Today's Headlines from :

*Economic Times*

📝 CBDT amends safe harbour norms for intra-group loans

📝 BLS E-Services, Popular Vehicles get Sebi approval to launch IPOs

📝 Rupee ends flat as stronger greenback counters exporter dollar sales

📝 At 614, single-day Covid case count is at a 7-month high

📝 Food subsidy of Rs 1.68 lk cr and Rs 57,686 cr released to FCI, state DCP in 2023

📝 Road ministry to bid out BOT projects of up to Rs 2 lakh crore by March 2024: Gadkari

📝 UK inflation hits lowest level in more than two years

📝 Auto parts sales rise 6.5% in H1 as buyers turn to feature-rich vehicles

📝 EnKash gets RBI nod to operate as payment aggregator

📝 WSB Partners plans to invest over Rs 1,200 cr for warehousing foray

📝 Insurance Broking Platform Finhaat Raises $3 million in funding from Omnivore, others

📝 Blume Ventures sees five-fold gain from first fund

*Business Standard*

📝 Google plans restructuring 30,000-people ad sales unit as automation booms

📝 Bharat Petroleum to invest Rs 5,044 cr in PP plant at Kochi refinery

📝 Foxconn submits application for setting up semiconductor unit: MoS IT

📝 Japan's SMBC lends $120 mn to Air India to buy A350-900 aircraft

📝 Aurobindo Pharma gets 'Voluntary Action Indicated' classing from US FDA

📝 Net FDI into India touches 21-month high at $5.9 billion in October

📝 Fresh formal job creation dips to 7-month low in October, shows EPFO data

📝 UPI transactions surge 118% in semi-urban & rural stores, shows report

📝 Employer sponsored health insurance cost to rise 11% in 2024: Report

📝 Blackstone exits Embassy REIT; sells entire 23.5% stake for Rs 7,100 cr

📝 Second best December for IPOs since 1996, 11 companies raise Rs 8,182.7 cr

*Financial Express*

📝 PayCraft partners with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI to launch Corporate Transit Card

📝 India’s steel imports to remain elevated at ~5.5% of demand this fiscal, says CRISIL MI&A report

📝 AVG Logistics acquires over 50 cold chain vehicles to strengthen fleet operations

📝 VC funding in Indian startups drop 65.8% YoY to $6.9 billion during January-November 2023, says GlobalData

📝 Open market sales of wheat cross 5 MT

*Mint*

📝 GST Council can vet pleas on GST registration threshold: Finance minister

📝 Govt plans lower stake sale target in FY25, no big names

📝 US consumer confidence surges by most since early 2021

📝 Govt races to add 270 mn more to Ayushman Bharat


📝 Innova Captab Limited raises ₹171 crore from anchor investors

📝 DLF sells independent floors, commercial plots worth ₹1,400 crore in Gurugram, Panchkula

📝 Popular Vehicles and Services receives final approval from SEBI to raise funds via IPO

📝 SpiceJet board to meet on January 10 to finalise preferential allotment

📝 Jyoti CNC Automation gets SEBI nod to raise ₹1,000 crore via IPO

📝 Centre releases norms for lease of sites for offshore wind projects.

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*FIIS F & O : RS. CRS. :*

*TOTAL NET SELL : -25087* 😭😭

*INDEX FUT. : +212*

*INDEX OPT. : -23427*

*STOCK FUT. : -2566*

*STOCK OPT. : +694*

*SEC. IN F&O BAN FOR, 22-DEC-23 :*

*1. BALRAMCHIN 2. DELTACORP 3. HINDCOPPER 4. ASHOKLEY 5. MANAPPURAM 6. INDIACEM 7. RBLBANK 8. SAIL*

*INSTL. INVEST. EQUITY CASH PROV. TRADES AS ON : 21-DEC-2023 :*

*FIIS : SELL -1,636 (9,715-11,351)* 😥

*DIIS : BUY +1,465 (9,750-8,285)* 😃

*BSE SENSEX : +359 (70,865)🔼*

*NSE NIFTY : +105 (21,255)*🔼

*BSE MIDCAP. : +563 (35,620)*🔼

*BSE SMLCAP. : +690 (41,569)*🔼

*B. CRUDE : $ 79.02* 🔽 🙂

*GOLD: $ 2,043=INR 64,200(10gr)*🔼 🙂

*SILVER : RS. 79,500 (kg)(5pm)*🔼😊

*FOREX : RS. $ 83.27 🔽 ☺️*

*7.26%GOI '33: 7.2188%(100.26)🔼☺️*

*7.18%NEW '33: 7.1897%(99.92)🔼☺️*

*7.18%GOI '37: 7.3008% (98.96)🔼😩*

21/12/2023
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BSE:+358(70865)
NSE:+104(21255)
B.NIFTY:+394(47840)
MID:+563(35619)
SML:+689(41569)
FII|FPI:-1636Cr
DII:+1464Cr
B.Crude: 79
Gold$:2038=INR: 62500
Silver: 75400
$/Rs: 83.28
7.18 : 2033 G-Sec: 7.18
NSE PE: 22.71

🇮🇳Bharat Daybook Stocks in News

*LIC:* Company got an exemption from the Department of Economic Affairs to achieve the 25 percent minimum public shareholding threshold within 10 years of listing (Positive)

*GMR Airports:* Company entered into a binding agreement with the NIIF to invest Rs 675 crore in the upcoming airport at Andhra Pradesh. (Positive)

*MOIL:* Company announced that production by December 20, crossed 16 lakh tonnes in CY2023. (Positive)

*Railtel:* Company wins Rs 66 Cr order from Northeast Frontier Railway Construction. (Positive)

*Allcargo Logistics:* Company has announced a scheme of arrangement where the ISC business will be demerged into a separate entity - Allcargo ECU. (Positive)

*Brigade:* Company announced that it has entered into a lease agreement with Sidvin Core-Tech India Private Ltd. Under the 10-year agreement, (Positive)

*Infosys:* Company signs 5-year collaboration with LKQ Europe (Distributor of automotive aftermarket parts) (Positive)

*Signature Global:* Company purchased the 8.31-acre land in Gurugram on 21 December 2023. (Positive)

*Madras Fertilizers:* Operations resumed at plant that was shutdown from Dec 4 Due to cyclone Michaung. (Positive)

*Mining stocks:* Mines Ministry to hold pre-bid conference for 1st tranche of rare minerals to auction. (Positive)

*Lupin:* Company has launched Softovac Liquifibre, a liquid laxative. (Positive)

*Kaynes Technology:* Company has approved the allocation of 57.75 lakh equity shares as part of its QIP (Positive)

*Tata Motors DVR:* BSE & NSE approve cancellation of entire ‘A’ ordinary shares & allot ordinary shares of Tata Motors. (Positive)

*Bata India:* Company said Pankaj Gupta will resign as Head of Retail and franchisee Operations and move to a global position in Bata group (Neutral)

*Suven Pharma:* Himanshu Agarwal will be appointed as CFO of the company from January 2, 2024. (Neutral)

*Bank of Baroda:* Bank said it raised ₹2,500 crore through the issuance of Basel III compliant tier II Bonds (Neutral)

*UPL:* The Board meets to raise funds. (Neutral)

*Zomato:* Company has denied reports that it acquired Shiprocket for $2 billion. (Neutral)

*Maruti Suzuki:* NCLAT adjourned CCI matter, next listed for hearing on February 2, 2024. (Neutral)

*Coforge:* Company has received an income tax demand notice of around Rs 122 crore

*MedPlus:* Company has received an order from the Drugs & Control Authority on the suspension of its drug licence for five days

*Market Update*

Gift Nifty +25 pts
Gift Nifty 21401
(21376 Nifty Fut Clsd)
*Dow +322.35 pts*
Nsdq +185.92 pts, S&P
+48.40 pts , Bovespa +1377 pts , Ftse -20 pts , Dax -45 pts , Cac -12 pts , Nikkei +103 pts now , Crude @ $73.83 brl (-0.06), Brent @ $79.34 brl (-0.36) , Gold @ 2060.70 (+9.40), Silver $24.745 (+0.16), Euro @ $1.1008, JPY @ $142.12, INR @ 83.216

*Today's Corporate Action*
*22nd Dec Ex Date*
ALPHALOGIC
Bonus issue 1:3  
AXITA
Bonus issue 1:3  CMBL
E.G.M.    
GENNEX
E.G.M.    
KLRFM
Dividend - Rs. - 2.0000 
PGCRL
E.G.M.    
RAWEDGE
E.G.M.    
RSYSTEMINT
Interim Dividend - Rs. - 6.8000 
SMAUTO
Buy Back of Shares   
SMLT
Interim Dividend - Rs. - 1.0000 

*Today's Key Results/Board Meetings*
*22-Dec-23*
AKSHAR
Bonus issue;Interim Dividend;Buy Back of Shares
CANFINHOME
Interim Dividend   
GUJARATPOLY
General    
HAWKINCOOK
General    
NITINFIRE
Quarterly Results   

*Stock under F&O ban on NSE*
*22-Dec-23*
1 ASHOKLEY
2 BALRAMCHIN
3 DELTACORP
4 HINDCOPPER
5 INDIACEM
6 MANAPPURAM
7 RBLBANK
8 SAIL

Stock News


*🗞️* Signatureglobal India Ltd to develop land in Sector 92, Gurgaon
*🗞️* Power Cleaning in a Squeeze - Maxkleen's Power Squeeze strikes the balance
of Economical and Effective Floor Cleaning
*🗞️* Allcargo group announces restructuring scheme - CL with Gati, International
Supply Chain to become independent businesses
*🗞️* RailTel Corporation of India Ltd receives order worth Rs. 66.83 crore
*🗞️* Mehai Technology Ltd receives orders from West Bengal Government
*🗞️* Aavas Financiers Ltd receives prestigious award
*🗞️* Alfa Transformers Ltd receives order worth Rs. 3.28 crore
*🗞️* Tantia Constructions Ltd receives order worth Rs. 68.48 crores
*🗞️* NIIF to invest upto INR 6.75 billion in the upcoming greenfield airport at
Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh being developed by GMR Airports Ltd
*🗞️* RACE Eco Chain Ltd bags Times Leading Icons Award 2023 for Excellence in
Waste Management Innovation
*🗞️* Lupin Launches Softovac Liquifibre, a first-of-its-kind liquid fibre
*🗞️* Hero MotoSports Team Rally unveils team for the Dakar Rally 2024
*🗞️* EKI Energy Services Ltd. Unveils Insights into Crucial Outcomes of COP28 in
Latest Whitepaper
*🗞️* MOIL 2023 production surpasses 16 lakhs tonnes 26 percent growth over
previous best
*🗞️* WPIL Ltd receives order worth Rs. 425.35 crores
*🗞️* Brigade Group Leases Office Space to Sidvin Core-Tech India Private Limited
*🗞️* Infosys to Harmonize the Systems of LKQ Europe
*🗞️* Ami Organics Signs Memorandum of Understanding with a Global Manufacturer
of Electrolytes
*🗞️* Tata Chemicals and Rallis India get top honors at ICAI Sustainability
Reporting Awards 2023
*🗞️* ACRE successfully completes debt resolution of Jayaswal Neco Industries
*🗞️* U GRO Capital and Laghu Udyog Bharati to Empower Rajasthan's MSMEs
*🗞️* Tata Steel receives 9 awards in the Five Star Rating category for its coal
mines
*🗞️* NTPC Coal Mining Projects Shine Bright with Star Rating Awards for
Sustainable Mining Excellence
*🗞️* Times Prime and HDFC Bank announce Strategic Partnership: Unveil Times
Prime Purple Carpet Experience for HDFC Bank Diners Club Members

Top10 Stocks in Focus @ALLiESFiN

1-LIC
Govt Grants One-Time Exemption To Achieve 25% MPS Within 10 Yrs Of Listing

2-RAILTEL
Wins Rs 66 Cr order from Northeast Frontier Railway Construction

3-INFOSYS
Infosys Signs A 5-Year Collaboration With LKQ Europe, LKQ Europe Is A Distributor Of Automotive Aftermarket Parts

4-GMR AIRPORT
NIIF To Invest `675 Cr In Airport At Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh

5-SIGNATURE GLOBAL
The subsidiary company purchased the 8.31-acre land in Gurugram on 21 December 2023. The total land of 8.31 acres has an overall developable area of approximately 1.04 million

6-MADRAS FERT
Madras Fertilizers: Operations Resumed At Plant That Was Shutdown From Dec 4 Due To Cyclone Michaung

7-MOIL
MOIL 2023 Production Crosses 16 Lakhs Tonnes

8-ALLCARGO LOGISTICS & GATI
Announce scheme of arrangement

9-UPL
UPL: The Board meets to raise funds
UGRO Cap: The Board meets on 27th December 2023, to consider and approve the raising of funds by way of issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures through a private placement basis

10-NMDC, GMDC, NALCO
Mines Ministry to hold pre-bid conference for 1st tranche of rare minerals to auction GLAUCONITE, GRAPHITE, POTASH, NICKEL, LITHIUM, last date for bids submission is Jan 22, 2024

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*FIIS F & O : RS. CRS. :*

*TOTAL NET BUY : +21335* 😃😃

*INDEX FUT. : -225*

*INDEX OPT. : +14158*

*STOCK FUT. : +6232*

*STOCK OPT. : +1169*

*SEC. IN F&O BAN FOR, 26-DEC-23 :*

*1. BALRAMCHIN 2. DELTACORP 3. HINDCOPPER 4. NATIONALUM 5. ASHOKLEY 6. INDIACEM 7. SAIL*

INSTL. INVEST. EQUITY CASH PROV. TRADES AS ON : 22-DEC-2023 :

*FIIS : SELL -2829 (10,905-13,734)* 😥

*DIIS : BUY +2,167 (10,332-8,165)* 😃

*BSE SENSEX : +242 (71,107)🔼*

*NSE NIFTY : +94 (21,349)*🔼

*BSE MIDCAP. : +263 (35,883)*🔼

*BSE SMLCAP. : +433 (42,002)*🔼

*B. CRUDE : $ 79.63* 🔼 😩

*GOLD: $ 2,062=INR 64,700(10gr)*🔼 😊

*SILVER : RS. 79,800 (kg)(5pm)*🔼🙂

*FOREX : RS. $ 83.14 🔼 🙂*

*7.18%NEW '33: 7.1862%(99.9450)🔼🙂*

*7.18%GOI '37: 7.3025% (98.9475)↔️☺️*

Today's Headlines from :

*Economic Times*

📝 Mask up, say doctors as Covid-19 cases show a rise

📝 Fairfax Financial pares 5.7% stake in IIFL Finance worth Rs 1,198 cr

📝 Ola Electric files draft papers with SEBI to raise Rs 5,500 cr via IPO

📝 Centre transfers additional Rs 72,961 crore to states above budgeted tax devolution

📝 India's forex reserves jump $9.11 bn to $615.97 bn for the week ending December 15

📝 Domestic jewellery consumption likely to grow 10-12% in FY24: ICRA

📝 India exports 43 per cent more diesel in November

📝 NTPC Renewable Energy wins bid for 900 MW solar projects

📝 Bharat Electronics Ltd bags orders worth Rs 2,673 crore from two firms

📝 Lupin to acquire established products in Europe, Canada from Sanofi for Rs 91 cr

📝 Cloud kitchen service provider Kitchens@ raises Rs 540 crore in funding

📝 Agritech startup Fasal raises $12 million in funding led by TDK Ventures, British International Investment

*Business Standard*

📝 Sebi proposes implementation of T+0 settlement cycle in two phases

📝 Tesla buys land for Shanghai battery factory, to make 10K units anually

📝 OneWeb sets sights on defence, governance for satellite broadband expansion

📝 NPS adoption dips to 4 month low in October amid corporate slowdown: NSO

📝 Banks bid 2.5 times at Rs 4.75 trn against notified amount at VRR auction

📝 Credit card spending take 10% dip in Nov as festive season comes to end

📝 EV sales likely to reach 10 mn annually by 2030, create 50 mn jobs: Gadkari

*Financial Express*

📝 Better profitability to support corporate rating headroom: Fitch

📝 Geological Survey of India plans to install AI for use in mineral exploration

📝 Ramkrishna Forgings secures NCLT approval for acquisition of ACIL Ltd

📝 Organised F&G retailers to log revenue growth of 14-15% in fiscal 2025, says CRISIL Ratings


📝 PSP Projects bags Rs 159 crore order in Gujarat

📝 Govt extends zero import duty, agri-cess exemption on masur till March 2025

📝 Awfis Space Solutions files IPO papers with Sebi

📝 Rupee rises 12 paise to settle at 83.15 against US dollar

*Mint*

📝 NFRA flags gaps in statutory audits done by top audit firms

📝 Finmin shrugs off IMF’s debt concern

📝 FPIs’ monthly investments hit 3-yr high in Dec

📝 Swan Energy plans ₹300 cr debt prepayment for Jafarabad FSRU project

📝 JN.1 Covid variant vaccine: Serum Institute to apply for licence

📝 Banks’ deposit growth at 13%, lowers gap with credit growth: Jefferies

📝 Commercial LPG price cut by up to ₹39.5 per cylinder

📝 General Atlantic to acquire a majority stake in Amar Ujala's healthcare chain

📝 Pakistan: 4.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Islamabad, Rawalpindi.

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When Index move up 10%

Human physiology...
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Mkt. Updates :

*GIFT Nifty +33 pts (21418) from last trade 21385 ,*

Nikkei +27 pts ,
Hangseng clsd ,

Us And Europe Mkt Clsd
Crude @ $73.81 brl (+0.25), Brent @ $79.19 brl (-0.20) , Gold @ 2066.80 (-2.30), Silver $24.51 (-0.05), Euro @ $1.102, JPY @ $142.22, INR @ 83.165


US GOVT. 10-YR YIELD : 3.89%


*TODAY'S CORPORATE ACTION, 26.12.2023 :*


*NIL*


*Today's Key Results/Board Meetings, 26-Dec-23 :*

ABHICAP
General    
ADANIGREEN
Preferential Issue of shares  
AMIC
Half Yearly Results   
CITL
General    
CROISSANCE
General    
DYNAMICP
General    
JAMESWARREN
General    
JLL
General    
PRAVEG
Issue Of Warrants;Preferential Issue of shares;GeneralSAICOM
General    
TANAA
Preferential Issue of shares  


*SEC. IN F&O BAN FOR, 26-DEC-23 :*

*1. BALRAMCHIN 2. DELTACORP 3. HINDCOPPER 4. ASHOKLEY 5. NATIONALUM 6. INDIACEM 7. SAIL*


*Today's Alert :*

*RBI to Conduct Auction of SDLS BONDS for INR 253.49 Billion*

🇮🇳India Daybook Stocks in News


*Biocon:* Company partners w/Sandoz for distribution of Adalimumab BS Subcutaneous injectio (Positive)

*Talbros:* Board approves divestment of its entire 40% stake in JV Co Nippon Leakless Talbros for Rs. 81.8 cr. (Positive)

*Can Fin Home:* ICRA upgrades company’s rating of long-term facilities to 'AAA' from 'AA+'. (Positive)

*RITES:* Company and NEEPCO in pact to strengthen logistical infra at Northeast hydropower stations. (Positive)

*NTPC:* Company’s Renewable Energy unit wins bid for 900 MW solar projects. (Positive)

*Jndal Steel:* Company has entered into a MoU with RINL for the operationalization of RINL's Blast Furnace-3 (BF-3) (Positive)

*Transformers and Rectifiers:* Company completed the 'Dynamic Short Circuit Test' (Positive)

*Fusion Microfinance:* CARE has revised its credit rating for the Long-Term Bank Loan Facilities of Fusion Micro Finance Limited from CARE A to CARE A+ (Positive)

*Archean Chemicals:* Subsidiary has been declared as the successful bidder for acquiring Oren Hydrocarbons Private Limited. (Positive)

*NDTV:* Civil Suit filed by Ankiti Bose before Bombay HC seeking Rs 820 cr damages against arm NDTV Convergence has been amicably settled between the parties. (Positive)

*KPI Tech:* Company acquires 13% stake in N-Dream AG (Positive)

*RK Forging:* NCLT approves RK Forging's acquisition with ACIL Limited (Positive)

*EMS:* Company received letter of award from Urban Development Department awards worth of Rs 356.6 crore (Positive)

*PNC Infratech:* Company achieves financial closure for a highway project of Rs 819 crore (Positive)

*Reliance Industries:* According to a report, the conglomerate and Walt Disney have signed a non-binding term sheet to merge their Indian media operations (Positive)

*Anupam Rasayan:* Company has signed LoI worth $61 million or ₹507 crore with one of the leading Japanese multi-national chemical company (Positive)

*LT Foods:* Company eyes bigger chunk of ready-to-cook meals, snacks (Positive)

*Adani Wilmar:* Promoters propose share sale in the open market to achieve minimum public shareholding (Neutral)

*UPL:* Company to raise funds up to Rs 4,200 cr via rights issue. (Neutral)

*Tata Steel:* Company announced shareholders’ meet on Jan 25, 2024 to consider merger of co & the Indian Steel and Wire products (Neutral)

*SBI:* Banks signs $165 million Line of Credit with World Bank for promoting rooftop solar project in India. (Neutral)

*Bank of Baroda:* Raises stake in ONDC to 8.51% from 5.56% for Rs 30 crore (Neutral)

*Suryoday:* Mr. Sandeep Arora, has been appointed as Chief Product and Customer Experience Officer of the Bank. (Neutral)

*JK Tyre:* Company announced closure of its Qualified Institutional Placement issue through which it has raised ₹500 crore (Neutral)

*Paytm:* Company said that the AI-led transformation will result in a "slight" reduction in the operations and marketing workforce (Neutral)

*Wipro:* Denies rumours of former L&T Infotech CEO Sanjay Jalona joining the company

*Zydus Lifesciences:* Company gets 6 observations from USFDA for API plant.

*MedPlus:* Company has received an order from the Drugs & Control Authority on the suspension of its drug licence for five days

*Infosys:* The global company has elected to terminate the MoU and the parties will not be pursuing the Master Agreement. The MoU signed with company by client for target spend over 15 years is estimated at USD 1.5 Bn.

*Auro Pharma:* US FDA issues 10 observations for Aurobindo Pharma's arm Eugia’s East Windsor, New Jersey, US mfg Unit

*Vedanta:* Arm Bharat Aluminium Co (BALCO) receives Rs 84 cr GST demand from Bilaspur authorities for FY17-18 on account of various interpretational issues.

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Investments and Markets:

* *FPIs Pump Money into Equities:* Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) poured a massive Rs 57,300 crore into Indian equities in December, pushing their total investment this year past Rs 1.62 lakh crore.
* *Market Movers:* Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, and Hindustan Unilever saw their market capitalization jump, while TCS, ICICI Bank, and Infosys faced erosion.
* *IT Sector Woes:* Analyst predictions suggest a rocky path for Indian IT firms in 2024, with Infosys losing a major deal and muted revenue guidance from Accenture.

Business Success Stories:

* *From Store to Billion-Dollar Venture:* Mithun Sacheti's CaratLane journey demonstrates the power of entrepreneurial vision, transforming a single jewelry store into a Rs 17,000 crore business.
* *Government Action:* The government plans to procure tur dal above minimum support price (MSP) to boost buffer stocks.
* *Century Plyboards Invests Big:* Century Plyboards commits Rs 2,000 crore investment in Andhra Pradesh.

Capital Market Updates:

* *Adani Wilmar Stake Reduction:* Adani Wilmar promoters to divest shares to meet public float norms.
* *SME IPO Boom:* Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experience an IPO subscription surge, with many seeing over 100 times subscription.
* *PSP Projects Secures Major Project:* PSP Projects emerges as the lowest bidder for a Rs 158.61 crore project from the Gujarat government.

Company Developments:

* *Biocon Biologics Inks Distribution Deal:* Biocon Biologics signs exclusive distribution agreement with Sandoz for a key drug in Japan.
* *Talbros Automotive Divests JV Stake:* Talbros Automotive Components to divest its entire stake in a joint venture company.
* *Vizag Steel-Jindal Deal:* Potential deal between Vizag Steel and Jindal Steel & Power for working capital infusion.
* *Tata Motors Launches EV Stores:* Tata Motors subsidiary launches TATA.ev stores in Gurugram, further strengthening its electric vehicle push.
* *UPL Rights Issue:* UPL to raise up to Rs 4,200 crore through a rights issue.
* *KPIT Technologies Acquires Game Platform Stake:* KPIT Technologies acquires 13% stake in a Swiss cloud-based game aggregation platform company.