IL&FS on Wednesday said that it has transferred two more road projects -- Hazaribagh Ranchi Expressway and Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company -- to Roadstar Infra Investment Trust at an enterprise value of Rs 979 crore. The infrastructure sector finance firm which went under insolvency in September 2018 still has four more road special purpose vehicles [...]
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of high-speed 5G services in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The company also announced the roll out of 5G services in Imphal. In a statement anouncing that 5G services have gone live in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, the company said that the services are currently operational at SG Highway, [...]
The IIFL Group's early-stage investment vehicle, IIFL Fintech Fund, has invested USD 2 million (around Rs 16.5 crore) in insurance technology startup Insurance Samadhan for a 16 per cent stake, valuing the platform at around USD 13 million (around Rs 107 crore). The startup also received another USD 1 million from other investors in the [...]
With more than 600 listings on BSE & NSE SME exchanges and the notable success of many SME IPO, investors have started showing interest in this new category of SME IPOs. A wave of fresh air comes for the realty sector with a young property technology firm, Homesfy Realty opening its IPO for subscription on [...]
Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Administration of Ladakh union territory, conferring preferential status to each other. According to the MoU, the Ladakh UT Administration would nominate J&K Bank as ‘preferred banker’ for all its banking-related services, while as, J&K Bank would give the ‘most favoured client’ status [...]
Debt-ridden Future Enterprises Ltd (FEL) on Tuesday said it has defaulted on interest payment of Rs 6.07 crore for non-convertible debentures. The due date for payment was December 19, 2022, it said in a regulatory filing. "The company is unable to service its obligations in respect of the interest on Non-Convertible Debentures due on December [...]
The government has approved Rs 357.17 crore for Apple's vendor Foxconn India and Rs 58.29 crore for Dixon Technologies subsidiary Padget Electronics under the Production-Linked Incentive scheme for mobile phones. This is the first time the government has cleared an incentive of a global company engaged in electronics manufacturing in the country. "Foxconn Hon Hai [...]
Shyam Metalics and Energy Ltd on Tuesday said it has forayed into the stainless steel business by acquiring Mittal Corp Ltd in an NCLT-led resolution process. The company will invest about Rs 7,500 crore over the next 4-5 years to scale up its metal business, Shyam Metalics vice-chairman and managing director Brij Bhusan Agarwal said. [...]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday said it has approved Woodhall Holdings Ltd's acquisition of a minority stake in UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Ltd (UPL SAS). The deal has been cleared under the green channel route. Under this framework, transaction which does not raise any risk of an appreciable adverse effect on competition [...]
MSME-focused shadow lender Trucap Finance has announced two deals -- buying out the retail MSME book of the Jalandhar-based EZ Capital in a share swap deal and a Rs 105 crore funding in a mix of equity and debt from the Mauritius-based fund Zeal Global. The city-based NBFC has a loan book of around Rs [...]
