Even as Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter on Thursday criticising Air India for cancelling its scheduled flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru from August 23 to 27, which is during the Onam festival week, thus inconveniencing passengers who had booked months in advance, the national carrier said that the cancellation has been done to utilise the aircraft for Haj pilgrims.

In a bid to improve the quality of services offered by vendors for containerized movement of cargo at the first and last mile, state-run Container Corporation of India (Concor) has roped in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to strengthen its mobile app to facilitate continuous reverse auction for the first time among vendors.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has informed the stock exchanges that its board is looking to sell 4 per cent of its existing shareholding in SBI General Insurance to a non-promoter entity through small parcel share sale (SPSS). SBI General, formed in 2010, is a joint venture between SBI and the Insurance Australia Group.

A committee on fair market conduct has suggested that market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), should seek powers to tap telephones and other electronic communication devices to check insider trading and other frauds.

Currently, Sebi has the power to only ask for call records, which includes numbers called and the duration of calls made.

Mumbai: Buoyed by the Union Cabinet clearing a policy allowing operators to explore all unconventional hydrocarbons in the existing field, Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL) plans to invest 7,000 crore to develop shale gas potential in its existing coal-bed methane (CBM) block at Raniganj, West Bengal, said a company executive.

The family investment arm of Azim Premji — Premji Invest — has pumped Rs 400 crore in domestic floating glass manufacturer Gold Plus Glass Industry Ltd. With this investment, Premji Invest is looking to gain from the expansion plan of Gold Plus Glass industry, which is a leader in the architectural glass segment.

In India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, Apple Inc’s normally deft management of government relations is being put to a fresh high-stakes test. For almost two years, Apple has battled India’s telecom regulator over a demand that it allow the use of the government’s anti-spam app. Non-compliance, the watchdog threatened last month, could result in phones being “derecognised” from the country’s networks, meaning they would no longer function.

Mumbai: The Indian rupee and bond prices on Thursday gained after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced payment of Rs 50,000 crore dividend to government, helping the centre to stick its fiscal road map. Overnight, a drop in the crude oil prices also supported the rally. At 9.10am, the rupee was trading at 68.47 a dollar, up 0.24% from its previous close of 68.63. The currency opened at 68.47 a dollar and touched a high of 68.46.

The life insurance industry collectively has 15,166.47 crore of unclaimed money that belongs to policyholders. Last year, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) asked insurance companies to make provisions to reach out to the policyholders and pay them their dues, now the regulator itself is taking steps to make it easier for policyholders to claim their money.

New Delhi: Paytm, the digital payments provider run by One97 Communications Pvt. Ltd, has acquired savings management application Balance Tech for an undisclosed sum, the company said on Thursday.

As part of the acquisition, Balance Tech’s six-member team, including founders Ankit Kumar and Abhishek Malik, will join Paytm’s product and design department, the company said in a statement.

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