Actor-politician and founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Vijayakanth (also known as Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami), passed away at MIOT Hospital in Chennai on Thursday.

The hospital said in a statement that the 71-year-old actor was on ventilator support following his admission for pneumonia. "Captain Vijayakanth was on ventilatory support following his admission for pneumonia. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff he passed away in the morning on 28th December 2023," the hospital said.

Shares of Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) rallied 13 per cent on the BSE to fresh highs of Rs 129.29 in Thursday’s intra-day trade after the company signed a financing pact with Gujarat govt for investment of Rs 14,500 crore.

In the past two days, the stock of the state-owned financial institution has surged 23 per cent. It has surpassed its previous high of Rs 119.55 touched on December 14.

Shares of KPI Green Energy zoomed 9.5 per cent to hit a new high at Rs 1,402 after the company announced its plans to consider issue of bonus shares.

The company in an exchange filing post market hours on Wednesday, said that its board will meet on December 30 to consider a proposal for issue of bonus equity shares.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of C S Rajan, an independent director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, as its part-time chairman for a period of two years, with effect from January 1, 2024, the lender told the exchanges.

Rajan’s appointment follows the retirement of the incumbent non-executive independent part-time chairman, Prakash Apte, whose term expires onDecember 31, 2023.

Food delivery platform Zomato has received a Rs 401.7 crore show cause notice from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Pune Zonal Unit, the company said in a regulatory filing late on Wednesday. The notice is based on the non-payment of goods and services tax (GST) on money collected by the company as delivery charges from the customers.

In the regulatory filing, the company said, "The show cause notice requires the company to show cause as to why an alleged tax liability of Rs 401,70,14,706 along with interest and penalty for the period from October 29, 2019, to March 31, 2022, should not be demanded from the company.

Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani on Wednesday said the country's largest telco is working with Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay to launch a 'Bharat GPT' programme.

The company, a unit of Reliance Industries, is also "comprehensively thinking" to launch an operating system for televisions, he said, adding that it has been working on it for a while now.

Adani Green Energy Ltd, on Wednesday, announced that it has completed a joint venture agreement with TotalEnergies Renewables Singapore Pte Limited where the latter has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Adani Renewable Energy Nine Limited for $300 million. ARE9L houses a 1,050 MW project portfolio.

The total comprises a mix of already operational (300 MW), under construction (500 MW) and under development assets (250 MW) with a blend of both solar and wind power projects in India.

As Ayodhya gears up for the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple next month, a set of imposing sun-themed pillars -- 'Surya Stambhs' -- are being installed along a prominent road of the temple town.

Each of the 30-foot-high pillars has an ornamental orb which when lit at night resembles the Sun.

Auto components maker Happy Forgings (HFL) had a decent stock market debut on Wednesday with its shares listing 18 per cent higher at Rs 1,001.25 on the BSE against the issue price of Rs 850. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the stock listed at Rs 1,000 per share.

At 10:01 AM; HFL was quoting at Rs 974.05, nearly 15 per cent higher against its issue price. The stock hit a high of Rs 1,026.45 and a low of Rs 961 on the BSE in intra-day trade.

The price of 24-carat gold rose Rs 220 during early trade on Wednesday, with ten grams of the precious metal selling at Rs 63,710, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver climbed Rs 300 with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 79,500.

The price of 22-carat gold was up Rs 200 at Rs 58,400.

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