BUSINESS

Law must save home buyers from builder-planner 'unholy nexus': SC
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The top court made this observation while directing the demolition of 40-storey twin-towers of Emerald Court, constructed by real estate company Supertech in Noida. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said construction of twin towers was violative of the minimum distance requirement, and emphasised that the purpose of stipulating a minimum distance is a matter of public interest in planned development.
RBI to fine tune liquidity operations whenever needed
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Addressing the FIMMDA-PDAI Annual Conference, he said that the Reserve Bank will endeavour to ensure adequate liquidity in the G-sec market as an integral element of its effort to maintain comfortable liquidity conditions in the system. Noting that government securities are a distinct asset class, Das said that it is important to appreciate the role the G-sec market plays.
Market at new record high levels; Sensex up 662 points
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The journey to the new high was achieved in record time. The BSE Sensex crossed the 57,000-mark and touched a record high of 57,625.26 points, while the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange hit the 17,000-level for the first time in its history. It hit an all-time high of 17,153.50 points during the day. It was the fastest 1,000-point gain for Nifty50.
Amidst gradual recovery, private airports to double capex to Rs 42K cr
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The confidence on capex stems from the strong long-term fundamentals and regulated tariff structure, which allows pass through of capex costs and thereby keeping the risks low. Before the onset of Covid-19 in India, towards the end of fiscal 2020, private airports were bursting at their seams, operating at over 115 per cent of their design capacity (i.e operating at 175 million passengers on a design capacity of 150 million passengers).
India's core industrial output up 9.4% in July
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The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) readings for the last month showed an expansion of 9.4 per cent from a decline of 7.6 per cent in output, during the same month of the previous year. On a sequential basis, the core industrial growth during June stood at 9.3 per cent. The ICI index comprises 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
India's April-July fiscal deficit reaches 21.3% of FY22 target
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The fiscal deficit -- the difference between revenue and expenditure -- for the April-June 2021-22 period stood at Rs 321,143 crore, or 21.3 per cent of the budget estimates (BE). The FY22 deficit has been pegged at Rs 15.06 lakh crore. Besides, the CGA data showed that the fiscal deficit during the corresponding months of the previous fiscal was 103.1 per cent of that year's target.
India's Q1FY22 GDP growth zooms 20.1% YoY
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In 2020, the pandemic had battered the country's GDP which had contracted by 24.4 per cent during Q1FY21. India's GDP at constant of 2011-12 prices has been estimated at Rs 32.38 lakh crore, as against Rs 26.95 lakh crore in Q1FY21. Last year, the pandemic-triggered national lockdown during Q1FY21 had a massive impact on the economy. It was only on June 1, 2020 that the partial unlock measures were implemented.
Bharti Airtel calls reports on investment by Google 'speculation'
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The company responded after the exchanges had sought clarification on the reports of a possible investment running into thousands of crores by the US-headquartered technology major into the telco. "We would like to submit that the Company, as a matter of policy, does not comment on media speculation/report(s)," it said in a regulatory filing.
Kerala's top financial institution performs well amid Covid-19
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Sanjay Kaul, KFC Chief Managing Director (CMD), said though the economy is under severe stress due to Covid-19, the KFC could position itself well. "We were able to improve the performance in terms of all-time high loan portfolio growth, higher sanctions, disbursements, and recovery.
Chinese apps making profit in India despite facing ban
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Last year, the government had banned 267 Chinese apps using the provision of Section 69A under the IT Act. These apps included TikTok, PUBG, Helo, UC Browser, Likee, Shareit, WeChat, Mi Community and more. However, some popular apps that were banned directly have made an unnoticed entry into India, as most of the companies have tried to hide their Chinese ownership of the apps.
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