German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz today launched the all new version of AMG E-63 S in India with price starting at Rs 10.5 million (ex-showroom).

With the addition of the new model, the company now offers 14 AMG models in the country.

Sebi has kept HDFC Asset Management Company's proposed IPO in abeyance "for examination of past violations," the latest update with the markets regulator showed.

However, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) did not clarify further.

India's leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki has set up the first Institute of Driving Training and Traffic Research (IDTR) in Bihar and was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar.

This new IDTR will set standards for quality driving training and also impart driving training, theoretical and practical, to aspiring and existing drivers. Maruti Suzuki says that this initiative will focus on the ‘Train-the-Trainer’ model, to have a multiplier effect and upgrade the driving skills of a larger number of people.

Reliance Jio launched JioInteract, a brand engagement platform, on Thursday. The platform will use artificial intelligence to listen to customers’ queries and respond appropriately.

The platform will start doing live video calls from Friday. It has a unique auto-learning feature that will help improve answering accuracy.

STOCKHOLM: Within a year of setting up its plant, Volvo Car India plans to accelerate its manufacturing footprint in the country. The company expects majority of its product portfolio to be locally manufactured in the coming two years as it aims to compete more strongly with German rivals — Mercedes, BMW and Audi.

MUMBAI: Tata Motors will sell its defence business to sister company Tata Advanced Systems (TAS) for up to Rs 2,475 crore. The sale forms part of Tata Motors’ strategy of monetising its non-core assets and use the proceeds to bring down its debt, while for TAS, the transaction aids in consolidating its presence in the defence sector.

BENGALURU: Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCL), part of the unlisted entity Wipro Enterprises, has entered the $1-billion-dollar revenue club. The company did Rs 6,630 crore, or just about $1 billion, in 2017-18. That’s a growth of 10% from last year, when it did $908 million.

New Delhi: Top companies including Amazon and Coca-Cola may lease Indian Railways’ goods sheds, located in prime areas in big cities, and turn them into mechanized warehouses for their logistics networks.

Around 50 such railway goods sheds out of 300 located across India will be leased out to private companies on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis in the first phase by Indian Railways (IR) to help shore up its revenue.

Lanco Infratech is likely to face liquidation as a resolution plan by Thriveni Earthmovers was not approved by its committee of creditors (CoC), the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. One of the 12 large cases to be sent to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) last year, Lanco’s 270-day insolvency deadline ends on May 4. Lanco Infratech owed banks Rs 43,502 crore at the end of fiscal 2017.

L&T Finance Holdings on Thursday reported a 28.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) rise in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March, 2018 to Rs 405.99 crore on the back of a 31% y-o-y growth in total income to Rs 2,938.44 crore. Its net interest margin (NIM), a key measure of profitability, improved by 27 basis points (bps) sequentially to 5.32%.

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