All the headlines from our India Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 17 2021 // NEW DELHI—India has temporarily shut down five coal-fired power plants around the capital New Delhi as part of its drive to combat air pollution, according to an order from the federal environment ministry panel on air...
Nov 16 2021 // Yashish Dahiya’s PB Fintech Ltd. climbed 23% on its first day of trading after raising $761 million in an IPO. Now comes the hard part.“Now, we have to deliver,” the founder and chief executive officer...
Nov 3 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the remaining 51% shares from Anemone Holdings Private Ltd and Rohit Jain in Willis Towers Watson (WTW) India.WTW currently owns 49% of...
Nov 2 2021 // China’s transformation from a financial-technology backwater into a $46 trillion-a-year global leader in digital payments left most international investors watching in awe from the sidelines. Now India is undergoing...
Oct 26 2021 // U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from...
Oct 22 2021 // NEW DELHI – Indian fintech firm Paytm has received approval from the capital markets regulator for its $2.2 billion stock market listing that is likely to be India’s biggest ever IPO, a source familiar with the...
Oct 18 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadow, Ill.-based broker, announced it has completed its acquisition of Mumbai, India-based Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd.Financial details of the transaction, which...
Oct 8 2021 // India is considering a proposal for foreign investors to own as much as 20% in Life Insurance Corp., according to a person with knowledge of the matter, which would enable them to participate in the nation’s biggest...
Sep 23 2021 // New Delhi wants to block Chinese investors from buying shares in Indian insurance giant Life Insurance Corp. (LIC) which is due to go public, four senior government officials and a banker told Reuters, underscoring...
Sep 14 2021 // International investors remain confident of India’s short- and long-term growth prospects and are readying plans to make additional and new investments in the country, according to a survey of 1200 business leaders...
Sep 3 2021 // India unveiled a data-sharing system that could revolutionize investing and credit, giving millions of consumers greater access and control over their financial records and expanding the potential pool of customers for...
Sep 2 2021 // Global insurance broker Aon said it has increased its stake in Aon India Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd. from 49 percent to 100 percent, acquiring the remaining share from Catamaran Ventures. Aon acquired a 49% stake from...
Aug 18 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. has made its maiden investment in India’s wealth management sector, participating in a $40 million round by fintech startup Smallcase Technologies Pvt.The Bangalore-headquartered startup said the...
Jul 16 2021 // BENGALURU – Indian digital payments leader Paytm, which counts Ant Group and Softbank among its backers, is seeking regulatory approval to raise up to 166 billion rupees ($2.23 billion) in one of the biggest stock market...
Jul 14 2021 // India approved the sale of shares in state-run insurer Life Insurance Corp. of India, a key step in moving ahead with the mega-listing.The cabinet committee on economic affairs cleared the initial public offering proposal,...
Jul 2 2021 // Gallagher announced the acquisition of Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd. (EGIBL) from Edelweiss Group, one of India’s leading diversified financial services firms. Gallagher previously held 30% in the...
May 28 2021 // When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put.That decision would prove...
May 28 2021 // CHENNAI – Ford Motor Co. said it will halt production at its car plant in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu after workers staged a lunchtime sit-in protest on Thursday, demanding leave and health benefits, as...
May 26 2021 // CHENNAI – Automaker Renault-Nissan will shut its plant in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state until May 30, according to an internal note and two sources familiar with the matter, a day after workers said they would...
May 26 2021 // BHUBANESWAR, India – Storm surges inundated dozens of villages in eastern India on Wednesday after a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal, damaging thousands of mud homes in two coastal states and killing...