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policy decision on Thursday even though most expect he’ll keep interest rates unchanged again. Global markets have been roiled in recent weeks by central bank action, with the Bank of England cutting interest rates last week, the Bank of Japan hiking, and the Federal Reserve preparing to ease amid recession fears. That may give the Reserve Bank of India reason to stay cautious after keeping rates steady for 18 months already. But there is a chance the RBI may signal a pivot is coming months. Thursday will be the last rate decision of the six-member monetary policy committee before its current four-year term expires in October. Some economists expect the MPC may want to go out with a bang by possibly setting the stage for policy easing.

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.

«Real estate as a sector is looking attractive to us. The only challenge is that the valuations have gone up. So, one needs to be very selective in real estate, but any kind of a price correction should be a good opportunity to buy,» says Pankaj Pandey, Head Research, ICICIdirect.com. How have you read into the standalone quarterly numbers for PB Fintech, which has been pretty strong and completely different aside of that is Cummins as well, where the profits grew about 33%? Pankaj Pandey: So, do not cover both the stocks, but if I have to talk on, say, for example, Shree Cement, the numbers are definitely below expectation. While we might see volume growth going forward because they are expanding their capacities by 15 million tonnes. But cement is seeing a lower realisation, largely more in southern markets. But in general, you see a softness in the prices and probably that is going to be there for another quarter.

ONGC rallied 8% on Wednesday to its day’s high of Rs 329.50 despite the company reporting a 15% year-on-year (YoY) fall in its Q1 net profit at Rs 8,938 crore, which was below the ETNOW poll of Rs 9,539 crore. Revenue from operations in the same period increased 4% YoY to Rs 35,266 crore as against Rs 33,814 crore in the corresponding period of last year.

component sub-assemblies that go into making a mobile device, a senior official told ET. This is part of a big upcoming incentive scheme to develop a local ecosystem for electronic components. Sops will be linked to a combination of production, capex and employment generation, given the government's renewed focus on job creation. «This will set the new template for the manufacturing sector,» said the official. China's value-add is currently in the range of 30%. India's target is to have 25-30% value add in about seven years, the official added.

performance-based pay of their chief executives and senior management, to factor in the company's sustainability goal outcomes in appraisal KPIs amid their increasing influence on investor and consumer sentiments. Companies including ITC, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Mahindra & Mahindra, Lupin, Cipla and Emaar have started to link their performance in areas like water and carbon positivity, plastic neutrality, climate-resilience, and diversity and inclusion in hiring to the remuneration of their senior management. This comes at a time when ESG (environment, social and governance practices) is becoming a buzz word in business deals, investment decisions and even consumer response to products, industry experts and executives said. ESG goals are becoming more common in annual KPIs (key performance indicators) for executive leaders, said Anandorup Ghose, partner at Deloitte India. While the weightage to these goals varies by industry, approximately around 10-15% weightage is assigned to ESG-linked metrics, he said.

₹25 lakh segment, which has the highest sales volumes India. The brand, part of the multinational automotive giant Stellantis, has struggled in its eight-plus years in India – Its models like the Compass and Meridian have made little headway, largely owing to their relatively high prices, and the lack of a 'mass-market' product. Now, it may be set to change that.

Elements, the planning tech firm known for its financial vitals system for advisors, has introduced a new feature aimed at improving goal-setting and client outcomes.

fiscal deficit will decide on the direction of sovereign ratings. S&P Director, Sovereign and International Public Finance Ratings (Asia-Pacific), Andrew Wood said the rating agency sees a lot of promise in India's economic growth story even though the global economic growth outlook remains somewhat challenging. «We could raise the rating if India's fiscal deficit narrows meaningfully such that change in net general government deficit falls below 7 per cent of GDP on a structural basis,» Wood said at a webinar on Asia-Pacific.

highways authority said on Tuesday it plans to monetise up to $2.4 billion worth of road projects in the current fiscal year ending March through an infrastructure investment trust route as it looks for ways to reduce its massive debt. The state-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has an outstanding debt of 3.2 trillion rupees ($38 billion) and is betting on leveraging assets through infrastructure investment trusts to repay its loans. «With this, the overall debt liability of NHAI is expected to further reduce to around 3 trillion rupees at the end of fiscal 2025,» it said in a statement.

GST Intelligence (DGGI) has issued a show-cause notice to a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, demanding a Goods and Services Tax (GST) payment of Rs 722 crore, ToI reported on August 6. This unprecedented action marks the first time the DGGI has targeted a cryptocurrency firm, setting a significant precedent in India’s regulation of the burgeoning virtual currency market, said the report (by Niyati Parikh). The notice was issued for fees collected from Indian customers trading in virtual digital assets (VDAs) on the platform, categorized under online information database access or retrieval (OIDAR) services. Earlier this year, the cryptocurrency exchange had received approval from India's financial intelligence unit (FIU) to register as a virtual asset service provider (VASP). However, the company was recently penalized Rs 18 crore by the FIU for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Despite being a major global player with a substantial market share and operations in multiple countries, the company had not registered under the Indian GST framework, leading to scrutiny from Indian tax authorities. It was revealed that the company earned at least Rs 4,000 crore from transaction fees charged to Indian customers, with these earnings credited to an account of a group company based abroad. The company has a global user base of 90 million, including a significant number of Indian customers.

Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh for India on Monday seemingly just ahead of protesters storming their way into the Prime Minister's residence in Dhaka as month-long protests led by students over job quotas boiled over into an uprising. As many as 300 people have been killed since the protest began in July. A plane carrying Hasina, 76, landed at the Hindon Indian Air Force base just outside the capital as New Delhi worked out a safe passage for its long-standing ally in the region. Her final destination isn't clear. While some reports said she may go into exile in London, there is a possibility that she might depart for a destination in eastern or southern Europe. Belarus may be one of the possible destinations. Back in Dhaka, the country's army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said on state television that, with Sheikh Hasina having resigned, the military would form a caretaker government, following meetings with political parties.

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, the first assault by the group since Israeli airstrikes targeted them

CIL on Monday said it has entered into a joint venture agreement with GAIL (India) Ltd to set up a coal-to-synthetic natural gas project in West Bengal. While Coal India Ltd (CIL) will have 51 per cent shareholding in the joint venture, GAIL, the nation's largest gas transportation and distribution firm, will have 49 per cent. The joint venture will be incorporated as a private limited company. The initial paid-up share capital is Rs 1 lakh, CIL said in a BSE filing. The registered office of the joint venture will be in West Bengal and CIL and GAIL each will have the right to nominate three executives as directors of the JV.

₹3.7 trillion with an available for sale (AFS) portfolio of ₹2.8 trillion, which can be sold to fund the growth in advances if needed. Therefore, the bank does not feel the need to raise deposits through aggressive pricing. Even though the net interest margin (NIM) in percentage terms came down by 12 basis points year-on-year to 3.35%, the lower growth in deposits vis-a-vis advances meant that absolute net interest income rose by 5.7% to ₹41,135 crore.

inflation minus the food and beverages category—was both lower and less volatile than overall headline inflation. By April 2023, non-food inflation had fallen within the Reserve Bank of India's upper tolerance band of 6%, and by September 2023, it was slightly below the 4% target. Headline inflation, on the other hand, has remained around 5% since early 2024.

SBI, while JPMorgan has a neutral rating on Amara Raja. Citi also has a buy call on UPL.

Sumant Sinha, chairman and managing director of Gurgaon-based ReNew, was recently appointed co-chair of the Switzerland-based Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders. This private sector collective has about 130 global chief executive officers from 26 countries representing 12 industries. Apart from ReNew, at an institutional level, there are eight other Indian companies that are part of this group.

With its population of 1.4 billion and a massive manufacturing industry, China is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases that scientists say drive climate change and make extreme weather more frequent and intense. Until now the country had set itself climate targets based on the carbon intensity of its economic growth, meaning it set objectives to reduce its emissions per unit of wealth produced.

United Nations' human rights chief Volker Turk said Sunday the «shocking violence» in Bangladesh must end, as he urged the government to stop targeting peaceful protesters. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina clashed with government supporters Sunday, with scores killed in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began. «The shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop,» Turk said in a statement.

Zomato Ltd is known for its quick delivery, but investors in its shares seem equally fast or even faster in rewarding the online food delivery company’s financial performance. At least, that’s the impression one gets going by the 12% surge in the stock on Friday reacting to the positive surprises in the June quarter results (Q1FY25). This time around, the strong customer addition of the food delivery segment, which is already profitable at the adjusted Ebitda (excluding Esop) level, is commendable.