Friday, 31 August 2018

Current Affairs on August 31st 2018

Today's Headlines from www:

*Economic Times*

📝 Government to infuse Rs 980 crore as equity in Air India to service debt

📝 Paytm Mall looks to deepen partnerships in fight with Flipkart, Amazon

📝 NBFC-MFIs post over 50 per cent year-on-year growth in Q1 FY19

📝 Tata Capital to raise Rs 7500 crore through public issue of NCDs

📝 True North raises $600 million for buyout fund

📝 Oil Prices Poised for Further Hike: International Energy Agency

📝 Railways ties up with GAIL to use natural gas in production units, workshops

📝 Copper production dips 47%, imports surge 233%

*Business Standard*

📝 Enterprise security costs to touch $1.7 bn as firms face skill shortage

📝 Home, personal loans drive household debt to 4% of GNDI, highest in 7 yrs

📝 Android phones to dominate global market with 85% share in 2018: IDC

📝 Aviation ministry seeks sops from FinMin to boost distressed sector

📝 New insurance rule to raise on-road price of cars, two-wheelers, hit sales

📝 Microfinance sector registers a growth of around 39% in loan portfolio

📝 True impact of invalidating high-value currency has increased tax base: FM

📝 Better bond yields in last one year boost short-term paper volume: ICRA

*Financial Express*

📝 BSE to launch F&O contracts on Bharat-22 index from September 3

📝 Comscore opts for centralised box-office measurement solution

📝 August auto volume growth likely to remain subdued

📝 Electricity demand grows 7.4 per cent in July, thermal PLF lower: ICRA

📝 PSBs lose prominence in Nifty50 over last 22 years

📝 Kerala floods could result in higher loan slippages, insurance claims: Ind-Ra

*Mint*

📝 India’s e-commerce market to grow fourfold to $150 billion by 2022 

📝 Govt set to give green signal to ₹ 5,000 crore UTI AMC IPO

📝 JSW submits revised bid worth ₹6,200 crore for Prayagraj Power
📝 Government woos US tech companies, asks them to invest more in India

📝 IPPB signing up merchants for QR-based payments ecosystem

📝 HPCL to invest ₹75000 crore to expand refining capacity, pipelines, LNG terminal

📝 Apple plans event on 12 September for revamped iPhone lineup

📝 GoAir plans to add 13 A320neo jets by the end of the year.

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