Morning News Headlines
Economic Times
● No change in IT hiring pattern: Senior professionals
● Tata Teleservices to sell wireless mobile biz to Bharti
● 4 metros to gain $7.2 bn/yr on digital payment boost
● Leased vehicles: Govt provides clarity on tax rate
● Banks to set aside Rs 3.3L cr as NPA provisioning
Business Standard
● Bitcoin trades above $5,000 for first time ever
● Jio gives 100% cashback on recharge of Rs 399
● As GST pinches, Surat textile traders send goods through private buses
● Sebi may reduce time to file consent pleas
● India slips 3 notches to 100 on Global Hunger Index; trails N Korea, Iraq
Mint
● RIL: Focus will be on Jio numbers in Q2
● IndusInd Bank: NPA ratios stabilise, profitability remains strong
● IIP recovers to 4.3% in Aug, retail inflation steady at 3.28% in Sept
● TCS Q2 net falls 2% to Rs 6,600 cr y-o-y
● India turns net importer of steel during Apr-Sep
Reuters
● Real estate might soon be under GST: Arun Jaitley
● Nifty PSU Bank index hits 9-month low
● Man Industries zooms 20% on order win of Rs 925 crore from GAIL (India)
● Reliance Nippon sets price band for IPO, to mop up Rs 1,542-cr
● Global oil market seen balanced in 2018, even with rising output: IEA
Sources : Economic Times, Business Standard, Mint & Reuters.