Tuesday, 6 November 2018

06 November 2018 News

Business Standard :

Ø  SBI Q2 profit slumps 40% YoY to Rs 945 cr

Ø  India among 8 nations allowed to buy Iranian oil: US

Ø  'Steel sector growth may top GDP numbers'

Ø  RBI slaps Rs 1 crore fine on Fino Payments bank

Ø  NBFCs facing liquidity issues but no 'crisis': Srinivas

Ø  Excessive competition can lead to stress: Jaitley

Ø  Patanjali enters apparel space, eyes Rs 1,000 cr

Ø  Tata Group in talks to buy a majority stake in Jet Airways: Report

Ø  Fortis Q2 net loss widens to Rs 1.67 bn; margins improve sequentially

Ø  Essar Steel operational creditors to move NCLT to seek Rs 50 bn of dues

Ø  PNB Housing Fin Q2 profit up 33% to Rs 2.53 bn over high-interest income

Ø  Lupin gets USFDA nod to market generic injection for kidney disease

*Mint :*

Ø  Bosch Ltd plans buyback; profit jumps 19% to₹420 cr

Ø  No anti-dumping duty on PTFE resin from India, China: USITC

Ø  Torrent Pharma standalone net profit up 75%

Ø  Power Grid Q2 profit rises 7.8% to ₹2,309.5 crore

Ø  Two years after note ban, digital transactions show robust growth

Ø  Plastics exports jump 31.6% in H1

Ø  RIL’s ₹10,000 crore shopping spree for Reliance Jio, Reliance Retail

Ø  Altico invests ₹650 crore in Renaissance Group’s warehouse project

Ø  Aavishkaar plans to raise $300 million for South Asia fund

Ø  Bharti Airtel’s African safari takes a curious turn

Ø  SoftBank’s Kabir Misra’s fund to buy into Meesho, Acko

Ø  ArcelorMittal’s Essar Steel win spells loss for Gujarat

*Financial Chronicle :*

Ø  Services October PMI at 3-month high; 3 key things to know

Ø  Airtel rolls out 'alternate e-KYC' in select circles for new connections

Ø  China’s imports of goods, services to exceed USD 40 trillion in 15 years, says President Xi Jinping

Ø  CPSE ETF: Another round of PSU divestment likely this month; govt looks to raise Rs 8,000 crore

Ø  SFIO may summon IL&FS auditors for questioning to dig out accounting lapses

Ø  Mutual Funds assets surged by 43.44% in last 2 years

Ø  DHFL repays commercial paper worth Rs 1,775 crore

Ø  TCS faces US jury over sacking of American staff

06.11.18 Economic News

👉CBIC exempt supply from PSU to PSU from applicability of provisions relating to TDS under GST.

👉CBIC clarifies that Tea Board of India falls in category of electronic commerce operator and is suppose to collect TCS as per GST Act

👉CBIC clarifies scope of Principal and Agent relationship in case of Del Credere Agent vide Circular No. 73/47/2018-GST dated 5th November 2018

👉Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), West Bengal held that the Reimbursement of Toll Charges will attract GST.

👉Finance Ministry is eyeing about Rs 8,000 Crore through the launch of Follow-on Public Offer of CPSE Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) by the end of this month. This would be the fourth tranche of the CPSE ETF, which comprises shares of 10 Bluechip Companies. In the earlier 3 tranches of the ETF, the Govt had raised Rs 11,500 crore.

👉MCA proposes more amendments in Companies Act which would be required to strengthen the corporate governance & enforcement framework. Suggestion/Comments on the proposed amendments along with justification in brief may be sent latest by 20th November, 2018 through email at comments_rbcao@mca.gov.in

👉Amazon is all set to buy 9.5% stake in Future Retail (Big Bazaar) through FPI Route. Amazon has already signed a term sheet and the deal will be announced after board approval on 14th November.

👉PNB MetLife India Insurance Company gets SEBI’s go-ahead for IPO

👉India's Plastics Exports posted a growth of 31.6% at $4.59 Billion during the period April - September 2018 (H12018-19) as against $3.48 Billion in same period during H1 2017-18, registering a faster pace of growth than the overall merchandise export growth from India