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Ashneer Grover, who quit fintech platform BharatPe he co-founded amid serious allegations of financial wrongdoings against him and his wife, has hit back at the Board of the company, saying he is "appalled at the personal nature of the BharatPe Board's statement, but not surprised".BharatPe said it reserves all rights to take further legal action against him and his family.

“I say with my head held high that today this company stands as a leader in the fintech world. Since the beginning of 2022, unfortunately, I’ve been embroiled in baseless and targeted attacks on me and my family by a few individuals who are ready not only to harm me and my reputation but also harm the reputation of the company, which they are ostensibly trying to protect,” Mr. Grover wrote in a letter to the board.

Currently employing around 150, Propelld plans to add another 100-150 employees over the next year across technology, business development and collections. The startup was founded in 2017 by IIT Madras trio of Bibhu Prasad Das, Victor Senapaty and Brijesh Samantaray, Propelld has tie-ups with over 550 educational institutes and is currently clocking an annual loan disbursal run rate of Rs 600 crore, it said in a statement.

Ashneer Grover, co-founder and managing director of the fintech startup BharatPe, has held talks with the investors to fully exit the company.  Ashneer’s ostensible exit comes on the back of controversies surrounding financial irregularities as well as a leaked audio clip in which Grover is allegedly abusing a Kotak Mahindra Bank employee.  Ashneer Grover is currently on a temporary leave following the audio leak.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani of the Adani Group on Monday overtook Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest man with a net worth of USD88.5 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani, 59, added around USD12 billion to his net worth this year thereby overtaking Mukesh Ambani, whose net worth currently stands at USD87.9 billion.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget 2022-23 that the Reserve Bank of India will issue Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) by in FY23. She said that this move “will give a big boost to digital economy (and this) currency will also lead to a more efficient and cheaper currency management system.” Hence, it is important to know what is this CBDC, why is this being hailed as a move towards fintech revolution and how is this different from private currencies such as cryptocurrencies. Here’s an explainer.

The country also attracted the most funding in 2020, with $1.50 billion raised across 118 deals. According to the 'APAC Fintech Funding Report' published by S&P Global Market Intelligence, venture capital investments in Asia-Pacific-based fintechs surged to a record high of $15.69 billion in 2021, more than double the prior year's figure of $5.87 billion.

The company is known for its wide range of offerings comprising soya bean oil, sunflower oil, mustard oil, rice bran oil, wheat flour, rice, pulses, sugar among others. The company has 22 plants in India, which are strategically located across 10 states, comprising 10 crushing units and 19 refineries. The issue size was Rs 3,600 crore with a price band of Rs 218-230 per share.

APL Raffles is one of the largest vessels in the fleet of CMA CGM. Built in 2013, this 1,76,727 DWT, 17292 TEUs capacity vessel is 397.88 metre long and 51 meter wide. This is almost equivalent to four football fields. This is another important milestone for Mundra Port. In 2021, Mundra Port became the largest container port in India, and now the port has berthed, at one of its terminals, the largest container vessel to call India.

Notably, the shares hit an all-time low of Rs 1,000 recently. On Friday, the shares settled 8.2 per cent up at Rs 1,116 per share. Brokerage house Macquarie in its latest report lowered its target price for the share to Rs 900 from Rs 1,200 and retained its 'underperform' rating.