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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s markets regulator on Friday proposed to expand sustainable finance framework in the country’s securities market by including a new investment product. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed a new concept called sustainable securitized debt instruments or green securitization, which the regulator defined as having sustainable finance credit facilities …

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By Ashwin Manikandan and Siddhi Nayak BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian private lender Yes Bank has appointed veteran banker Sumit Bali to head its retail business and collections, three sources directly familiar with the matter said on Friday. Bali will join Yes Bank from Aug. 26 and report to executive director Rajan Pental, one of the …

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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s top e-scooter maker Ola Electric Mobility surged 20% on Friday to reach a valuation of 586.64 billion rupees ($6.99 billion), after it launched a new line of motorcycles and on bets it will lower costs by using its own batteries. The e-motorcycle launch is set to intensify competition in the world’s …

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By Nimesh Vora and Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian central bank has told banks that deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to settle at least a part of their trade payments directly using the rupee and dirham, according to five banking sources. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hasn’t given banks a …

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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares rose on Friday, led by information technology stocks, after firm U.S. economic data allayed fears of a recession in the world’s largest economy, spurring a global rally. The NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.72% at 24,316.48 as of 9:57 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex rose …

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(Reuters) – Britain will grant 13.5 million pounds ($17.31 million) in funding to support Tata Steel’s workers and supply chain businesses at Port Talbot in South Wales facing job losses, the government said on Thursday. Workers suspended a planned all-out strike after Britain’s biggest steel producer warned that it would bring forward the planned closure …

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