The Centre on Wednesday said it was willing to set up a committee to discuss the demands of farm unions, offering to include as many as six of their representatives in it, a change in stance from the three members it had suggested earlier.

It urged farm unions to approach the discussion constructively and not inconvenience common people.

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, on Wednesday, informed the exchanges that post passing a resolution for a reverse merger between the holding company Utkarsh Core Invest (UCL) and the bank, the UCL board has suggested initiating steps towards the same, subject to approvals from the concerned authorities.

This is to inform that Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited (“USFBL” or “the Bank”) has received a communication from UCL dated February 14, 2024.

Supriya Sule, Lok Sabha member of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), stated on Wednesday that their faction has no plans to merge with any other political party. Speaking to reporters after a meeting at Sharad Pawar's residence, Sule clarified that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP will continue to participate in elections as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.

"Our faction will not merge with any political party. We will contest the upcoming polls as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)," Sule stated.

Over 23,000 beneficiaries have availed of benefits under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme at AIIMS Delhi since September 2018.

The beneficiaries have availed the benefits under the scheme, with a majority of the patients seeking treatment in the departments of medical oncology, followed by ophthalmology, general medicine, orthopaedics and neurosurgery.

The market regulator has warned investors against “unscrupulous entities” claiming to be registered organisations and promising high returns, responding to people being duped by fake money managers.

Increasingly, frauds are using sophisticated techniques to dupe even well-educated investors. With the markets soaring new highs, many investors have fallen for such schemes to make a quick buck.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and citizens from all corners of the country, on Wednesday, paid their tributes to the security personnel who were killed in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.

"I pay homage to the brave heroes who were martyred in Pulwama. Their service and sacrifice for our nation will always be remembered," Modi said on fifth anniversary of the Pulwama attack, which shocked the nation.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has lodged allegations against Star India, a subsidiary of Walt Disney, accusing them of breaching the ICC TV rights agreement and demanding a refund of Rs 68.54 crore paid under the deal. In its Q3 financial statement, filed with the exchanges, Zee stated that it had accrued Rs 72.1 crore for bank guarantee commission and interest expenses as per the agreement terms.

Star India, through legal channels, accused Zee of violating the ICC TV rights agreement by failing to make the first instalment payment of $203.5 million, and the bank guaranteed a commission deposit of around Rs 17 crore.

Diagnostic services provider Agilus Diagnostics on Tuesday, announced that it will withdraw its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

The decision to withdraw the DRHP has been taken due to commercial considerations and in consultation and mutual agreement with the private equity investors of Agilus and its board of directors, the company said in a regulatory filing on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to file the Rajya Sabha nomination on Wednesday from Jaipur, sources said.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi are likely to travel with Sonia to Rajasthan's capital city where she will file her nomination, party sources said on Tuesday.

The price of 24-carat gold declined Rs 10 in early trade on Wednesday, with ten grams of the precious metal selling at Rs 62,830, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver also fell Rs 100, with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 75,400.

The price of 22-carat gold also fell Rs 10 with the yellow metal selling at Rs 57,590.

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