The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code eliminates the right to redemption of Essar Steel shareholders, the counsel to lenders and ArcelorMittal said as part of their rejoinder arguments to Essar Steel Asia Holdings (ESAHL)’s plea for consideration of their settlement offer proposed ‘for and on behalf of Essar Steel’.

Carlyle Group is seeking to double its holding in mortgage lender PNB Housing Finance, people familiar with the matter said, reversing an earlier attempt to pare its stake in the company.

The US private equity firm is considering buying Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) shares in PNB Housing, which would give it a controlling stake, the people said, asking not to be named as the information is not public.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced further purchases of government securities (G-secs) under open market operations (OMOs) for a total amount of Rs 50,000 crore in January 2019. The operations will be conducted through five auctions of Rs 10,000 crore each.

RBI also decided to scale up the amounts to be purchased in the remaining two OMO auctions scheduled in December 2018 to `15,000 crore each after evaluating current liquidity conditions.

Markets regulator Sebi will soon issue detailed guidelines on the creation of segregated portfolio or side-pocketing for debt and money market instruments. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) also asked fund houses to strengthen their in-house credit risk assessment system instead of completely depending on rating agencies.

The Centre will likely sell 3-5% stake in NTPC soon through the offer-for-sale (OFS) route to garner between Rs 3,500-6,000 crore. The roadshow for OFS was held on November 21-22 in Mumbai to gauge the investor appetite, an official said.

The share price of NTPC has been on the upswing for last few days partly due to its acquisition of the 720 MW Barauni Thermal Power Station from Bihar State Power Generation Company.

A 700 mw solar tender floated by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam has triggered widespread responses from a host of global as well as local players aggregating 1,750 mw, which would well be a sign of renewal of interests among investors amid some severe headwinds affecting domestic solar energy sector.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will on Wednesday launch the country's newest satellite GSAT-7A from the second launch pad of Sathish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

It is believed that the 2,250-kilogram geostationary communication satellite will give a boost to the Defence forces' communication capabilities. It is scheduled for launch today at 4.10 pm.

Yes Bank has recommended the name of its board member Brahm Dutt for the post of Chairman to the RBI, according to sources. The Chairman post fell vacant after the resignation of Ashok Chawla in November following issues related to probity. “The bank has sent the name of Dutt to the Reserve Bank for the Chairman post,” a source said Tuesday.

Air India offer: India’s national carrier Air India has announced ‘Night Flights’ offer, using which flyers can book flights for as low as Rs 1,379 (all-inclusive). “Night Flights, beat peak rush hour at attractive fares,” the air carrier said on its website. The customers can book Ahmedabad-Bengaluru late night flight (departure time: 0305; arrival time: 0525) for Rs 1,379. Other attractively priced routes include from Delhi to Coimbatore (departure time: 2115;

World’s largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia and richest Indian Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries are discussing joint investment in petrochemicals and refinery projects, the Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said. Al-Falih, who has known Ambani for over a decade now, travelled to Udaipur earlier this month to attend the pre-wedding festivities of Ambani’s daughter Isha’s marriage with Ajay Piramal’s son Anand.

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