MC Insider: Mutual fund buyout buzz, cement deals, story behind tax raids, hype master and more

Last week, during the Opposition’s protests against Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over Lakhimpur Kheri violence, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi was allowed to travel before being detained in Sitapur while the former chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav was not allowed to move beyond Lucknow. For the next two days, Priyanka remained […]

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Telecom secretary asks C-DoT to work on 6G, launches Quantum Communication Lab

Representative image Telecom Secretary K Rajaraman has asked state-owned telecom research and development organisation C-DoT to start working on 6G and other futuristic technologies in order to catch up with the global market in time, a statement said on Sunday. Samsung, Huawei, LG and some other companies have started working on 6G technologies which is said […]

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Instasafe eyes expansion in Middle East, Europe for cybersecurity solution

Cybersecurity solutions provider InstaSafe Technologies is looking to expand its presence in the Middle East and Europe and is in active conversation with potential partners and large technology corporations for go-to-market strategy, a top company official said. Sandip Kumar Panda, the CEO of InstaSafe Technologies, said that the company saw a spike in demand for […]

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M-cap of 8 of top-10 most valued companies jump Rs 2.32 lakh crore; Reliance Industries lead gainer

Representative image Eight of the top-10 most valued companies together added a whopping Rs 2,32,800.35 crore in market valuation last week in-tandem with rally in the broader market, with Reliance Industries and Tata Consultancy Services emerging as the biggest gainers. Last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark rallied 1,293.48 points or 2.20 percent. The benchmark soared […]

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Women partners protest on streets, Urban Company says “not perfect, acknowledge mistakes made”

Representative Image Urban Company has said they will be releasing some important programs which will further enhance the earnings and well-being of the partner ecosystem after protests by women workers in Gurugram. The company in a blog post has also claimed that on an average their partners earn Rs 280–300 per hour, net of commissions and […]

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Aurobindo Pharma to stop molnupiravir trial in moderate COVID-19 patients

Lincoln Pharmaceuticals | Promoter Ashish Rajanibhai Patel picked 31,000 equity shares in the company via open market transaction on September 27, increasing shareholding to 5.16 percent from 5 percent earlier. Two Indian drugmakers have requested permission to end late-stage trials of their generic versions of Merck & Co’s promising experimental oral antiviral drug molnupiravir to treat […]

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Most PSUs on govt#39;s privatisation list created by private sector: Sanjeev Sanyal

Principal Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal (Illustration by Suneesh Kalarickal) Defending privatisation policy, Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on Saturday said most of the public sector undertakings (PSUs) that the government intends to sell were actually created by the private sector. Stressing that this government is unapologetic about privatisation, he said “you (Opposition) made the point […]

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Govt directs fertiliser companies not to hike prices of DAP, other phosphatic nutrients

Fertiliser Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has directed all manufacturers not to increase retail prices of DAP and other phosphatic fertilisers as part of the government’s efforts to ensure the availability of crop nutrients at affordable prices during the ongoing Rabi season, according to sources. The government, which increased subsidies on DAP and some other non-urea fertilisers, […]

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