The Board of Maruti Suzuki has approved plans to source hybrid technology from Toyota for developing future products under a business partnership signed by both the companies. Further the board also approved the reappointment of managing director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa for a further period of three years with effect from April, 1, 2019.

Staring at a huge shortfall in direct tax collections, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has written to the heads of the regional field offices of the Income Tax Department to take all possible actions urgently to achieve the target for the current financial year 2018-19.

A joint team of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate is heading to London to help the extradition process of fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi before his bail hearing on March 29. The team will carry all the official documents needed to assist the authorities in London.

Congress General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked party cadres were they preparing for the elections. Not 2019, but she asked Congress workers to start preparation for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022.

Priyanka Gandhi seems to be taping voters in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most crucial election states as she has been actively campaigning since her formal induction in the party last month.

Even as fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya has questioned the bailout of Jet Airways, but not Kingfisher Airways, Indian banks on Wednesday recovered Rs 1,008 crore after selling shares belonging to United Breweries Limited.

The shares were seized by investigation agencies and then disposed of to recover some of the Rs 9,000-crore in outstanding debt that Mallya owes to a consortium of banks, led by State Bank of India.

On Wednesday morning, 300 kilometres above the Odisha coast, a ballistic missile defence interceptor developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) struck a satellite in a low earth orbit, smashing it into pieces. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the success of the test, codenamed Mission Shakti, on television and Twitter. Declaring that “there cannot be a greater moment of pride for any Indian”, he said:

New Delhi: A Delhi court has summoned as accused 11 top officials of the Punjab National Bank (PNB), including former and current executive officials and the current managing director, for alleged violation of banking regulations and criminal conspiracy.

Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh asked PNB Managing Director (MD) and CEO Sunil Mehta, Executive Director Sanjiv Sharan, former MD Usha Ananthasubramanian, former executive director RS Sangapure and seven others to appear before it on May 24 on the basis of a complaint filed by the Reserve Bank of India.

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 11,500 mark in early trade on Wednesday led by gains in banking stocks amid sustained foreign fund inflows and positive global cues.

The 30-share index was trading 205.47 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 38,438.88. It had ended 424.50 points, or 1.12 per cent, higher in the previous session. The broader Nifty also rose 53.45 points, or 0.47 per cent, to 11,536.70 in morning trade.

The contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) business is the bread earner for the company, and has grown strongly over the past three years (CAGR 9 % FY15-18). This business has established a new base with the help of increased number of projects in phase II and phase I coupled with commercial/ pre-commercial supplies from FY14 onwards. Our analysis highlights that company’s earnings have reached a sustainable base (three drugs commercialised over past three years) and will continue to improve on this base going ahead.

When Google’s boss sits down with a top U.S. military official on Wednesday, the conversation will likely center on Google’s presence in China — particularly a lab that may be more trouble for the company than it’s worth.

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, will meet in Washington D.C. with General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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