French President Emmanuel Macron will land in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Thursday and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jaipur. Both leaders are likely to use UPI for transactions at Hawal Mahal after the Shobha Yatra.

French President Macron will land in Rajasthan's capital, Jaipur, in the afternoon, after which he will head towards Amber Fort.

The price of 24-carat gold fell Rs 50 in early trade on Thursday, with ten grams of the precious metal selling at Rs 63,000, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver, on the other hand, was up by Rs 300, with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 75,300.

The price of 22-carat gold witnessed a fall of Rs 50, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 57,750.

The General Insurance Council on Wednesday announced the launch of the 'Cashless Everywhere' facility, under which policyholders can get treated in any hospital and avail a cashless facility.

This initiative will aid in easing the burden of policyholders who get treated in a hospital not in the network of the insurance company, and it will be available across hospitals in India.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 8,500 crore incentive scheme for coal gasification projects, sources said.

The adoption of gasification technology in India is expected to reduce the country's reliance on imports of natural gas, methanol, ammonia and other essential products.

The cabinet has given its go-ahead to Rs 8,500 crore incentive scheme for coal gasification projects, the sources said.

Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to former DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj Wadhawan in the multi-crore Yes Bank-DHFL loan scam.

During the hearing, a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and S C Sharma said the Delhi High Court and the trial court "greatly erred" in granting bail to the brothers, who are accused in Rs 34,615-crore bank fraud case.

American daily Los Angeles Times, on Tuesday, announced that it is firing at least 115 employees or 20 per cent of its workforce, in one of the largest layoffs the company has seen.

According to the newspaper, the move comes amid projections of heavy losses for the year ahead.

In an article published on January 23, the media major reported that the "cuts were necessary because the paper could no longer lose $30 million to $40 million a year…"

Days after calling off the $10 billion merger with Zee Entertainment, Japanese media giant Sony has moved a Singapore court against the Indian company, alleging a breach of the merger pact, according to a report by the Times of India (ToI).

It added that Zee is likely to counter Sony's claims in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. This would include Sony's demand for a $90 million termination fee from Zee.

Parts of Delhi-NCR received light rain on Wednesday, but the air quality index (AQI) remained in the 'very poor' category at 392 at 10 am in the national capital, the government data for air quality showed. This marks a slight dip compared to Tuesday, when the average AQI was noted at 368, according to Central Pollution Control Board's data.

A thin layer of fog surrounded the region as the visibility hovered at 500 metres at Delhi's primary weather station, Safdarjung, and at 700 metres at Palam station at 7 am, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of Nazara Technologies, on Wednesday, announced that it will acquire a 100 per cent stake in Comic Con India at a valuation of Rs 55 crore. Comic Con India is famous for hosting multiple pop cultural festivals in India.

In the announcement, Nazara Tech said that the acquisition will take place through a combination of cash and share swaps from Jatin Varma and Karan Kalra, the founders of Comic Con India. Varma and Kalra will, however, continue to operate the business as a part of Nodwin Gaming.

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd’s (LTFH) consolidated net profit rose by 41 per cent year-on-year to Rs 640 crore in the third quarter ended December 2023 (Q3 FY24), on the back of robust business performance and strong net interest margins (NIMs) and fees. It had posted a net profit of Rs 453 crore in Q3 FY23.

Its Net Interest Income (NII) on a consolidated basis grew by 8 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 1,833 crore in Q3 FY24 as against Rs 1,693 crore in the quarter ended December 2022 (Q3 FY23). Its NIMs plus Fees improved to 10.93 per cent in Q3 FY24 from 8.80 per cent in Q3 FY23.

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