India will be the world’s fastest-growing aviation market over the next two decades, according to Boeing Co., which expects the South Asian nation to need 2,380 planes in that period at a value of $330 billion.

The U.S. manufacturer’s forecast is slightly higher than the one it made in December 2018, when it said India would require 2,300 new aircraft for $320 billion over 20 years. At a briefing in New Delhi on Wednesday, Boeing’s deputy vice president of commercial marketing Darren Hulst said first deliveries of the 777X are planned in the next 18 months.

Those waiting for a rollout of WhatsApp Pay in India might have to wait longer, as the government is planning a comprehensive safety audit of the payment platform. The messaging app has been testing its payments service in the country since last year with about a million users.

According to top officials in the finance and IT ministries, a sensitive payments system like the Unified Payments Interface, or UPI, should not be on a platform whose security is possibly compromised.

After a failed $7 billion acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business five years back, Microsoft has announced a strategic collaboration with the Finnish company to accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT).

The new partnership brings together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia's expertise in mission-critical networking, to help enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs) transform their businesses.

Infosys Ltd advanced 3.7 per cent to Rs 721.50 apiece in the intra-day trade on the BSE on Wednesday after the non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani, during the company's concall, told investors that the company would take action if the allegations against it are substantiated.

"While I will not comment on the merits of the allegation at this time, the company will take action if the allegations are substantiated," Nilekani told investors.

Intel inputs have alerted security agencies over a possible attack by terrorists on the Jewish community, Israeli people living in the country.

According to inputs, terror organisations including Al-Qaeda and ISIS are planning to attack the Jewish community and Israeli people travelling to India.

A serial killer who allegedly murdered as many as 10 people in a span of just 20 months by giving them cyanide-laced ‘prasadam’ has been arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police. The 38-year-old man not only laced the victims’ food with cyanide but also decamped with their cash and valuables. According to police, the man is believed to have planned the killing of at least 10 more people.

Busting the case, West Godavari Superintendent of Police Navadeep Singh Grewal announced the arrest at Eluru on Tuesday evening.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday revised the withdrawal limit for Punjab and Maharashtra Co-Operative Bank customers to Rs 50,000.

With this relaxation, about 78% of the depositors of the bank will be able to withdraw their entire account balance, the RBI said.

The RBI had on September 23 placed restrictions over account holders of PMC Bank after allegations of financial irregularities, limiting the total value of the transaction at 10,000.

As BJP-Shiv Sena power tussle continues over government formation in Maharashtra, the latter's leader Sanjay Raut is continuing his attacks on ally BJP.

Raut has reiterated that Shiv Sena's is firm on its demands. "There is no new proposal over the government formation and we will go forward with our demand of sharing the chief minister's post for 2.5 years each. If the President's rule is imposed in Maharashtra then it will be an insult to the peoples' mandate," Raut said.

Though Punjab National Bank (PNB) posted a rise in profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 633 crore in the September quarter (Q2), its finances showed signs of stress, when it is going to acquire two public sector banks from the next financial year.

In terms of profitability, PNB was in a better position than the same quarter in the last fiscal. Its net profit stood at Rs 507 crore in Q2, compared to a net loss of Rs 4,532 crore in the same quarter last fiscal year. In Q1, the bank’s net profit stood at Rs 1,019 crore. PNB’s stock price closed lower by 5 per cent at Rs 64.75 on Tuesday.

As the government formation in Maharashtra continues to delay amid power tussle between BJP and Shiv Sena, the Republican Party of India chief Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said that chief minister should be of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

"Devendra Fadnavis should get the chance... Aaditya Thackeray does not have experience..." Athawale said.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.