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Microsoft debuts Windows 10 in India and globally

All users who are using Windows 7 and above will get a one-year free upgrade to the new operating system

Govt okays GST changes

Largely accepts Rajya Sabha panel report; modality of limiting 1% tax to inter-state sales to be decided later; Congress still opposed

'Indian firms yet to recover from overstretched balance sheets'

IMF says a combination of high leverage and fall in profitability has affected the capacity of companies to service their debt

36 new additional secretaries appointed

While some civil servants have been brought from the cadre, most have been designated additional secretary

Online home sales

GCPL Net rises 39%

Dabur profit up 24%

Anti-hijacking Bill gets more teeth

The comprehensive anti-hijacking Bill that provides for death penalty for hijackers

Consumer protection Bill cleared

New Bill proposes to set up a regulatory authority having powers to recall products and initiate class action suit against defaulting companies, including e-tailers

Essar Oil first quarter net profit up 55% at Rs 1,063 cr

Gross Refining Margin rises 22% to $11.05 per barrel

Rs 20k-cr NIIF, foreign investment in AIFs to boost infrastructure

Sources say mandate of the NIIF will include investment in commercially viable and stalled projects

Zovi founders raise $50 mn to bridge online-offline retailing gap

Zovi will utilise the funds to launch an online-to-offline (O2O) marketplace for deals named 'Little'

YES Bank Q1 net rises 28%

Net interest income, the difference between interests earned and expended, grew 42.2% to Rs 1,059 cr

Allahabad Bank Q1 net rises 30% to Rs 147 cr

The bank's net interest margin at the end of June 2015 stood at 2.91%, against 3.25% at the end of June 2014

State discoms' debt recast only postpones stress: India Ratings

The rating agency says the root causes of revenue gap - transmission losses and insufficient tariffs - have not been properly addressed

AIR, DD try to improve quality

Exercise on for inducting media professionals at market pay, revamp of programmes

46,000 MW of power projects facing viability issues: CRISIL

Annual 10% tariff hikes for next 3 years crucial for discoms to break even

Short-maturity funds outperform in June quarter: Crisil

Cautious central bank drags performance of longer-maturity funds

Syngene IPO subscribed nearly 32 times

Biocon's contract research services arm had set Rs 240-250 a share and planned to sell 22 mn of these