Manpasand reported a healthy quarter overall albeit EBITDA/PAT were below our estimates. Overall, FY2017 was broadly in line with company guidance at start of the year and both Mango Sip and Fruits Up posted robust growth.

The bench said SBI’s petition had not been drafted properly and suggested a “lack of seriousness” on the part of the petitioner.

Investors in ACC have reason to cheer as volume posted double digit growth in Q2CY17, up 10% y-o-y, after a gap of >5 years and is set for ~10% jump in CY17, on low base of ~9% dip in H2CY16.

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday reported a surge in its first quarter net profit while maintaining the asset quality.

Bharat Road Network, a road and highways BOT company, has priced its initial public offering (IPO), aimed at raising Rs 600 crore, in a price band of Rs 195-205.

The new dealerships will be known as ARENA and will be well equipped digitally to cater to the demand of the tech savvy customers.

Kuldeep Yadav performed brilliantly in the first T20 against the Windies to ensure India registered a comfortable win over the visitors.

Opec, Russia and other non-Opec producers — an alliance known as Opec+ —agreed to reduce supply by 1.2 million bpd from January 1.

Such an initiative will work effectively in the coastal state that is endowed with water bodies and enjoys high domestic demand for prawns, MPEDA chairman KS Srinivas noted here at ASCEND Kerala 2019 meet, which aims to showcase Kerala as a top-notch investment destination.

As per SOPA estimates, the actual area in Maharashtra is 36.390 lakh hectare, which is 10% less than the government estimates of 40.433 lakh hectare. Soyabean output in Maharashtra is estimated to rise by 32% to 38.4 lakh tonne for this year.

Caracas, which buys medicines and other products from India, is looking for alternative payment methods after the United States imposed stringent sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA in a bid to push out President Nicolas Maduro.

NII is the difference between interest earned and interest paid by a bank. The lender’s asset quality improved q-o-q with gross non-performing assets (NPA) of 17.36%, down 10 basis points over Q2FY19.

At the end of December 2018, Suuti held a 9.56% stake in Axis Bank. The OFS is part of the government’s move to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore for FY19.

The bank has witnessed asset quality weakening further in December quarter with the gross non-performing assets (NPA) as of December 2018 increasing to Rs 4,056 crore (8.49%) compared to Rs 2, 663 crore (5.95%).

Fino Payments Bank aims to break even in the next 18-24 months, executive vice president and head-products & alliances Ashish Ahuja tells Mitali Salian.

The board had been holding regular workshops with both farmers and buyers to encourage exports, he said, adding that the board had taken huge efforts to ensure that more mango growers register their orchards with MangoNet.

he bank said it has purchased loans aggregating Rs 19.24 billion through the direct assignment route under the home loan arrangement with Housing Development Finance Corporation, during the quarter ended March this year.

Established in February 2009, Star Union Dai-ichi Life’s (SUD Life) premium income stood at Rs 1,211 crore, while its profit after tax stood at Rs 55 crore during April-December 2018-19.

The Indiabulls board has constituted a reorganisation committee headed by SS Mundra, independent director on the board of Indiabulls and former RBI deputy governor, to undertake necessary decisions in relation to the proposed merger.

The initial price guidance stood at 210 bps over the US Treasury. The bank indicated that with 3.5 times over-subscription, the final price tightened by 25 bps.

Even as banks see a rise in core income and a drop in fresh bad loans, they may see a fall in non-interest income, with treasury income falling sharply on a sequential basis.

Popley Group has launched a special edition of gold coins, which are being offered at cheaper rates, and is also selling luxury watches at a 25-50% discount.

India produces 6-7 million tonne raw cashew per annum, and was till recently the leading supplier of kernels to the global markets.

Outstanding promoters’ pledged shares were Rs 1.95 lakh crore, which is about 1.38% of the total BSE-500 Index’s market capitalisation in March 2019.

With India exporting roughly one-third of its cotton yarn production every year, trends in export demand play a crucial role in determining the overall performance of the domestic spinning sector. 

Last year’s cotton sowing was estimated at 126.44 lakh hectare. Scientists say that early cotton sowing may be responsible for pink bollworm attack.

Banana accounts for as much as 60-65% of the green exports from Kerala and the rest are vegetables. Of the banana varieties, nenthran plantain leads the food preferences of Kerala’s 20 lakh diaspora families fanning out in the GCC countries.

There is nothing further the government can do, Kumar said, adding that there is liquidity, partial credit enhancement and interest rates have moderated. Asked about the progress made in the resolution of stressed NBFC Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL), Kumar said: “That you should ask the company.”

Industry members claim that the turnaround time after loan sanctions through the portal has been long. In a meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month, an industry association raised a complaint to this effect.

The extent to which banks are using data to lend to SMEs can grow dramatically as almost every bank is working towards this initiative as there is a big opportunity, said the SBI chairman.

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