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Today's Headlines from :

*Economic Times*

📝 Pepsi India bottler Varun Beverages to enter South Africa with Rs 1320 crore deal

📝 Razorpay, Cashfree secure final RBI approval for payment aggregator business

📝 CCI approves Nirma's acquisition of Glenmark Life Sciences

📝 Accenture Q2 Guidance:Tech giant forecasts revenue in range of $15.40-$16 billion

📝 IIFL Samasta Finance raises Rs 607 crore in maiden public bond issue

📝 Parliament approves additional spending of Rs 58,378 crore in current fiscal

📝 PE/VC bets plummet to 43-month low of $1.6 bn in November

📝 Unclaimed deposits with banks rise by 28 pc to Rs 42,270 cr in FY23

📝 Bain Capital in talks to acquire majority stake in Vibrant Energy

📝 Vijaya Diagnostic to acquire PH Diagnostic for Rs 134.65 crore

📝 Prop-tech startup HouseEazy raises $1 million in funding from Antler, others

📝 Drug discovery startup Peptris raises $1 million funding from Speciale Invest, others

*Business Standard*

📝 RBI issues advisory to banks, financial cos to curb evergreening via AIFs

📝 Banks lead QIP revival in 2023: Listed cos raised Rs 53,070 cr so far

📝 Air India starts rollout of new brand identity from Delhi, Mumbai airports

📝 Investor sells 4.5% stake worth Rs 1,281 cr in Apollo Tyres by block deal

📝 JB Chemicals buys opthalmology brands from Novartis for Rs 964 crore

📝 Vedanta board approves raising of Rs 3,400 cr NCD for refinancing purposes

📝 ONDC, Meta partner to empower small biz, upskill 500k MSMEs in next 2 yrs

📝 India tops remittances table with $125 bn inflows: World Bank report

📝 100 critical mineral blocks to be auctioned before Feb 2024: Mines minister

📝 13 states raise Rs 19,692 crore; Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh top list

*Financial Express*

📝 Black Box aims to double its revenue to $2 bn in three years

📝 JSL gets board approval to acquire Rabirun Vinimay for Rs 96 crore via insolvency

📝 JTL Industries’ board approves Rs 1,200 crore investment plan

📝 BatX Energies raises USD 5 million in early stage funding

📝 Telecom tribunal gives Rs 755 crore relief to Vodafone Idea

📝 Muthoot Microfin IPO subscribed 2.83 times on Day 2 of offer

*Mint*

📝 Blackstone to exit Embassy Reit in $833mn block deal

📝 Air passenger demand in December strongest since pandemic

📝 WHO classifies JN.1 as 'variant of interest' amid sharp uptick in Covid-19 cases

📝 Govt to start giving PLI incentives for auto cos in FY25

📝 Azad Engineering raises ₹221 crore from anchor investors ahead of IPO

📝 Vikram Solar, DFC sign retainer letter for $200 mn funding

📝 Carlyle and Insight Partners acquire risk-management business Exiger

📝 Suzlon Group inks working capital deal with state-run REC

📝 SpiceJet expresses interest in buying bankrupt Go First.