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Today's Headlines from ;-

*Economic Times*

📝 DGCA issues 1,622 commercial pilot licences in 2023, highest in a decade

📝 India's power consumption dips marginally by 2.3 pc to 119.07 billion units in Dec

📝 Dhanlaxmi Bank reports growth at 12% yoy; deposits up by 10.6%

📝 Diffusion Engineers files IPO papers with Sebi

📝 Centre's FY25 interest outgo may rise 11 to 12% from ongoing FY24

📝 Record 8.18 crore Income tax returns filed till December 2023

📝 Govt extends tenure of PLI scheme for Auto industry by a year with partial amendments

📝 ONGC seeks partners to cut gas flaring, zero methane emission by 2030

📝 Investments in alternative realty surge to $418.7 million in Q4 of 2023

📝 Isro launches India’s first dedicated polarimetry mission

*Business Standard*

📝 HFCL bags Rs 1,127 cr order to transform BSNL's optical transport network

📝 Ashok Vaswani takes charge as Kotak Mahindra Bank MD & CEO from January 1

📝 UltraTech Cement Q3 sales up 6% to 27.3 MT, overseas production up 20%

📝 Zomato increases platform fee to Rs 4 from Rs 3 in select markets

📝 JK Tyre successfully raises Rs. 500 cr through QIP for growth initiatives

📝 Karur Vysya Bank biz grows at 14.74% to stand at Rs 1.58 trn for Q3FY24

📝 ATF price cut by 4%; commercial LPG rate down Rs 1.5 per cylinder

📝 Nearly 97% Rs 2,000 notes returned, Rs 9,330 cr still with public: RBI

📝 UPI scales new high in December; 2023 value up 59% at Rs 183 trn

📝 GST receipts decline to three-month low but hold on to Rs 1.65 trn in Dec

📝 Women's life insurance share rises to 34.2% in 2022-23: IRDAI report

📝 Record buyback of Rs 47,810 cr by 48 firms in 2023, highest in 6 yrs

📝 Mutual funds' equity buys hit Rs 1.7 trn in 2023, defying market swing

*Financial Express*

📝 Zepto on track for $1 billion run rate in annual sales value

📝 Coal production target for FY25 is set at 850 MT

📝 Centre’s dividends from CPSEs exceed FY24 budget target

📝 India’s food imports at $33 billion in 2023, down 10% on year

📝 Govt relaxes norms governing public expenditure exceeding Rs 500 cr for Q4

📝 Rupee falls 6 paise to close at 83.22 against US dollar

*Mint*

📝 RBI issues guidelines on bank classification of unclaimed deposits

📝 21 earthquakes in Japan trigger tsunami; N Korea, Russia on high alert

📝 India's mineral production up 13.1% in October 2023

📝 North Eastern Development Finance Corp sanctions ₹766 crore for 5,338 projects

📝 Tata Motors' December domestic sales rise 4% to 76,138 units

📝 Capex mood sees revival in Q3, led by private sector: CMIE data

📝 India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations under 1988 bilateral pact

📝 Esconet Technologies files DRHP with SEBI for NSE SME listing

📝 India to expand defence ties with Tanzania to boost presence in Indian Ocean.