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Companies

Sundaram Finance Ltd,Care Health Insurance enter into corporate agency agreement

Care Health Insurance is a specialized health insurer offering products in the retail segment for Health Insurance, Top-up Coverage, Personal Accident, Maternity, International Travel Insurance and Critical Illness along with Group Health Insurance and Group Personal Accident Insurance for Corporates

2 min read20 Dec 2022
Opinion

MSMEs have shown resilience in the face of steep challenges

Public support measures helped India’s small businesses survive the pandemic better than feared

4 min read31 Oct 2022
Companies

Why Indian startups are establishing a base in Singapore

Based on a report by India Briefing, over 8,000 Indian companies have registered in Singapore since 2000. Many of them register their businesses online in Singapore without even coming to the country

4 min read31 Oct 2022
Industry

Neev Fund invests GBP 22 million in green hydrogen company Hygenco

The company aims to deploy over USD 300 million in green hydrogen projects across India in the next three years and the investment will provide the necessary capital to Hygenco for commercialising the early pipeline

1 min read31 Oct 2022
Companies

Smartworld Developers raises ₹250cr from Motilal Oswal for existing housing projects, future growth

This new funding will further augment our growth story. We are also in advance discussions with various national and international private equity players to set up a development platform for Smartworld's upcoming projects, Vivek Singhal, the CEO of Smartworld Developers, said

1 min read30 Oct 2022
Politics

Govt  may  tap  green  bonds  to  fund battery storage, North-East hydel  projects

India’s first sovereign green bond could be used to finance a string of clean energy schemes, including viability gap funding for battery storage, energy efficiency schemes for small and medium businesses and equity support for hydropower projects in the North-East

3 min read27 Oct 2022
Companies

CreditAccess Grameen posts highest-ever quarterly profit growth at 195%

The country's largest non-banking financial company-micro finance institution (NBFC-MFI) -- CreditAccess Grameen -- said it posted a record 195% jump in its net profit to ₹176 crore for the quarter ended September, against ₹59.7 crore in the year-ago period

1 min read26 Oct 2022
Companies

WhatsApp’s one hour outage takes toll on small businesses

WhatsApp is yet to disclose the reason for the outage that first surfaced at 12:30 pm

1 min read26 Oct 2022
Industry

How a scientific debate and a mystery disease stalled seaweed farming in parts of Tamil Nadu

In 2000s, Pepsico began commercial cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii, a foreign seaweed, in parts of Tamil Nadu, offering jobs and income to local residents.

9 min read21 Oct 2022
Markets

India considering proposal to raise palm oil import tax

India also levies a 12.5% import tax on refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm oil.

1 min read18 Oct 2022