Bankers need to protect their interest by strictly enforcing the covenants, properly pricing their risks, and reacting to early warning signals about the incipient stress building up with their borrowers, RBI deputy governor NS Vishwanathan said at an event organised by CARE Ratings on Thursday. “All this should be embedded into the credit culture of the banks,” he said.The deputy governor pointed out that credit analysis should reduce the information asymmetry issues between the borrowers and the potential lender.

The Indian rupee became stronger on Friday gaining as much as 23 paise against the US dollar in the early trades. The rupee moved up by 23 paise at 63.63 apiece US dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market. The domestic currency opened 12 paise higher at 63.74 against the US dollar on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 63.8431 against the US dollar on Thursday. Earlier yesterday, the rupee gave up intraday session gains but ended up against the US dollar on Thursday, rising by 3 paise.

Messaging application WhatsApp said on Thursday that it would begin allowing business accounts for the first time, a step that brings the free service closer to a plan that would make money for its corporate parent, Facebook Inc.

Some businesses already use WhatsApp, with 1.3 billion users, to answer inquires from customers.

Even as cigarettes’ sales volume is likely to decline by 2-5 per cent during October-December period of the current financial year, increased revenue from other segments is likely to result in ITC Ltd posting an eight per cent growth in its topline at around Rs 99-100 billion. The company’s net profit is expected to hover around Rs 26-28 billion.

In the third quarter (Q3) of the last financial year, the company had posted a Rs 26.40 billion bottom line and a Rs 97.64 billion topline.

A court has directed issuance of arrest warrant against defaulter businessman Vijay Mallya and 18 others in the Kingfisher Airlines case, on a complaint filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).

The probe agency, which comes under the corporate affairs ministry, has come across various violations of companies law in the case related to Kingfisher Airlines, which was grounded in 2012.

Moody’s Investors Service estimates Reliance Jio, the mobile carrier run by India’s richest man, may invest as much as $23 billion on capital spending over three to four years as it expands beyond wireless services.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.’s parent Reliance Industries Ltd. has already spent more than $31 billion to break into India’s mobile-phone market. The 2016 upstart, known as Jio, dislodged rivals and has emerged as the nation’s No. 4 carrier. A Jio spokesman didn’t immediately answer an email with questions about the Moody’s estimate.

New Delhi: The government will set up a $350 million solar development fund for financing solar projects, New and Renewable Energy and Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh said on Thursday.

Over the years, the minister said, renewable energy has become cheaper and is set to replace conventional energy, which is a healthy development.

Idea Cellular has announced its new ‘Magic Cashback Offer’ that will get users a cashback of up to Rs 3,300 on the purchase of Rs 398 pack or higher. Idea’s Magic Cashback offer will take on Jio offer, which was refreshed earlier this week, to offer ‘More than 100 percent cashback’ on the same recharge value of Rs 398 or higher. Although, Idea’s new offer has the same benefits as the ones given by Reliance Jio earlier.

German luxury carmaker Audi on Thursday launched an all-new version of its premium SUV Q5 priced at Rs 5.3 million (Rs 53.25 lakh) (ex-showroom Delhi).

The model would be available in two variants priced at Rs 5.3 million (Rs 53.25 lakh) and Rs 5.7 million (Rs 57.6 lakh).

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's hockey team put on a fighting performance but it wasn't enough for them to prevent a 0-2 against Belgium in the third match of the Four Nations Hockey Tournament in Tauranga on Thursday. Arthur De Sloover and Victor Wegnez scored in the eighth and 34th minute respectively to help Belgium win and overcome the 4-5 loss suffered at the hands of New Zealand on Wednesday.

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