MUMBAI: Payments infrastructure startup Juspay has raised $50 million in funding from new investor WestBridge Capital at a valuation of $1.2 billion, becoming the first unicorn of the year.The investment includes a mix of primary and secondary transactions, the company said in a statement on Friday. In a secondary deal, a firm’s shares change hands…
MUMBAI: Employees of public sector general insurers, RBI and Nabard will receive a collective Rs 11,640-crore payout after the Centre approved a retrospective wage, pension reset covering serving and select former staff.State-owned general insurers take the bulk: Rs 8,170 crore, followed by RBI at Rs 2,697 crore and Nabard at around Rs 773 crore, factoring…
The precious metals refining industry is looking to the government to resolve customs duty imbalances that leave domestic refiners at a competitive disadvantage compared with bullion imports routed through free trade agreements, MMTC-PAMP Managing Director and CEO Samit Guha said on Friday.Guha noted that the issue extends beyond MMTC-PAMP and affects the entire refining ecosystem,…
European Union vice-president, Kaja Kallas, arrived in New Delhi on Saturday, marking her first official visit to India. The visit comes amid intensified diplomatic engagement between India and the EU.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal welcomed the official in a post on X, saying the visit builds on regular high-level engagements and comes at a timely moment…
Capital markets regulator Sebi has cleared initial public offering plans of 12 companies, according to a regulatory update released on Friday.These firms are Hella Infra Market, the parent company of construction-tech platform Infra.Market, Purple Style Labs, Jay Jagdamba Ltd, UKB Electronics, CMR Green Technologies, Transline Technologies, Medicap Healthcare, Oswal Cables, BVG India, Sai Parenteral’s, Commtel…
As the Union Budget 2026 is drawing closer, India’s precious metal refiners are have laid out their expecations from the finance minister. The sector is seeking relief from the current duty structure that favours importers as compared to local refiners, through free trade agreements. MMTC-PAMP managing director and CEO Samit Guha the duty gap has…
NEW DELHI: Shishir Kapoor, an ethnic womenswear exporter from Lucknow, asserts that he is not offering any discount to American buyers, and his business has not seen any impact due to the 50% tariffs on Indian exports. For MLK Exports, more than half its exports are to the US.“My buyers are in the upper and…
NEW DELHI: India’s commercial vehicle industry needs a stronger and well-designed vehicle scrappage policy to accelerate the replacement of old trucks, cut pollution and lower logistics costs, Ashok Leyland MD and CEO Shenu Agarwal said, as the sector sees a sharp demand rebound after GST 2.0.According to Siam, commercial vehicle sales touched a record 10.3…
NEW DELHI: India’s commercial vehicle industry needs a stronger and well-designed vehicle scrappage policy to accelerate the replacement of old trucks, cut pollution and lower logistics costs, Ashok Leyland MD and CEO Shenu Agarwal said, as the sector sees a sharp demand rebound after GST 2.0.According to Siam, commercial vehicle sales touched a record 10.3…
NEW DELHI: India’s first final assembly line (FAL) for commercial fixed-wing aircraft could come up in either Gujarat’s Dholera or Andhra’s Bhogapuram.Adani Group’s upcoming JV (joint venture) FAL with Brazilian regional aircraft major Embraer is being aggressively wooed by both states that are implementing ambitious aerospace plans for these two places. India is looking at…