Another PSU, Ircon International, is set for the IPO which will open for subscription from September 17 to September 19, 2018. The issue consists purely of Offer for Sale (OFS) with 99,05,157 equity shares worth Rs 470.49 crore. The face value of the share is Rs 10 per share. The minimum lot size consists of 30 shares. The issue price per equity share is in range of Rs 470-475. Post allotment, the company will get listed on both BSE and NSE.

Tata Communications has unveiled an advanced cyber security response centre in Dubai. The facility was jointly inaugurated by UAE's Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Omar bin Sultan Al Olama and Navdeep Suri, Indian Ambassador to the UAE.

Ajmera Realty & Infra India Limited has informed the bourses that it has acquired 85 per cent stake in Anirdesh Developers LLP. Both the entities belong to the infrastructure industry.

Wipro Limited has won a deal involving 10-year engagement to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions and services to US-based company Alight Solutions LLC. Alight is a leader in technology-enabled health, wealth, HR and finance solutions.

Lupin Limited has announced that it has received final approval for its Gabapentin Tablets USP, 600 mg and 800 mg from the USFDA to market a generic version of Pfizer Inc.’s Neurontin Tablets, 600 mg and 800 mg.

Amrutanjan Heath Care has signed up with Amazon to offer its range of products under 'Prime' from August 18, 2018. This will help the company’s brands to reach out consumers in new geographies.

Indian Hume Pipe Limited has bagged an order of Rs. 256.19 crores from Tamil Nadu Water Supply & Drainage Board, Coimbatore.

Jet Airways has announced a limited period offer named ‘Seat Select’ sale scheme which will offer an opportunity to the passengers to select preferred seats at Rs. 200 for economy class passengers.

Ashok Leyland has announced that it has bagged an order from Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) for supplying 300 Ashok Leyland buses. The order consists of Double Decker buses which would help decongest roads of Dhaka.

Tata Consultancy Services has announced that Bahrain-based SNIC Insurance which was formerly known as Saudi National Insurance Company has selected ‘TCS BaNCS for Insurance’ to support its ambitious digital transformation strategy.

Bharti Airtel has announced its strategic partnership with Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator. Through this partnership, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on the Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA cable) and TE North Cable Systems. Additionally, it will also take large capacities on two new state-of-the-art cable systems (SMW5 and AAE1) on a long-term basis.

Wockhardt Limited has set-up its first facility in the Middle East for manufacturing of NCEs (New Chemical Entities). It will cater to the global markets through its Dubai arm of its subsidiary Wockhardt Bio AG.

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. has given approval to Cords Cable Industries Ltd. to be its pre-qualified supplier for international orders. This global level approval is for a period of five years starting from August 1, 2018.

Zydus Cadila has received final approval from the USFDA to market Spironolactone Tablets USP (US RLD - Aldactone Tablets). The strength of the said tablets is of 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg. The drug will be manufactured at the group’s manufacturing facility at Baddi.

TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd. is coming out with an IPO which will remain open for subscription from July 18 to July 20, 2018. The issue consists purely of Offer for Sale (OFS) worth Rs 1125.13 crore. Through this OFS, the company is offering 1,57,14,038 equity shares having face value of Rs 2 per share. The price band of the issue is Rs 714-716. The minimum lot size is 20 shares. Post allotment, the company will be listed on both BSE and NSE.

Larsen & Toubro Limited announced that its construction arm has won another set of orders worth Rs. 3,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh, on Friday. It is a prestigious EPC order received from the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA).

Sun Pharma Consumer Healthcare, a division of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has announced that is has signed Bollywood star Akshay Kumar as the new brand ambassador of Revital H.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced that its subsidiary Glenmark Speciality S.A. has entered into a licensing agreement with Seqirus Pty. Ltd. to commercialize Ryaltris in Australia and New Zealand. Seqirus is a part of an Australian-based speciality biotechnology company, CSL Limited.

Onward Technologies Limited has set up another dedicated engineering design centre in Pune. The centre caters to the services across product and manufacturing engineering domains for a global manufacturing player in North America.

V2 Retail Limited has announced that it has opened its 63rd ‘V2 Retail’ store in India. This store is opened at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This is the retail chains 14th store in Uttar Pradesh. V2 Retail's stores are spread across 17 states and 57 cities.

The upcoming IPO of Varroc Engineering Ltd. will remain open for subscription from June 26-28, 2018. The issue consists of Offer for Sale (OFS) comprising of 2,01,21,730 equity shares with face value of Rs 1 per share. The IPO size is worth Rs 1945.77 crore. The price band is in the range of Rs 965-967 per share. The minimum lot size consists of 15 shares.

Cords Cable Industries Limited has won a prestigious contract for supplying Signal Cables. These cables will include Fire Resistant – Gas Detector Signal cables, Alarm cables and Control cables to be used in Polymer Addition Project towards Hydrocarbon sector in Punjab.

Rites Limited, a Government company, is coming with an IPO which will open for subscription from June 20 to June 22, 2018. The issue consists of Offer for Sale (OFS) of 2,52,00,000 equity shares worth Rs 466.20 crores. The issue price band is between Rs 180-185 per equity share.

HCL Technologies signed an end-to-end IT infrastructure services deal with Falck, which is an international player in the ambulance and healthcare markets.

The Board of Directors of Omax Autos approved the proposal for diversification and expansion of existing capacity for manufacturing products and equipment supplied to the Indian Railways. The meeting was held on June 7, 2018.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) has informed the exchanges that the operations of TDI-II plant in Dahej have resumed. After fixing the technical issues with full safety precautions, the plant has started working and normal production was achieved on Tuesday at 07:00 hours.

HCL Technologies has announced its collaboration with JDA Commerce Inc. The company will join forces with JDA Commerce for developing product support and go-to-market (GTM initiatives) for JDA’s Commerce, SofTechnics, and Pricing and Revenue Management Solutions.

Construction company Atlanta Limited said that Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP, the statutory auditors of the company have resigned from their position for FY 2017-18 with immediate effect. The company has informed this through a regulatory filing made with the stock exchanges.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has granted Letter of Acceptance (LoA) to MEP Infrastructure Developers Ltd. informing that the company has been engaged as the Contractor for user fee collection at Athur Toll Plaza.

As a part of Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, Titagarh Wagons Limited is set to provide four vessels, two each for the Indian Navy and Ministry of Earth Sciences, respectively. The company has been successful in launching the first of the four vessels.

The USFDA has granted final approval to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc, US for Clobetasol Propionate Cream USP, 0.05 per cent, which is the generic version of Temovate Cream, 0.05 per cent, of Fougera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Avantel Limited has been granted a patent by Government of India for an invention entitled, Intelligent Integrated Satellite Terminal for Train tracking, Control Office Automation and Passenger Information. The said patent is granted for a period of 20 years commencing from October 13, 2009.

Thermax Group has bagged a repeat order worth Rs. 279 crores. The order from a leading fertilizer company consists of setting up the company’s captive cogeneration (co-gen) plant at Trombay. The project is estimated to be completed in next 24 months.

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (JBCPL) has received an order dated April 18, 2018, from the Pollution Control Committee regarding the closure of the company’s formulation manufacturing plant at Daman. As per the committee, it has observed deviation of standards of treated waste water released from ETP outlet of this facility.

Ashok Leyland has bagged a critical order from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for supplying High Mobility 10x10 vehicles i.e. HMV 10x10. The Indian Army plans to deploy these vehicles since a long time to carry Smerch Rockets.

Sobha Limited has announced its operational performance for the fourth quarter of FY18 and for the financial year of 2018 showing growth across regions and product categories.

Ashiana Housing Limited has entered into an agreement with International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is a part of World Bank Group to co-invest in upcoming affordable and middle-income residential projects which will include senior-living projects.

The upcoming IPO of Lemon Tree Hotels consists purely of Offer for Sale (OFS). Through this OFS, the company is offering 18,54,79,400 equity shares with face value of Rs 10 per share. The IPO size is worth Rs 1038.7 crore. The price band is in the range of Rs 54-56 per share. The minimum lot size consists of 265 shares. The issue will remain open for subscription from March 26-28, 2018.

Another Government of India company, Mishra Dhatu Nigam (Midhani), is set to get listed on the BSE and NSE through IPO. The issue will remain open from March 21 to March 23, 2018. The issue consists fully of Offer for Sale (OFS) of Rs 438.4 crore, offering 4,87,08,400 equity shares with face value of Rs 10 per equity share.

The IPO of Bharat Dynamics will remain open for subscription from March 13-15, 2018. The issue consists of Offer for Sale (OFS) where the Indian government is selling 12% stake worth Rs 960.94 crore. The issue price is in the range of Rs 413-428 per equity share having face value of Rs 10 each.

The IT sector has been on a recovery mode since the past few months. In October 2017, the BSE Information Technology index stood at 10,005.49. It touched new 52-week high of 13,126.39 in January 2018. Currently it is trading at 12,439.91 levels. Thus, in past 4 months, the index has surged by ~25 per cent.

Ashoka Buildcon has won a huge order from NHAI after emerging as the highest bidder for the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects. The company in joint venture with Macquarie had bided for this project. The company has quoted the bid project cost at Rs. 860.10 crore. This bidding was for the first batch of TOT and has 9 projects under it.

ITOrizon Inc has announced its partnership with Ramco Systems, a software company providing products and services related to the cloud platform. ITOrizon will heighten and extend its integrated supply chain management solutions for existing and new customers across 5 continents, by using Ramco’s existing platform.

On February 1, 2018, the Finance Minister of India presented the Union Budget 2018-19. The stock market reacted in its own way and BSE Sensex was down by 2.13 percent to 35,501.74 from 36256.83 on the same day. In the last 15 days, the market has corrected gradually by almost 1,200 points and closed at 34,297.47 on February 15, 2018.

Aster DM Healthcare is coming out with an IPO which will remain open from February 12-15, 2018. The issue consists of fresh issue of Rs 725 crore and offer for sale (OFS) of 1,34,28,251 equity shares, thereby aggregating the issue size to Rs 980 crore.

For the healthcare sector, National Health Protection Scheme is launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. This will benefit 50 crore beneficiaries. 

After a downfall in the month of November, the share of foreign portfolio investments (FPI) in domestic capital markets through participatory notes (P-notes) has jumped to a 6-month high of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore at the end of December, despite stringent norms imposed by the market regulator SEBI to check their misuse. 

The issue of Galaxy Surfactants Ltd. will remain open for subscription from January 29-31, 2018. The company’s offer consists of an offer for sale (OFS) consisting of 63,31,674 equity shares with face value of Rs 10 aggregating up to Rs 937.09 crore. The issue price will be in the range of Rs 1470-1480 per share.

The upcoming IPO of Amber Enterprises India will remain open for subscription from January 17-19, 2018. The issue size is Rs 600 crore, comprising of fresh issue of shares of Rs 475 crore and offer for sale (OFS) of Rs 125 crore.

The issue will remain open for subscription from January 10 to January 12, 2018. The issue size is of Rs 156 crore with face value of Rs 10 per share. The issue price will range between Rs 270-275 per share.

BSE Sensex and Nifty50 made an all-time high of 34137.97 and 10531.50, respectively on December 27, as the year 2017 ended.