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Hans India
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- Hans India
Andhra Pradesh to develop India's largest ecosystem for green hydrogen
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India.com
10 minutes ago
- India.com
Good news for Deepinder Goyal as Zomato's parent firm Eternal Q1 revenue jumps..., Blinkit loses...
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Business Standard
10 minutes ago
- Business Standard
Tata Capital rights issue pricing pegs valuation at Rs 1.38 trillion
Tata Sons' 93% stake in Tata Capital is now valued at Rs 1.28 trillion, following the company's latest rights issue and a 31% increase in Tata Capital's valuation Dev Chatterjee Mumbai Listen to This Article Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, participated in its financial services arm, Tata Capital's rights issue last week at ₹343 per share — a 22 per cent premium to the earlier rights issue price of ₹281 per share in March. This latest investment has raised IPO-bound Tata Capital's valuation by 31 per cent to ₹1.38 trillion, up from ₹1.05 trillion in March, according to company filings with the stock exchanges. Last week, Tata Capital allotted 51 crore equity shares of ₹10 each, aggregating ₹1,752 crore through the rights issue, the company said. With the rights issue, the