Tech giant Microsoft today said it has inked its first renewable energy deal in India for powering its new facility in Bengaluru. The agreement will see Microsoft purchase 3 megawatts of solar-powered electricity from Atria Power for its new office building in Bengaluru, meeting 80 per cent of the projected electricity needs at the facility, Microsoft said in a statement. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of the deal.

The Indian rupee gained nearly 20 paise against the US dollar on Tuesday as the domestic equities rebounded sharply with Sensex advancing over 300 points today. The rupee surged as much as 19 paise to a day’s high of 64.93 against the US dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market on Tuesday.

After Russian bank VTB termed ArcelorMittal’s bid for Essar SteelBSE 0.41 % ineligible, the company hit back on Monday, saying that its offer is eligible. “We are confident about the integrity of the process, which will be adjudicated by the resolution professional. We continue to believe our bid is eligible and that, as the world’s leading steel company in partnership with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal, we have unrivalled industry expertise and a demonstrable track record that is very relevant for Essar Steel,” Arcelor-Mittal said in a statement.

MUMBAI: The mumbai wing of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office has summoned ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma in the Rs 5,000 crore loan extended to Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali Gems. The summons sent to both Kochhar and Sharma requests them to appear in person or send a representative.

BENGALURU: IT customers globally are looking for a broader range of digital technologies and budgets are less of a constraint for sectors like manufacturing, a report by Infosys said.

Banking, the IT sector’s largest customer, is still focused on investing in known priorities such as customer experience and preventing fraud rather than in emerging technologies that could have the most impact over the next three years.

MUMBAI: Mercedes-Benz, the top luxury-car brand in India, expects to sustain double-digit growth in 2018, provided there aren’t any more policy disruptions during the year to add to the budget proposal to increase the duty on imported kits and components.

To build on the momentum from 2017, when its India sales rose 16% to 15,330 units, Mercedes-Benz will be launching 10 products this year.

Around 50 lakhn government employees waiting for a minimum salary hike of Rs 26,000 might have to wait longer as the recommendations of seventh pay commission are likely to get delayed due to unearthing of bank frauds.

A report by Sen Times suggested that revelation of several bank frauds in recent days was delaying the salary hike.

Benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty opened higher on Tuesday. After ending in red over four consecutive days on Monday, indices opened on positive note taking cues from Asian shares.

The BSE Sensex opened 259.84 points higher at 34,006.62 while Nifty opened at 78.60, reclaiming its 10,400 mark.

Essar Oil and Gas Exploration, which has so far been finding it difficult to get customers for its coal-bed methane (CBM) gas, has found a saviour in GAIL.

The company controlled by Ruias is set to sign a pact with the public sector firm on March 15 for selling its CBM at a locked-in price, with assured offtake for 15 years.

The Rs 12,636 crore fraud at Punjab National Bank (PNB) is forcing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to swing into action.

On Monday, the central bank revealed it has imposed penalties on two banks – Axis Bank for under-reporting non-performing assets (NPAs) and Chennai-based Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for breach of know your customer (KYC) norms.

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