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Today's Headlines from :

*Economic Times*

📝 CBDT amends safe harbour norms for intra-group loans

📝 BLS E-Services, Popular Vehicles get Sebi approval to launch IPOs

📝 Rupee ends flat as stronger greenback counters exporter dollar sales

📝 At 614, single-day Covid case count is at a 7-month high

📝 Food subsidy of Rs 1.68 lk cr and Rs 57,686 cr released to FCI, state DCP in 2023

📝 Road ministry to bid out BOT projects of up to Rs 2 lakh crore by March 2024: Gadkari

📝 UK inflation hits lowest level in more than two years

📝 Auto parts sales rise 6.5% in H1 as buyers turn to feature-rich vehicles

📝 EnKash gets RBI nod to operate as payment aggregator

📝 WSB Partners plans to invest over Rs 1,200 cr for warehousing foray

📝 Insurance Broking Platform Finhaat Raises $3 million in funding from Omnivore, others

📝 Blume Ventures sees five-fold gain from first fund

*Business Standard*

📝 Google plans restructuring 30,000-people ad sales unit as automation booms

📝 Bharat Petroleum to invest Rs 5,044 cr in PP plant at Kochi refinery

📝 Foxconn submits application for setting up semiconductor unit: MoS IT

📝 Japan's SMBC lends $120 mn to Air India to buy A350-900 aircraft

📝 Aurobindo Pharma gets 'Voluntary Action Indicated' classing from US FDA

📝 Net FDI into India touches 21-month high at $5.9 billion in October

📝 Fresh formal job creation dips to 7-month low in October, shows EPFO data

📝 UPI transactions surge 118% in semi-urban & rural stores, shows report

📝 Employer sponsored health insurance cost to rise 11% in 2024: Report

📝 Blackstone exits Embassy REIT; sells entire 23.5% stake for Rs 7,100 cr

📝 Second best December for IPOs since 1996, 11 companies raise Rs 8,182.7 cr

*Financial Express*

📝 PayCraft partners with NSDL Payments Bank and NPCI to launch Corporate Transit Card

📝 India’s steel imports to remain elevated at ~5.5% of demand this fiscal, says CRISIL MI&A report

📝 AVG Logistics acquires over 50 cold chain vehicles to strengthen fleet operations

📝 VC funding in Indian startups drop 65.8% YoY to $6.9 billion during January-November 2023, says GlobalData

📝 Open market sales of wheat cross 5 MT

*Mint*

📝 GST Council can vet pleas on GST registration threshold: Finance minister

📝 Govt plans lower stake sale target in FY25, no big names

📝 US consumer confidence surges by most since early 2021

📝 Govt races to add 270 mn more to Ayushman Bharat

📝 Innova Captab Limited raises ₹171 crore from anchor investors

📝 DLF sells independent floors, commercial plots worth ₹1,400 crore in Gurugram, Panchkula

📝 Popular Vehicles and Services receives final approval from SEBI to raise funds via IPO

📝 SpiceJet board to meet on January 10 to finalise preferential allotment

📝 Jyoti CNC Automation gets SEBI nod to raise ₹1,000 crore via IPO

📝 Centre releases norms for lease of sites for offshore wind projects.