Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector lender, has decided to step up hiring. After going slow on hiring for two years, the lender would increase its headcount in the next financial year by 10 per cent, said Rajesh K Dahiya, group executive (human resources), Axis Bank.

The bank had increased its headcount to 42,420 in March 2014 from 21,640 in the corresponding month in 2010. The number of employees, though, fell in 2014-15, despite the bank increasing the number of branches from 2,402 to 2,589. By March 2015, the headcount dropped to 42,230. However, the employee base rose to 47,876 by December 2015.

Tata Motors, the country's biggest vehicle manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Pune-based Bharat Forge and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) of the US, for the ministry of defence's (MoD’s) Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme.

Tata Motors will lead the consortium, with Bharat Forge as a partner. GDLS will bring its expertise in combat vehicle platforms. FICV is billed to be one of the army's biggest projects, worth $11 billion (Rs 78,000 crore).

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is mulling foreign listing in addition to self-listing in India after the issue was discussed during a call with the shareholders on February 12. This was further to the exchange’s board meeting held on February 8.

In 2013, the government had allowed unlisted companies to directly list on stock exchanges abroad without prior or simultaneous listing on Indian bourses. However, current norms for listing of exchanges do not talk about overseas listing.

The central trade unions today announced their decision to go ahead with the proposed nationwide strike on March 29 citing failure of talks with CIL management and ministry of coal over auction of coal blocks to private companies.

An estimated 3 lakh permanent miners and 1.80 lakh private outsourcing workers of Coal India collieries would go on strike in protest against auctioning of coal blocks to private companies, General Secretary of Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh (RCMS) A K Jha said here.

Mumbai: The Indian rupee appreciated by 2.30%, its biggest weekly gain since September 2013, as the emerging optimism on emerging market economies rubbed off on the domestic currency, and hopes that foreign investors would return to buy Indian shares and bonds comforted by fiscal prudence of the government spurred dollar sales by banks.

The rupee closed at 67.10—a level last seen on 13 January, up 0.36% from its previous close of 67.34. Intraday, the rupee touched a high of 67.08 per dollar.

World’s largest e-retailer Amazon is India’s most trusted online shopping brand followed homegrown Snapdeal and Flipkart, a survey said.

Other firms to figure in the top 10 trusted online shopping brands are Ebay, Myntra, Yepme, Jabong, Naaptol, Shopclues and Askmebazaar.

NEW DELHI: Electrification has been done in 6,000 of the 18,500 unelectrified villages and the renewable energy capacity has reached 39.5 Giga Watts, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was told.

At the two-and-a-half hour meeting to review the progress of key infrastructure sectors here yesterday, Modi also took stock of the progress in 'Housing-for-All' programme and directed officials concerned to expedite its implementation, using a judicious mix of modern technology and local building materials and techniques.

Mumbai: India’s benchmark equity indices posted their best weekly gains in absolute terms in nearly seven years as investors cheered the government’s commitment to its fiscal consolidation road map in budget 2016 and prospects of lower borrowing costs as a result.

The rupee also stabilized, pulling back from near-record lows to post its highest weekly rise in nearly one-and-a-half years.

Maruti’s sales are lower by 1% y-o-y at 117,451 units in February. Dispatches were impacted due to production shortage (state of Haryana witnessed disruption due to protests, which impacted production of OEMs). The production loss was 10,000 units. We are currently Neutral on Maruti Suzuki while the stock has corrected from peak levels, the concerns around margins remain against the backdrop of a weakening rupee.

After getting an extension of one year, UK Sinha, chairman of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi), is ready to unleash a number of announcements for start-ups.

Though the board meeting, which is scheduled next week, will take decisions on tax incentives for alternative investment funds (AIFs) and introduction of the securities transaction tax (STT) for private equity and venture capital investments, the biggest announcement could be new initiatives to promote listing of start-ups.

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