Comedian and actor Kevin Hart is all set to host the 2019 Academy Awards, a role he says fulfills a longtime dream.

The announcement came hours after trade publication The Hollywood Reporter posted a story calling the Oscars host position “the least wanted job in Hollywood.”

Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Wednesday said his extradition from the UK to India will take its own legal course, while offering to pay back 100 per cent of “public money”.

Mr Mallya, who has been fighting a legal battle against his extradition to India, claimed that he has been falsely dubbed as a “defaulter” by politicians and media.

HDFC Bank has restored the old version of its app for Android users as well as for Apple App customers. HDFC Bank had earlier taken down its mobile banking app as it was not working smoothly with some servers.

The HDFC Bank mobile provides access to services like savings accounts, fixed deposits, debit cards, credit cards, demat accounts among other functions to the customers.

Indian information technology (IT) services firms are increasingly looking at nearshoring options to service clients in the US as restrictive visa regulations in the country are making it increasingly difficult for them to depute engineers to this key client geography for meeting client requirements.

The government-nominated board of beleaguered Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) has effectively ruled out a resolution at the group level and is looking to pursue a business-specific plan. The board, in its second progress report submitted to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, has listed the various steps being taken or planned to revive the infrastructure financier.

IDBI Bank Tuesday said government will not participate in LIC’s open offer to acquire 51 per cent stake in the bank.

IDBI Bank Tuesday said government will not participate in LIC’s open offer to acquire 51 per cent stake in the bank.

Auto major Tata Motors is planning a large-scale overhaul of its sales network across the country over the next one year as it prepares to bring in new products, including premium SUV Harrier, a top company official Tuesday said.

The company, which plans to have all its future products on just two platforms -- Omega and Alpha, currently has around 790 dealerships across the country.

Private sector lender YES Bank on Tuesday said its wholly-owned subsidiary YES Asset Management has received markets regulator Sebi's approval to launch two mutual fund schemes.

YES Asset Management (India) is the latest Indian company to enter the mutual fund segment.

The BSE benchmark Sensex dropped over 100 points in early trade Tuesday amid mixed cues from other Asian markets, rising crude prices, weak rupee and heavy selling by domestic institutional investors.

The 30-share index was trading 133.27 points, or 0.37 per cent, lower at 36,107.73 at 0945 hrs. The index had closed with a marginal gain of 47 points at 36,241 Monday.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking setting aside of the Allahabad High Court’s decision that had asked it to pay Rs 5,600 crore towards interest on deferred entry tax payable between 2001 and 2012 to the Uttar Pradesh government.

A Bench led by Justice AK Sikri posted the matter for further hearing on December 6.

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