of public responses to climate change in 34 of India’s 36 states and union territories, and in 604 districts, depicting the variation in global warming knowledge, beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy preferences at state and local levels across the country. Prior studies of public responses to climate change in India have often provided results only at the national level. The recent national survey in India found that large majorities in India are worried about climate-related hazards, but until now we had little information about the diversity of climate opinions within the country. While national data show that 41% of people in India say they know a lot or something about global warming, there is substantial geographic variation within the country. In Gujarat, 52% of Indians know a lot or something about the issue, whereas in Maharashtra, only 33% report this level of knowledge. More Indians living in state capital cities say they know a lot or something about global warming compared to other districts. 74% think global warming will cause more severe heat waves and 85% are worried about global warming.

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From Wipro to LTIMindtree, IT employees irked by another delay in salary hikes Subcontractor costs for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India’s largest IT services company, dropped to 4% of its operational revenue of ₹62,613 crore in the June quarter, its lowest since October-December 2019, when its temporary worker costs accounted for 7.9% of revenue. For HCL Technologies Ltd, this figure dropped to 12.6% from 14.8% in the same period, and for Wipro Ltd, to 11.3% from 14.7%.

Paris Olympics' running tracks since the races began. Viewers observed that the running tracks were purple in color, which is a first in the entire Olympics history. Typically, tracks are red in color, and this tradition is popularly followed in major competitions and sporting events across the globe. However, in 2016, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics featured a blue running track, which was also a first in Olympic history.

Federal Reserve is to act with urgency, cutting its policy rate a percentage point to 4.25%-4.5% by the end of the year in the name of risk management. It’s a level of easing that the Fed is likely to undertake even if the rise in unemployment ends up being somewhat benign since we no longer need such restrictive rates to tame inflation. It makes sense to frontload those rate cuts rather than run the risk of being too slow to act to forestall worse economic outcomes. If we really are heading into recession, there’s not much disagreement on what the Fed should do: Cut interest rates a lot and fast. That’s where market pricing has shifted after a rocky week of economic data. Interest rate futures suggest the Fed will cut its policy rate by over 200 basis points by the end of 2025, taking the fed funds rate down near 3%. This seems reasonable based on what we’ve seen in prior recessions.