Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Wednesday said its construction arm has bagged orders worth Rs 2,106 crore across various business segments in the domestic market. The water and effluent treatment business have secured orders worth Rs 1,954 crore while L&T Geo-Structure business has secured orders worth Rs 152 crore, the engineering and construction major said in a regulatory filing.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise' decision to divest its front-end pharmacy business to Apollo Pharmacy Ltd (APL) for cash consideration of Rs 5.27 bn will have 'neutral' impact on its credit rating, a rating agency has said.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (AHEL) had said last month that the move was part of a restructuring exercise.

State-run power producer NTPC Wednesday said it has won 85 mega watt (MW) of solar capacity in a reverse auction held by the UP government.

"NTPC participated in the 550 MW tender floated by Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) for grid-connected solar projects.

South Korea's Hyundai Motor and a local government partner are aiming to sign a final deal this week on a low-cost carmaking joint venture despite stiff opposition from labour unions who fear the move would cause job losses and cut wages.

In a first such move for Korea's biggest automaker, Hyundai and the southwestern city of Gwangju agreed on Tuesday on a preliminary deal to jointly build a new factory which will have an annual capacity of 100,000 mini-SUVs starting in 2021.

New Delhi: India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp has received a payment of $32 million from Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as part of a settlement of outstanding dividend payments and said it now hopes that Venezuela’s state oil firm will be regular in making further payments, a senior ONGC official said.

“It is a good development,” said N. K. Verma, managing director of ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of ONGC.

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points in early trade on Wednesday following heavy selloff in global equities after concerns over US-China trade war resurfaced.

Global investor sentiment turned weak after uncertainty over negotiations between the US and China countries during the next 90 days rose.

New Delhi: Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd has started selling cars of Ford Motor Co. in India as the automakers expand their alliance beyond the joint development of vehicles. For the first time, Mahindra dealers are opening showrooms for Ford cars, especially in regions where the Detroit, US-based automaker does not operate one or the existing dealer has not been able to garner sufficient sales, said two people aware of the development, requesting anonymity.

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.

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