Ankit Agarwal
Finance
Banks scramble to beef up defences as coronavirus threatens to sour loan books
Banks across the nation are raising or proposing to raise at least Rs 1.4 trillion ($19 billion) as the industry ......
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Grapevine: Promoter, two PE firms to part-exit Sahajanand; SoftBank may back Unacademy
The promoter of Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India’s largest cardiac stent maker, along with two private equity firms, plan ......
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Grapevine: Reliance in talks with Future lenders; Arvind Fashions to sell assets
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), which has shown interest in buying Kishore Biyani’s Future Group, is now in talks with its ......
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Grapevine: Energy Efficiency Services mulls solar JV; Karaikal Port up for sale
State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) is in talks with oil major Royal Dutch Shell and at least two other ......
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Grapevine: Tata Sons to buy out AirAsia from JV; Advent joins race for Ra Chem
Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, is in talks to buy out AirAsia Berhad’s 49% stake in ......
Healthcare
Value Lens: Piramal Pharma stake comes at some discount but may almost lose that tag
Private equity firm Carlyle has agreed to buy a fifth of Piramal Enterprises Ltd’s pharmaceutical business at some discount but ......
Finance
Virus fears damp M&As in Jan-June but cross-border sales, collapsed deals in focus
The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving India Inc. declined to the lowest level in at least eight years ......
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Grapevine: ADIA renews interest in Jio Digital Fibre; Urban Ladder looks for buyer
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has revived talks to invest close to $1 billion (about Rs 7,500 crore) in Reliance ......
Finance
PE volumes touch new low in January-June as coronavirus worsens sentiment
Private equity deal-making volumes in India fell sequentially further in the first half of 2020 to hit the lowest level ......
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Grapevine: Byju's eyes WhiteHat Jr; SoftBank to exit SBG Cleantech
Learning app Byju’s has expressed its interest to acquire WhiteHat Jr, a new startup focusing on coding for school students ......
