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Marico chief Harsh Mariwala is the EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Mariwala will represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award to be held in June

Byju's in talks to acquire US-based reading platform Epic: Report

Deal could help acquirer deepen US footprint. Epic's platform has 40,000 popular, high-quality books from 250-plus publishers. It aims to fuel curiosity and reading confidence in kids 12 and under

Infosys m-cap tops Rs 6 trillion, shares end at record high of Rs 1,140

Infosys' shares have outperformed Sensex both on YTD and one-year basis, with a gain of 12.3% and 2.2x, respectively. In comparison, Sensex is up 2.7% and 63.5% on YTD and one-year basis

SBI, HDFC Ltd announce end to concessional loan offers

SBI had a special offer in March that offered home loans started from 6.7 per cent.

IndusInd Bank's advances up 3% YoY and sequentially in Q4FY21

The bank told stock exchanges its deposits have gone up by 27 per cent YoY to Rs 2.56 trillion

NCLAT removes stay on Reserve Bank of India action against Srei group

NCLT had passed an order preventing regulatory authorities from taking any coercive steps against the company

L&T Technology Services announces Amit Chadha as CEO & MD

Chadha's overall career spans over two decades in core engineering and information technology outsourcing

Subhash Kumar takes additional charge as ONGC CMD

Kumar is also the firm's director (finance) and has over 36 years of experience in diverse activities across the Exploration & Production value chain

Wipro to acquire Australian cybersecurity provider Ampion for $117 million

Ampion was formed through the merger of IT services providers Revolution IT and Shelde

RBI gives payment firms 6-month breather to comply with new framework

Earlier, the RBI had asked the payment aggregators to stop storing card details within their database as per its March 2020 guidelines that were to take effect from July this year

Amazon acquires Perpule for over Rs 107 cr to boost its tech for kiranas

Perpule provides UltraPOS is a cloud-based, mobile POS system that substantially improves the billing and checkout process at stores

TCS rebrands as 'Building on Belief' for target of next decade of growth

TCS has been ranked by Brand Finance among the top 3 IT services brands in the world.

Wipro names former Walmart and PayPal exec Subha Tatavarti as CTO

The appointment comes along with several other key ones that the company has made recently as its restructuring plan

Cognizant launches program for techies looking to restart careers

Cognizant Returnship Program: It is focused on providing returners with a supportive environment and access to training, upskilling, mentorship and other resources

Byju's raises $460 mn in ongoing Series F round led by MC Global Edtech

As reported earlier, Byju's is in talks to raise up to $700 million from new and existing investors in a fresh funding round

Soc Gen Securities Services deploys TCS BaNCS across multiple locations

SGSS was looking for a platform that met its strategic objectives of providing standardised corporate actions processing and cash management services, and consistent customer

Irdai asks insurance companies to register message template with telcos

Irdai said, the new framework by the telecom regulator is to enable policyholder protection

Irdai extends timeline for sale and renewal of Covid specific products

Earlier, insurance companies were allowed to offer these policies till March 31, 2021

Another market debutant disappoints; Anupam Rasayan slips below issue price

Half a dozen companies are to make their trading debut this month, but the market is already lukewarm

Startup Voiro raises $1.8 mn in investment round led by Mela Ventures

This is Mela Ventures' third investment since its first close of the fund in August 2020