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Today's Headlines from :

*Economic Times*

📝 JSW Utkal Steel receives possession of 2600 acres forest land in Odisha

📝 Sebi bans naked short selling in securities market

📝 MobiKwik files draft papers for Rs 700 crore IPO

📝 CBDC payments hit RBI goal of 1 million/day

📝 Govt launches portal to assist farmers and make India self-sufficient in pulses

📝 India's GDP growth pegged at 7.3% for FY24, govt's first advance estimate shows

📝 US adds 216,000 jobs as hiring picks up, unemployment steady

📝 GAIL signs deal 10-year deal with Vitol for LNG supply

📝 Country Delight raises $20 million in funding from Temasek, Venturi Partners

📝 US-based firm SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru cybersecurity startup PingSafe

*Business Standard*

📝 Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management to buy ATC India in $2 bn deal

📝 HDFC Bank's advances rise 62.4% to Rs 24.7 trn in December quarter

📝 Govt probes DHL, FedEx, UPS for alleged collusion on discounts & tariffs

📝 Apollo Hospitals plans to invest Rs 3,000 cr, add 2,000 beds in 3 years: MD

📝 Tata Motors introduces first pure EV architecture called 'acti.ev'

📝 Narayana Health gets Irdai nod to launch health insurance business

📝 Agri growth pegged at 7-year low of 1.8% in FY24 due to poor Kharif harvest

📝 India's services PMI touches a three-month high at 59 in December

📝 PFRDA seeks tax parity for NPS contributions with PF contributions

📝 Indian medtech industry urges govt action to reduce import dependency

📝 Coal ministry to build integrated platform for managing coal transport

📝 India's forex reserves jump $2.75 bn to $623.2 bn, shows RBI data

📝 Premiums of non-life insurance companies rise 14.74% YoY in Dec 2023

📝 Indian investment bankers earn $1.3 billion in fees, highest since 2000

*Financial Express*

📝 Lodha posts pre-sales of Rs 3410 crore; says its best ever Q3

📝 Titan reports 22 pc revenue growth in December quarter

📝Suzlon bags 225 MW wind energy project from Everrenew Energy

📝 Swan Energy receives Reliance Naval management control handover from the monitoring committee

📝 SC directs Airtel to pay Rs 112 crore to bankrupt Aircel for past dues

📝 UK looks for greater share in India auto sector under FTA: Official

📝 RBI’s VRR auction gets 2.8 times bids

*Mint*

📝 Tata Steel Q3 update: Crude steel production stood at 5.32 million tons, up 6%

📝 Karnataka makes Covid test mandatory for patients with respiratory illnesses

📝 Govt okays hydrocarbons pact with Guyana; funding for earth sciences

📝 Demand for luxury housing in India surges, villas most popular in metro cities

📝 New Swan Multitech IPO opens next week, price band set at ₹62-66 apiece

📝 Morgan Stanley downgrades outlook on US dollar to neutral

📝 Gautam Adani regains top spot as India's richest person

📝 Exicom Tele-Systems raises ₹71 crore via pre-IPO placement.