
BUSINESS
Sebi amends regulations for IDs, criteria for InvITs and REITs; jacks up reward for insider trading informants
Amendments to Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (LODR Regulations) pertaining to regulatory provisions related to Independent Directors approved; no clearance for amendments to the Stock Exchange and Clearing Corporation regulations yet.

BUSINESS
India’s largest battery recycling company eyes electric vehicle battery business
Gravita India is getting ready to recycle lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, a market that’s expected to become viable in seven years

BUSINESS
SEBI eases norms for FPO, tightens rules for stressed companies
Sebi has stipulated that companies getting out of CIRP and wanting to relist will have to achieve 5 percent Minimum Public Shareholding at the time of relisting.

BUSINESS
Sebi board meeting today: These are the key issues on agenda
Sebi may discuss relaxation in minimum promoter contribution in Follow on Public Offer. The market regulator is also expected to consider new shareholding norms for Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process companies.

TRENDS
Like A Boss | L&T’s Subrahmanyan on the company he admires most, the secret to success and the importance of collaborative management
Larsen and Toubro managing director SN Subrahmanyan on his management style, the books that have influenced him and advice on running companies.

BUSINESS
ICICI Bank-Videocon case: ED arrests Deepak Kochhar on charges of money laundering
On January 31, the ED lodged a case of money laundering against Chanda and Deepak Kochhar, Videocon CMD Venugopal Dhoot and others.

BUSINESS
In CBI’s case against GVK: Bogus work contract, inflated expenses, fund diversion and hotel stays
The FIR accuses GVK group, chairman GVK Reddy and others of siphoning off Rs 705 crore from Mumbai airport.

BUSINESS
Coronavirus lockdown: L&T defers extra pay revision to employees, cites disruption
"Most of our employees personally wanted to get associated with this social cause and hence extra salary revision that was planned from 1st March was postponed till end July,” L&T said in a statement.

BUSINESS
SEBI might investigate whistle-blowers' complaints on Infosys
Series of allegations were levelled by the whistle-blower referring to steps taken by Parekh like resorting to unethical practices to boost short-term profit and downsizing expenses by not recognising visa cost

INDIA
Change needed at an individual level to transform India: MoS Pratap Chandra Sarangi
He stresses upon the need to focus attention to the problem of unemployment which plagues the nation at this point.

POLITICS
Employment is a challenge we face and will fix: MoS Arjun Ram Meghwal
In an interview with Moneycontrol’s Tarun Sharma, he talks about the government’s top priorities which include employment and fixing public sector enterprises.

POLITICS
Pressure can't influence the behaviour of people: BJP MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Moneycontrol’s Tarun Sharma talks to the Jodhpur MP to find out how he won by more than two and a half lakh votes even after an intense campaign by the opposition

POLITICS
Lok Sabha Polls 2019 | Rajyavardhan Rathore upbeat in battle of Olympians as he takes on Krishna Poonia
In an interview with Moneycontrol, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said he was confident not just of his own victory but also of the ruling BJP at the Centre.

POLITICS
Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Brothers face-off as battle for Bikaner heats up
BJP’s Arjun Ram Meghwal, a Union Minister of State will be up in arms against his cousin brother Madan Gopal Meghwal, a former IPS officer, contesting on a Congress ticket.

POLITICS
Don’t think there has been much development in last 5 years: Urmila Matondkar
In an interview with Moneycontrol's Tarun Sharma, the actress-turned-politician defended the Congress' NYAY scheme and said that experts have given their opinion on how to execute it.

POLITICS
Attention of people diverted, no one talks of mob violence, student murders, says Begusarai contestant Kanhaiya Kumar
The North Bihar Lok Sabha seat is set to witness a close contest between BJP heavyweight Giriraj Singh, RJD’s Tanveer Hasan and controversial student leader Kanhaiya Kumar

POLITICS
No guarantee that Shiv Sena's alliance with NDA will last: Milind Deora
Stating that the state of infrastructure in Mumbai is in "bad shape", Deora said that most Mumbaikars do not have an idea of who their Mayor is.

POLITICS
Shiv Sena-BJP an alliance of convenience for those desperate for power: Supriya Sule
"Sharad Pawar is the leader who can bring every party on the same page", says the MP on NCP chief

BUSINESS
Fresh tax trouble for Shah Rukh Khan: I-T challenges relief over alleged benami property
The I-T mounted the challenge after the Adjudicating Authority dismissed the case and slammed the department for labelling a property acquired by Shah Rukh’s firm as ‘benami’

BUSINESS
Chanda Kochhar distances herself from husband Deepak’s business dealings
Chanda Kochhar has maintained the same statement in her questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

BUSINESS
ED questions Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak and Venugopal Dhoot's after raids on their residences, offices in Mumbai
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at the residences and offices of Chanda Kochhar, Deepak Kochhar and Venugopal Dhoot, Chairman, Videocon Industries in relation to the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case.

BUSINESS
NSEL scam: SEBI declares commodity arms of Motilal Oswal, IIFL 'not fit and proper'
Some of the other leading brokers who are being probed in the NSEL case are Anand Rathi Commodities, Philip Commodities and Geofin Commodities.

BUSINESS
Banking body may again implore RBI to defer provisioning for IL&FS arms
This time around, IBA may apply only for Amber companies of IL&FS after a meeting with the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and new Uday Kotak-led board on January 22

CORPORATE-ACTION
Income tax department holding back refunds amounting to thousands of crores
The income tax department is likely to be holding back the refunds to exhibit a high tax collection figure.