Morning News Round-Up

Ø  Bharti Airtel withdraws controversial VoIP tariff plan

Ø  RBI eases norms for Indian cos investing abroad

Ø  CIL arm mulls allocating piled up coal to consumers

Ø  Cabinet to take up mines ordinance in next few days

Ø  RBI for closer examination of promoters’ share pledging

Ø  India invites Korean companies to make ‘bold’ investments
 
Ø  GDP growth to be much better in 2015-16: Jaitley

Ø  Govt passes ordinance to make land deals easier

Ø  Russian economy suffers first major contraction since 2009

Ø  IVRCL to retire Rs 2,500-cr debt by March 2015

Ø  No exit clause for promoters in insurance ordinance

Ø  Private equity players seal over $11 billion deals in India

Ø  Jaitley nudges RBI Governor again to cut interest rate

Ø  Bharti Airtel drops plan to charge for Internet calls

Ø  DLF ban to imprisoning defaulter, SEBI wields power 

Ø  Wind power industry ending 2014 on a high note

Ø  L&T arm bags Rs. 894 cr offshore contract from ONGC

Ø  Amazon asked not to lobby individually for FDI in e-commerce   
 
Ø  Over 1,000 entities under scanner as Sebi widens probe

Ø  IDBI to sell part or entire stake in Care Ratings

Ø  Tata Steel ramps up production at Jamshedpur plant

Ø  Subhash Chandra, immediate family cease to be promoters of Essel Propack

Ø  Xiaomi raises $1.1 bn of funding at $45 billion valuation

Ø  Cement cos pin hopes on govt spending to revive growth

Ø  SpiceJet in talks to raise Rs 400-crore bridge loan

Ø  Landing an opportunity: Exclusions for defence & infra, no cheer for industry

Ø  Narendra Modi govt eyes reforms through window when door is shut: Experts

Ø  Govt sets up joint task force to boost mobile manufacturing
 
Ø  Bad loans may come down to 4% by March 2016: RBI

Ø  Inter-connectedness exposes banking system to contagion risk

Ø  RINL gets Sebi’s nod for IPO

Ø  Brokers get more time to give info on risk-based supervision

Ø  SpiceJet issue, safety downgrade marred civil aviation sector
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