E-commerce firm Amazon India is focusing on exclusive tie-ups with brands across categories to drive sales this festive season, Manish Tiwary, VP, category management, told FE. “Festive season is the best time to acquire new customers as well as retain the existing ones. Be it in categories such as mobile where we have an exclusive deal with Xiaomi to sell Redmi 6A,

The Sensex advanced over 150 points and Nifty reclaimed the 11,000 mark in early session Friday as the October derivatives series took off on a strong footing amid positive global cues.

The 30-share Sensex, which lost 327.89 points in the previous two sessions, recovered by 181.95 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 36,506.12.Sectoral indices of BSE led by oil and gas, FMCG, banking,

YES Bank has denied any dealings with Three Sisters: Institutional Office — the investment vehicle of MD and CEO Rana Kapoor’s daughters. This was in response to clarifications sought by the National Stock Exchange on September 24 based on complaints it had received.

Capital market regulator Sebi Friday said it has not issued any advisory to mutual funds against rolling over of their current exposure to Indiabulls Housing Finance and Dewan Housing Finance.

"It has been reported in certain sections of the media that Sebi has advised mutual funds not to roll over their current exposure to Indiabulls Housing Finance and Dewan Housing. It is clarified that Sebi has not issued any such advisory," the regulator said in a statement.

The government’s first tender for 3Gw of solar panel manufacturing, along with 10Gw of power plant, has received no bids. The tender was first issued in May this year and extended several times owing to resistance from the industry over tender specifications.

Officials in the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) — the nodal agency for renewable project tenders said the deadline has been extended “at the request of the industry.”

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to hike its key lending rate by 25 basis points in October, an SBI Ecowrap report said on Thursday.

According to the report, the expected rate hike might not be the last one in the current financial year.

Mukesh Ambani’s textile punch: In what could provide a major fillip to Reliance Industries’ new-age fabric R|Elan, billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has partnered with Vardhman Textiles, to produce innovative fabric including R|Elan GreenGold– manufactured by recycling used PET bottles, and used in trousers and denim.

E-commerce major Amazon is confident of clocking strong growth this festive season in India, driven by availability of large selection of products and big brands as well as new customers coming onto its platform, especially from tier II and III towns.

Amazon India, which competes head-on with rival Flipkart, will kick off its festive sale from October 10-15, lining up new launches across various categories and dishing out discount offers to woo Indian shoppers.

Private power producer Tata Power and state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) on Thursday announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up the electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at HPCL retail outlets and other locations across India. The two companies will also explore other opportunities for collaboration in renewable energy.

India will host the Deaf ICC T20 World Cup slated to begin from November 23-30 in Gurugram, the organisers announced Thursday.

The eight-day tournament will see participation from over 200 players across eight countries including England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa, apart from India, vying for the top honours.

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