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Infrastructure
Budget 2019: Infrastructure spending to climb but all eyes on discoms' rising debt
Last week, while inaugurating the budget session of parliament, President Ram Nath Kovind said that India will build 35,000 km...
General
Grapevine: GIC, Carlyle among front runners for SBI General; Brookfield eyes Suzlon
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and five private equity firms have been shortlisted to buy a 26% stake in SBI ......
Finance
RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya resigns six months before term ends
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term in ......
General
Stressed assets: NCLT gets more judges; Jet Airways finally lands into bankruptcy court
In a development that will help ease the burden of bankruptcy courts and expedite the resolution of distressed assets, the ......
Investor Bulletin
Podcast: M&A moves in financial services; flurry of VC deals
There were some big-ticket transactions this week as mortgage lender HDFC agreed to acquire a 51.2% stake in Apollo Munich...
Consumer
Walmart pays $282 mn to settle bribery probes in India, other countries
Walmart Inc said on Thursday it will pay $282 million to settle a seven-year-long investigation into whether its overseas units...
Economy
Budget 2019: Govt may let fiscal deficit rise as tax collections fall short
India's government is likely to overshoot the budget deficit target previously set for the current fiscal year, three officials...
TMT
US says has no plans to cap H-1B work visa programme
The Trump administration has no plans to cap H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data ......
General
Grapevine: SoftBank may invest in Curefit; Lupin, Piramal eye JB Chemicals
Japan’s SoftBank Vision Fund is looking to invest up to $350 million (about Rs 2,440 crore at current exchange rate) ......
TMT
Value Lens: Why IndiaMart's IPO comes as a reality check for other B2B marketplaces
The recent initial public offerings of US ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. showed that stock markets...
