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BJP gets lion's share of political donations

Total sum collected by all political parties in 2014-15 at Rs 622 cr; NCP posts highest increase at 177%

DBT, RuPay critical for 'meaningful' financial inclusion

Technology will play a big role in fostering greater engagement of the hitherto excluded with the financial system

Air Costa to launch Delhi flights, add four planes in 2016

At present, Air Costa operates 32 flights daily from its South India hubs, on a regional; expects a national permit by Jan-end

'Myntra aims at $1-bn GMV next yr, to turn profitable'

May look to replicate the parent's light web format which it re-introduced in November

Alibaba preparing Hindi portal

Plans to tap 10 mn SMEs here next year, announces platform in this regard for access to global trading counterparts and other uses

Iran may seal $4.5-bn undersea gas pipeline agreement with India

The base case originates in Oman, at the Middle East Compression Station, and ends in India, at the Gujarat Pipeline Receiving Terminal, near Porbandar

Fitch Affirms India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-'

Business environment, though difficult, is showing improvement

JP Morgan AMC sells Amtek Auto debentures

Move comes after more than three months since Amtek Auto episode broke in late August

Rajasthan joins Centre's power discom recast scheme

The state has recorded the highest discom losses. At present, it owes Rs 85,000 crore to lending institutions

GST Bill unlikely to be discussed before Dec 14

The government has postponed the discussion on the Real Estate Bill also for the next week

China, EU, US to corner 28% of global carbon space by 2030, says study

Of the permitted emissions, a total1000 Gt-CO2eq of carbon dioxide equivalent is left for the world between 2015 and 2100

Aegon Religare renamed Aegon Life Insurance

Bennett, Coleman and Company will increase its stake by acquiring Religare Enterprises's entire shareholding

AIA to increase stake in Tata AIA Life to 49%

This will be through the purchase of a 23 per cent stake in the company. The size of the deal was not disclosed

Genpact plans to hire 10k by Dec '16

Genpact inked a deal with Icfai Business School to jointly develop and deliver an analytics & research programme

Paytm buys home services marketplace Near.in

The move is a part of Paytm's ramped up focus on online-to-offline (O2O) commerce

Ola poaches Flipkart top exec Joy Bandekar to head new initiatives

Prior to Flipkart, Bandekar worked at eBay Inc and had stints with Reliance Industries, Maxworth Orchards and Atcom Technologies

Lanco Amarkantak unit 2 starts power supply to Haryana

With this, entire 1,800 Mw of operating coal-based power portfolio of Lanco is now utilised to full capacity with fuel pass through

RBI buys bonds worth Rs 10,000 cr through OMO

Total amount offered by participants in the auction for four bonds were at Rs. 54,413.30 crore

IIB launches ROHINI to ease inefficiencies in claim settlements

ROHINI will help avoid duplication since every hospital will have one unique identity number

SC announces new norms for arbitration

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was designated by CJI to decide on arbitration petitions