DAVOS: Analysts scratching their heads over the impact on India's banks of the country's move to ban high-value notes have every right to be puzzled, as estimates offered by the chairman of State Bank of India indicate.

The bank could retain anything from 15 per cent to 40 per cent of the deposit boost it received after the government withdrew about four-fifths of the banknotes in circulation in November, Arundhati Bhattacharya said in an interview on Wednesday with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker. She was unable to give a precise estimate amid uncertainty about how much of that money came from Indian businesses as opposed to individuals.

BENGALURU: Infosys has "released" 8,000-9,000 employees in the past one year because of automation of lower-end jobs, the company's human resources head Krishnamurthy Shankar said. He said these employees are now working on more advanced projects.

"We have been releasing about 2,000 people every quarter and also training them in special courses that will help them in their new assignments," Shankar said on the sidelines of an event organised by the Bengaluru chapter of Global Shapers, a body backed by the World Economic Forum.

Infrastructure heavyweight Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said its subsidiary L&T Hydrocarbon has bagged orders worth Rs 1,700 crore in its construction services vertical.

"L&T Hydrocarbon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has won orders worth Rs 1,700 crore order in its construction services vertical," L&T said in a BSE filing.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) has forayed into Turkey through the acquisition of 75.1 percent stake in Hisarlar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi - a farm equipment maker - for approximately $ 19 million (about Rs 130 crores). As part of the transaction, Darby Converging Europe Fund II will exit its investment. European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (18.7 percent) and the founder Turker family (6.2 percent) are the other stakeholder in the company.

A day ahead of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump today said he is going to unite the country as he promised the Americans to work hard and turn things around.

"We are going to unify our country and we will make America great again. We will make America great for all of our people, everybody throughout the country," Trump said while a crowd of thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial here at his inaugural 'Make America Great Again' rally and concert.

Shares of Axis Bank tanked over 6% after the private lender reported a whopping 73% decline in net profit at Rs 580 crore in the December quarter on account of rise in bad loans.

It had reported net profit of Rs 2,175 crore in the same quarter of last fiscal year.

In a bid to streamline its bottling operations in India, Coca-Cola is restructuring its organisational set-up. Under the new structure, the firm’s bottling units in the country will be supervised by a senior vice-president, unlike its existing set-up in which two executives head the company-owned bottling operations and franchise-operated bottling operations, respectively. This will help it capture avenues of growth such as e-commerce, modern trade, new beverages and digitisation in the country, Coca-Cola India said in a statement.

International air travel is set to get costlier as Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes. The move comes in the backdrop of a rise in jet fuel costs.

On routes from India to south-east Asia and Australia, the fuel surcharge has been revised by $15-$35 (Rs 1,000-RS 2,400) and the same was notified to travel agents on Thursday. The airline is revising the surcharge on Europe and US flights, too, by up to $80 but is yet to notify the change, it is learnt.

Rajesh Gopinathan, the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said continuity of Natarajan Chandrasekaran as chairman is providing an extended transition window for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), reported ET Now. The former CEO of TCS and Chairman designate of India’s largest business house Tata Sons, Chandrasekaran will soon be reportedly appointed as the chairman of all the listed companies in the group in the coming weeks.

Private sector HDFC Bank has set a target to provide training to 25,000 people, including businessmen, in Madhya Pradesh in carrying out cashless transactions at special camps.

“We will train 15,000 customers and 10,000 businessmen about the use and benefits of cashless transactions,” HDFC Madhya Pradesh Unit’s Zonal Head Sudesh Jaisinghani told reporters here today.

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