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CMR Green Technologies, a metal recycling company, has filed the DRHP with SEBI for its proposed IPO. According to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP), the IPO will consist of Rs.300 crore worth of fresh issue and an offer for sale (OFS) of 3.34

The Rs.170.78 crore of Paras Defence & Space Technologies IPO, consisting of a fresh issue of Rs.140.60 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs.30.18 crore, was subscribed 304.26X overall at the close of bidding on 23rd September. The basis

The Rs.1,255 crore fresh issue plus OFS, for which Paradeep Phosphates had filed the DRHP with SEBI in August 2021, has got SEBI approval for the IPO. The next step would be to factor in any comments of SEBI and then file the Red Herring Prospectus (

Almost 73 years after Air India (formerly Tata Airlines) was taken away from the Tatas, the Tatas may be again chasing their dream of a consolidated national airline. The bidding for Air India is not over and Tata Group, Ajay Singh of SpiceJet and fe

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The first 6 months of the fiscal year 2021-22 will end with collections of Rs.78,520 crore. If you exclude Birla Sun Life opening on 29th Sep as well as the Power Grid INVIT and the Brookefield REIT, still Rs.64,200 crore has been collected this fisc