Tesla CEO Elon Musk deferring his India visit this week has had no effect on buzz that his company will eventually have a base for electric vehicles (EV) in the country.

Analysts say Musk deferred his visit to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to Lok Sabha elections when the government attention is focused on campaigning and it cannot announce major policy.

Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BFL) on Friday reported a 20 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,119 crore for the March quarter.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 1,769 crore in the year-ago period.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that former premier Rajiv Gandhi abolished the inheritance tax in 1985 after the death of his mother Indira Gandhi to save her wealth from going to the government, continuing his attack on the Congress on the wealth redistribution issue.

Addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Morena city, Modi alleged that Congress wanted to bring back the inheritance tax or estate duty, a levy imposed on inherited movable and immovable assets.

Shares of Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) hit a record high of Rs 234.30, zooming 15 per cent on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Friday's intra-day trade amid heavy volumes on expectations of good growth going forward. Last week, the Department of Public Enterprises (OPE) granted the Navratna Status to HUDCO.

The stock of the state-owned financial institution surpassed its previous high of Rs 226.95 touched on February 2, 2024. It has bounced back 43 per cent from the low of Rs 163.80 hit on March 13.

Shares of GMR Airports Infrastructure shot up 8.2 per cent at Rs 92.34 a piece on Friday’s intraday trade. A combined 3.07 million shares of the company changed hands on the BSE. In comparison the S&B BSE Sensex fell by 0.31 per cent 74,109 levels.

The stock of GMR Airports reached a 52-week high of Rs 94.30 on February 20, 2024, while it hit a 52-week low at Rs 40 on May 29, 2023.

The Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi government that it would consider listing its plea challenging the central government's law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national capital.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the AAP government, that the whole administration has come to a standstill and the matter needed to be heard.

Cement maker ACC on Thursday said its profit after tax (PAT) increased four-fold to Rs 945 crore in the March quarter of the previous fiscal year on account of robust sales.

The company had reported a PAT of Rs 236 crore in the year-ago period.

Revenue from operations rose to Rs 5,409 crore in the fourth quarter as compared with Rs 4,791 crore in the year-ago period, ACC Ltd said in a regulatory filing.

Nestle on Thursday missed first-quarter organic sales growth estimates, as the world's biggest packaged food company hiked prices and sold fewer products, particularly in North America.

The maker of Maggi noodles, Nescafe coffee and KitKat chocolate wafer bars confirmed its 2024 guidance of organic sales growth of about 4 per cent and a moderate increase in underlying trading profit margin.

Shares of Hitachi Energy were buzzing in trade on Thursday as they soared as much as 18.89 per cent to hit a fresh record high of Rs 9,765.30 per share, driven by expansion plans. On the other hand, S&P BSE 500 was trading 0.21 per cent higher at 74,010.29 levels, as of 1:02 PM.

Hitachi Energy intends to establish additional global capability centres (GCCs) in India to bolster its local operations in response to escalating energy demand and the government's focus on expanding renewable energy generation, according to Reuters.

Air India Express will give first-time voters aged 18 to 22 a 19 per cent discount on domestic and international flight tickets for travelling to their home constituencies and back, the Economic Times (ET) reported.

This deal is part of the airline’s "#VoteAsYouAre" campaign, “designed to mobilise first-time voters to fly home to exercise their constitutional right and help guide the flight path of the nation", ET reported.

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