R Venkataramanan, the former managing trustee of Tata Trusts, has resigned from RNT Associates Private Limited, the personal investment vehicle of Tata group patriarch Ratan Tata.

According to a Ministry of Corporate Affairs filing, Venkataramanan quit the firm as director on March 29. Since 2014, RNT Associates, along with UC-RNT Fund, has been investing in a series of new-age companies in India and overseas.

Shares of Global Vectra Helicorp surged 9 per cent to Rs 127 in the intra-day trade on Thursday, gaining 53 per cent in the last one week on the BSE, on expectation of strong earnings growth. The stock was trading close to its 52-week high of Rs 131 on April 23, 2018 on the BSE.

In past three weeks, the stock has rallied 112 per cent from level of Rs 60.30 on March 8, 2019, as compared to 7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Hyundai Motor India is eyeing a leadership position in the compact SUV segment in the country with its upcoming model Venue, a top company official said.

The company will face stiff competition in the sub-4 metre compact SUV segment from the likes of Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Tata Motors Nexon, Mahindra XUV300 and Honda WR-V.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and Ford Motor Company on Thursday said they have signed a definitive agreement to co-develop a mid-sized SUV for India and other emerging markets.

The new agreement reinforces the steady progress made since the announcement of a strategic alliance between the two companies in September 2017, followed by an announcement on powertrain sharing and connected car solutions in October 2018.

Justdial, a company that provides local search for different services in India over voice calls and internet, suffered a data breach last week that compromised the personal details of 100 million users, according to independent cyber-security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia.

Inc42 quoted a senior JustDial executive on Monday as saying that the company is investigating the alleged loopholes in its database and that the company's systems are foolproof.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a new attack front against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and registered a delayed protest against the decision to stop serving non-vegetarian food to economy class passengers of Air India's domestic flights.

Air India does not serve non-vegeterian food in economy class. Only business class passengers are entitled to have chicken. Why will Modi babu decide what others will eat? the firebrand leader lashed out when addressing a public meeting at Kandi in Murshidabad.

Jet Airways shares sank 34 percent on Thursday in a sign investors were sceptical about a revival, even as lenders to the carrier said they are reasonably hopeful the bidding process for the grounded Indian airline will end successfully.

Jet Airways, once India's largest private airline, on Wednesday evening halted all flight operations indefinitely after lenders led by State Bank of India declined to extend more funds to keep it going. Jet shares plunged to the lowest since April 2009 in early trade on Thursday.

Uber Technologies Inc is nearing a deal with a group, including SoftBank Group Corp, to invest in its self-driving car unit to be valued at $7.25 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

SoftBank, Toyota Motor Corp and Japanese auto-parts supplier Denso Corp are expected to invest a total of $1 billion as part of the deal, which could be announced in the next few days, the report said.

Reliance Industries (RIL) stands to gain on crude oil supply security and substantial debt reduction, if reports suggesting a deal with Saudi Aramco are true. This is not the first time reports on a possible deal have emerged. “These talks have been around for two to three years,” said an expert, who did not wish to be named.

Wipro shares slumped 3 per cent from its early morning high to trade at Rs 282 after the firm gave a tepid outlook for the first quarter of FY20, citing delays in starting new projects. The stock had opened 3 per cent higher at Rs 289 on the BSE on Thursday. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.29 per cent at 39,392 points at 09:20 am.

The country's third-largest IT services company said it expects revenue from IT services business to be in the range of $2,046 million to $2,087 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2019 (Q1FY20).

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