Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has shared details of how businesses will be able to communicate with the two billion-odd users on its platform - marking the first real attempt of the company to monetise its service.

Hidden in the company's FAQ section on its website, WhatsApp says business profiles verified by it will carry a green badge, similar to how parent Facebook verifies businesses with a blue tick. However, the statement did not share any details on whether the company was charging businesses for the service or not.

Turning cautious about the two real estate companies facing insolvency proceedings, the State Bank of India, country’s largest lender, has begun review of loans to buy home in unfinished projects by Jaypee Infratech and Amrapali.

SBI also indicated that as a prudent step, it would prefer to extend loans to buy residences in finished projects.

Infosys on Monday said some of its founders would participate in the company’s share buyback, a disclosure that comes after Nandan Nilekani became chairman of the firm to stem the crisis that emerged after Vishal Sikka’s exit as chief executive officer (CEO).

Sikka was the first non-promoter CEO in the company. The founders, who, along with their family members, are categorised as the promoter group, hold 12.74 per cent or a little more than 292 million equity shares in the information technology (IT) services major.

The government on Tuesday will sell up to 10 per cent in power utility NTPC for Rs 13,800 crore in one of the biggest disinvestment deals. The two-day offer for sale (OFS) will have a core component of 412 million shares (five per cent stake), with a greenshoe option to sell another five per cent. If the OFS is fully subscribed, it will be the third-biggest divestment deal ever by the government.

So far, the biggest share-sale by the government is the Rs 22,500-crore OFS in Coal India in 2014-15, followed by a Rs 15,200-crore initial public offering (IPO) of the coal miner in 2010.

Royal Enfield has started commercial production at its new manufacturing facility at Vallam Vadagal near Chennai.

Spread over 50 acres, the Vallam Vadagal plant will be Royal Enfield's third manufacturing facility and will manufacture Royal Enfield motorcycles for India and international markets.

Gold prices turned soft on Monday, down Rs 50 at Rs 29,900 per 10 grams, owing to slack demand from local jewellers despite a positive global trend.

Silver was unchanged at Rs 40,200 per kg in scattered deals from industrial units and coin makers.

Securities market regulator Sebi has cautioned the youth against falling for any scheme promising abnormal returns, especially ponzi ones.

"Instead of going through allurement, investors are advised to go through terms and conditions of the scheme carefully before investing," Sebi DGM Surya Kant Sharma said today while delivering his keynote address at a seminar in Amar Nath Girls Degree college in Mathura.

The equity markets on Monday started the week on a positive note as both Sensex and Nifty gained half a per cent when the bourses closed.

The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 154.76 points to close on 31,750.82 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty closed on 9,912.80, up by 55.75 points.

NEW DELHI: Twitter announced on Monday that it has kicked off its new media agency programme called #TweetToTheTop in India. Eleven agencies from global media and advertising networks including Dentsu, GroupM, IPG and Omnicom will be participating in this initiative.

#TweetToTheTop is Twitter’s first year-long agency engagement programme dedicated to media executives in five countries in Asia Pacific: India, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.

NEW DELHI: L&T Construction, an arm of infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T), has won orders worth Rs 1,975 crore across business segments.

The orders have been secured across the Middle-East for turnkey construction of various sub-stations and cable feeders, the parent company said in a statement today.

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