Article By V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. Gold ended the year 2021 with its price about 4% lower than its opening price for the year, closing at US$1,806/oz. This was despite a rally towards the year-end against the backdrop of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant Continue Reading
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Hero FinCorp has become the first Indian company to raise a secured overnight financing rate (SOFR)-linked syndicated loan. The non-bank finance company, promoted by Hero MotoCorp, raised $350 million (approximately Rs 2,631 crore) at 168 basis points above SOFR, a new international benchmark that replaced the London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR on January 1. […]Continue Reading
KFC Pakistan posted a post congratulating Pakistan on Kashmir Solidarity Day. Following this, social media protests against KFC are on the rise in India. The campaign against South Korean automaker Hyundai is intensifying after an earlier Kashmir solidarity tweet did not provide a clear response. Indians continue to criticize the company with the tag Boycott […]Continue Reading
The year 2020 brought with it an unprecedented challenge to humanity. As Covid-19 spread like wildfire to become a worldwide pandemic, governments across the world were forced to take harsh measures to deal with the contagion. Businesses and educational institutions had to be shut down for prolonged periods disrupting the livelihoods of millions of people […]Continue Reading
Article By V.P. Nandakumar MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. The US consumer price index rose 6.8% in November 2021 year on year, the fastest pace of increase since 1982, and the sixth straight month in which inflation topped 5%. Regular readers of this magazine may recall that in the August 2021 issue, my […]Continue Reading
According to a top government official, Vodafone has filed an application with the Indian government to settle its tax issue under the retrospective statute, promising to guarantee it against any future claims. “They’ve applied… The corporation would be given Form 2 when the application was processed “According to the official, Form 2 is the Continue Reading
According to legal documents seen by Reuters, Amazon.com Inc has requested India’s Supreme Court to halt an expedited assessment of charges that the company hid material when seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 merger with India’s Future Group. Amazon was accused of concealing information and making misleading statements by the Competition Commission of Continue Reading
On Thursday, the administration emphasized the importance of maintaining the WTO’s special and differential treatment for developing and poor nations, as well as a consensus-driven approach, as essential principles, a viewpoint held by trade experts as well. “At the upcoming WTO ministerial conference, India will fight to preserve special and differential Continue Reading
Vijay Shekhar Sharma brushed away tears of pleasure as he recalled his climb from “commoner” to CEO of a digital payments behemoth that recently completed India’s largest-ever IPO. Before striking the opening gong at the Bombay Stock Exchange at 10 a.m. local time on Thursday, the founder and CEO of One 97 Communications Ltd., operator […]Continue Reading
HCL Tech, an IT services provider, has announced an apprenticeship program in the United States to train and hire high-school graduates in order to boost its localization efforts in global markets. Apprentices who complete the program successfully will be offered full-time employment with HCL and will be able to pursue a debt-free college degree at […]Continue Reading



















