Outlook for the Indian information technology (IT) sector is ‘cautiously positive’ in 2018 as challenges remain amidst prospects of greater IT spending with global and US economies improving, industry body Nasscom said. Dismissing speculation about 2018 being a come-back year for the IT sector, the president of the industry body Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies), R Chandrashekhar, said, “That’s the problem, that people proclaim a major revival very quickly.” “Neither was a decline predicted nor a sudden massive revival or change this year,” he told PTI here.

Reliance Jio’s live television app Jio TV today said it has bagged digital rights to broadcast the Winter Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 across India. “JioTV will work with IOC (International Olympic Committee) to provide comprehensive coverage of the Games in India, thus enabling millions to access live and catch-up content on their mobile devices, on the move,” a Jio statement said.

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 10 paise to 64.38 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday due to increased demand for the US currency from importers amid fresh foreign funds outflow.

However, a weak dollar in global markets helped the rupee limit its losses, dealers said.

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said IOC and BPCL are both keen to acquire gas utility GAIL India Ltd, which as per the extant policy needs to be split by separating gas transportation business from its marketing unit.

IOC and BPCL have separately indicated to the Petroleum Ministry their interest in taking over GAIL to add natural gas to their oil refining and marketing business.

The chief of a large fund house sits late afternoon every day and dutifully pours over the net asset values (NAVs) of his schemes. After scrutinising the returns for the day, he decides on the expense ratios that need to be charged and deducted for each category.

The executive is not alone. In fact, many fund houses, especially those that handle significant institutional money, dabble in what some call "NAV management", which involves adjusting the expenses based on the returns made on the particular day.

Ashok Leyland, Shakti Pumps, Zyndus Wellness, Excel Industries, FDC, Jubilant Life Sciences, Polaris Consulting & Services, Hinduja Global Solutions and Inox Leisure have hit their respective 52-week highs on BSE on Thursday.

These stocks have trading higher by up to 19% today, extending their gain after reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ended December 2017 (Q3FY18).

Kolkata: Coal India Ltd supplied 371.8 million tonnes of coal to the power sector in the last 10 months ending January, up 6.8% from the corresponding period last year, a senior company official said.

The state-owned miner also supplied 103.1 million tonnes of coal to the non-power sector in the April-January period of the current fiscal, registering a growth of 8.8% over the corresponding period last year.

Saudi Arabia has allowed Air India to use its airspace for flights between Delhi and Tel Aviv, Israeli daily Haaretz reported. However, a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation was quoted in another media report denying that any such permission was granted to Air India.

It could not be confirmed from either the ministry of civil aviation here or Air India, whether the national carrier has been given right to use Saudi airspace for flight to Tel Aviv.

Idea Cellular on Wednesday said it has suspended interconnect services with Aircel because of non-payment of dues by the latter despite repeated reminders. “Despite several reminders for releasing the dues since November 2017, the operator (Aircel) has failed to meet its payment commitments, forcing Idea to suspend interconnect services, as per the terms of interconnect agreement between both parties,” the company said.

In a definite indication loans are turning costlier, HDFC Bank on Wednesday raised the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 10 basis points for some tenures. The one-year MCLR was raised to 8.2% and matches that at ICICI Bank. However, State Bank of India (SBI) charges a lower 7.95%. Axis Bank, which last month became the first large lender to raise its MCLRs since the pricing mechanism came into effect on April 1, 2016, charges 8.3%. At HDFC Bank, the six-month, two-year and three-year MCLRs are now 8%, 8.3% and 8.5%, respectively.

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