Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening

A round-up of the big stories

Here is a collection of the most important stories this evening:

ICICI Bank Q4 Results: Net profit jumps 17% to Rs 10,707 crore, asset quality stays healthy

Private sector lender ICICI Bank on April 27 reported a net profit of Rs 10,707 crore for the January-March quarter of the financial year 2023-24, which marks a 17 percent jump as compared to Rs 9,122 crore clocked in the year-ago period. Read more

Yes Bank registered 5 million UPI transactions monthly after Paytm partnership, says CEO

Private sector lender Yes Bank has registered around 5 million monthly transactions on the unified payments interface (UPI) since its partnership with Paytm, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Prashant Kumar said on April 27. Read more

Manipur violence: 2 CRPF jawans killed in militant attack at Bishnupur camp

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in an attack by Kuki militants in Manipur's Bishnupur district in the early hours of Saturday. Read more

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Massive forest fire rages in Nainital; IAF helicopters, Army deployed

On Saturday, IAF deployed its personnel and MI-17 choppers to extinguish the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand's Nainital district. A forest fire has been sweeping through the dense foliage in the mountains surrounding Nainital over the last 36 hours, news agency ANI reported citing an official. Read more

PE firms Carlyle, Nadathur Fareast, Brighton Park Capital-backed Indegene IPO to open on May 6

Private equity firms Carlyle and Nadathur Fareast-backed Indegene, which provides digital-led commercialisation services for the life sciences industry, will launch its maiden public issue for subscription on May 6. The price band for the issue will be announced on April 29, while the likely issue size may be in the range of Rs 1,750-2,500 crore. Read more

IIT placement woes continue; 50-57% of IIT Jammu, Palakkad's students yet to secure jobs

Amid the hiring slowdown among freshers, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu and IIT Palakkad are yet to place 50 percent and 57 of their students, respectively. Read more

Broader indices outperform; More than 100 smallcaps give double digit return

Broader indices continued to outperform the main indices in the week ended April 26 as mid and smallcap indices jumped 4 percent each with more than 100 small-cap stocks giving double-digit return. Read more