Wednesday, 11 October 2017

11 October 2017 News

_Happy Reading_👍

=== *©orporate and General Updates on 11th October, 2017*===

*Mint*

=> Airlines slash flight ticket prices in Diwali fortnight amid weak demand

=> VAT cut on petrol by states raises hope of inclusion of fuel under GST

=> Scope of insolvency rules to be expanded to individual businesses

=> Tractor, two-wheeler sales in rural India get monsoon, festive season boost

=> Oil imports: India readies to play hardball with suppliers over pricing

=> RSS to chart blueprint for expansion at Bhopal meet

...........................................

*Business Standard*

=> Tax benefit cloud over plants in Northeast, hilly states

=> IMF trims India's growth forecast to 6.7%

=> Adani may buy RInfra's Mumbai power business

=> Private banks, NBFCs gain at govt banks' expense

=> SBI chief Rajnish Kumar creates MD post for tackling bad loans

=> CRISIL files consent plea in Amtek Auto case

...........................................

*Economic Times*

=> Digital payments touch 75.6 mn transactions in August

=> IMF believes India can wrest back the title of fastest-growing economy from China

=> Xiaomi to replicate China models, turn into internet cos

=> SBI-led consortium orders audit of Punj Lloyd accounts

=> Bharti Infratel , Global funds plan towering deal

=> Catalan leader steps back from declaring independence

...........................................

*Financial Express*

=> Bandipora encounter: Gunbattle between security forces and terrorists underway in Hajin area of Jammu and Kashmir

=> Railways takes big step under Piyush Goyal to shut printing presses; redeployment of staff in offing

=> Techies to face tough time: IT companies set to sack more staff soon

=> Nanded civic polls Live Updates: BJP takes on Congress, Shiv Sena in crucial Maharashtra face off today

=> Water tech major VA Tech takes action against Chennai NCLT order over alleged default

=> Enforcement Directorate grills Tejashwi Yadav for 9 hrs in money laundering case

..........................................

*Hindustan Times*

=> Two militants killed in encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora

=> PM Narendra Modi’s economic advisory council to hold first meet today

=> Gujarat polls: Targeting state’s women voters through a vast network of self-help groups

=> Demonetisation, GST impact: IMF lowers India’s 2017 growth forecast to 6.7% 

=> Godhra carnage was not an act of terrorism: Gujarat HC judgment

=> Delhi Metro fare hike gets mixed response from commuters, AAP announces stir

...........................................

*Indian Express*

=> On PM Modi's Economic Advisory Council table today: Speeding up growth and generating jobs

=> Two militants killed by security forces in Hajin, Jammu and Kashmir

=> Passive euthanasia Bill ready, but ‘living will’ may be misused: Govt tells SC

=> Coach overcrowded, 100 escaped: Gujarat HC on commuting death sentence of 11 convicts to life imprisonment

=> Don’t say love jihad in every here and there, says Kerala High Court

=> FTII launches first skill course in video editing

...........................................