Shares of cement manufacturers were in focus in an otherwise subdued market, with a sector giant UltraTech Cement hitting a 52-week high, while Ambjua Cements surging 4 per cent on expectations of profitability likely to improve in fiscal 2024, owing to softening of coal and pet coke prices.

Among individual stocks, UltraTech Cement hit a 52-week high of Rs 8,049, up 2 per cent on the BSE in Tuesday’s intra-day trade. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 7,972.95, touched on May 30, 2023. It had hit a record high of Rs 8,267 on November 8, 2021.

On its 32nd Foundation Day, the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) held a conference on "Growth Avenues for the Indian IT Industry and Emerging Tech Ecosystem" in Delhi on Monday.

Speaking at the event, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, secretary, MeitY stated, "Today, the world is talking about digital transformation. India is moving from e-governance to digital governance, where each service has to be online."

The boards of banks should hold the management accountable for its actions, and should replace it if it does not meet expectations, M Rajeshwar Rao, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said in an interaction with board members of banks.

“Boards should appraise the performance of management objectively and ensure that they are held accountable for their actions. If the management is not meeting expectations, boards should take suitable action, including replacing the management, to improve the bank's governance and risk management,” Rao said in his speech at the conference of the directors of banks.

Emotions ran high at the San Siro when Zlatan Ibrahimovic, also known as Ibra, announced his retirement after AC Milan's final match of the 2022-2023 season.

Ibrahimovic, set to turn 42 in October, decided to depart Milan as his contract drew to a close. Before the kick-off of Sunday's game, the fans in the stands energetically chanted his name and displayed a banner reading "Godbye," a sight that brought Ibra to tears, reports Xinhua.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has asked the insurance companies to undertake "suo motu" settlement of claims for the victims of the Odisha train tragedy, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Monday. The insurers have been asked to "immediately" contact the administration and get the list of those who have died or been injured.

Under suo motu settlement, the companies settle the claims even without the other parties applying for it. This is usually done after natural disasters.

Shares of Tata Motors hit an over six-year high of Rs 542.20, up 1 per cent on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade, after the Tata group signed an outline deal with the Gujarat government last Friday (June 2) to build a lithium-ion cell factory with an investment of about Rs 13,000 crore. The move comes as India is looking to create its own electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.

Tata Motors already has a plant operational at Sanand, and has also acquired the adjoining Ford Motors' plant. The process of integration of the two plants has begun and may take up to one year to complete, Reuters reported.

In the first two months of 2023-24 (April and May), the total loan disbursals via Paytm stood at Rs 9,618 crore, according to a regulatory filing by its parent One97 Communications Ltd on Monday. This is 169 per cent higher than Rs 3,576 crore recorded in these two months last year. In May alone, the platform lent loans worth Rs 5,502 crore.

The total number of loans was up 54 per cent to 8.5 million during the period as compared to 5.5 million in the same period last year.

Two days after the three-train crash that resulted in 275 deaths and 803 injuries in Odisha’s Balasore district, the Ministry of Railways has recommended an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the incident, Union Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Sunday.

“Keeping in mind the circumstances of the accident and the administrative information that has been received, the Railway Board has recommended a CBI investigation going forward,” he told reporters in Bhubaneswar.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday told members of the Indian American community here that India is currently experiencing a "fight" between two different ideologies and exuded confidence that all opposition parties are joining hands for an "alternative vision" of the country to that of the ruling BJP.

Making his last public appearance during his two-day visit to the US Capitol, Gandhi said that when he meets the non-Congress opposition parties, he has always emphasised that it is very important that they fight unitedly.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, just two days before the US Treasury warned that the country would struggle to pay its bills.

The bipartisan measure, which was approved this week by the House and Senate, eliminates the potential for an unprecedented government default.

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