Days after announcing mega deals to purchase 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, Air India on Friday announced that over 4,200 cabin crew trainees and 900 pilots will be hired in the year 2023 to meet its growing manpower needs. Earlier this month, Air India announced two mega order to purchase 220 aircraft from Boeing and 250 … Read more
On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) banned Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi and his wife Maria among 45 individuals and companies from participating in the securities market. The decision was rendered following an examination into claims that two firms, Sharpline Broadcast Ltd. and Sadhna Broadcast Ltd., through specific entities, had manipulated share … Read more
In a country witnessing rapid growth, it comes as no surprise that India also has one of the fastest-growing fintech landscapes in the world, driven primarily by the advancement in digital payments segment. A recent report by PhonePe and Boston Consulting Group concluded that India’s digital payments market will more than triple from USD 3 … Read more
A day after US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) shut down its operation, an Indian co-operative bank named ‘SVC Co-operation Bank Limited’ was forced to issue a statement following confusion on social media. In a tweet, the bank said, “SVC Bank is completely unrelated to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) which was based in California. We request … Read more
On May 24, India’s largest life insurer LIC reported an impressive growth for the fourth quarter of Financial Year 2022-23. The Consolidated Profit After Taxes (PAT) of LIC stood at an impressive Rs 13,190.79 crores. The company has seen a 5.5 folds year-on-year rise of 447.47%. Notably, for the financial year 2021-22’s fourth quarter, LIC’s PAT was … Read more
Days after the National Payments Corporation of India recommended an interchange fee up to 1.1% on UPI transactions of over Rs 2,000 made through Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs), there was confusion over it applicability. There were claims on social media saying that every transaction over Rs 2,000 made via Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will attract a fee … Read more
India has become Europe’s largest supplier of refined fuels this month while simultaneously buying record amounts of Russian crude, according to data from analytics firm Kpler. Europe’s reliance on Indian crude oil products has grown since the ban on Russian oil. Europe’s refined fuel imports from India are set to surge above 360,000 barrels a … Read more
India and Russia will explore the potential of accepting RuPay and Mir cards in each other’s countries to facilitate payments in the midst of Western sanctions on Moscow. During the high-level Internal Governmental Commission meeting on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological, and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC), both countries talked about and decided to investigate the possibility of accepting these … Read more
Wadia Group controlled ultra-low cost Go First Airlines filed for voluntary insolvency before the National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday after facing acute financial troubles. The Airlines also cancelled all flights on 3, 4 and 5 May, causing DGCA to issue a show cause notice to it. The airline blamed the “faulty” Pratt & Whitney engines used … Read more
The Adani Group is developing an integrated data centre and technology business park in Visakhapatnam to boost local technology ecosystem in the region. The investments will be on top of the Rs 20,000 crore already invested in the state, which created more than 18,000 direct and 54,000 indirect jobs, according to a statement from the … Read more