Good Morning - What's Happening, and Where
MEDIA PICKS
==HOME FRONT==
* Putin by his side, PM Modi targets 'outside influence' in internal matters (HT)
* Cong's Shivakumar sent to enforcement agency custody till Sep 13 in money laundering case (var)
* Unacceptable, India tells UK on vandalism by 'Pakistan-incited elements' (HT)
* 23 killed, 27 hurt in factory blast in Punjab's Gurdaspur(ET)
* Kumari Selja named Congress chief in Haryana (HT)
* Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim among 4 designated as terrorists under amended law (HT)
* India, Pakistan fail to finalise agreement on Kartarpur corridor (HT)
* Enforcement agency claims to have emails of Karti Chidambaram's 'shell co' investments (ET)
* People excluded in citizenship list may get extended time to approach tribunal (ToI)
* Sonia OKs Haryana pact that Rahul sat on for 2 years (ET)
* Cong's Adhir Chowdhury says opposition parties losing battle of perception (ToI)
* IMD issues red alert for heavy rains in Mumbai, Thane today (Cogencis)
==FOREIGN AFFAIRS==
* Hong Kong leader scraps extradition bill that sparked historic unrest (BB)
* UK PM Johnson threatens Oct 15 polls if Brexit postponed (AP)
* Iran to release 7 crew members of detained British tanker (IE)
* Iran set to make new cut in nuclear commitments (AFP)
* Nuclear countries have no room for war, says Pakistan Army on Kashmir issue (IE)
* Maldives former president says China grabbed more land than East India Company (ANI)
=BUSINESS AND ECONOMY==
> INDIA-RELATED
* India Aug Nikkei composite PMI 52.6 vs 53.9 in Jul (Cogencis)
* Govt may appoint heads of merged PSU banks to top posts at other banks (Cogencis)
* RBI mandates external benchmarking of rates (BS)
* Demand down, govt seeks solution in new GST math (ET)
* Govt works on common portal to collect raw data for econ indicators (Cogencis)
* Infra players take up land, funding issues with FM (ET)
* Synergy Group, RA Treasury make the cut for Jet Air plan (BS)
* Unified payments interface entities may face cap on market share (ET)
* SEBI asks InterGlobe Aviation to reply to Gangwal's letter (Cogencis)
* Centre plans 10-bln-rupee PM's J&K package (ET)
* NCLT to hear lender's insolvency plea vs Aban Offshore on Sep 19 (Cogencis)
* Maruti Suzuki to shut down Gurugram, Manesar units on Sep 7, 9 (Cogencis)
* Wipro gets 7-yr-deal worth $300 mln from ICICI Bank for digital svcs (Cogencis)
* Vedanta to invest 22 bln rupees to explore new oil block in Rajasthan (Cogencis)
* Post merger announcement, Moody's ups PNB rating outlook to positive (Cogencis)
* SEBI to soon set up working group for social stock exchange (Cogencis)
* SIAM head says transition to BS-VI norms from BS-IV a challenge (Cogencis)
* SIAM head says RBI transfer to aid spending by govt (Cogencis)
* Can't intervene to raise tariffs, telecom minister tells Vodafone-Idea (ET)
* BEML says govt sought expression of interest for selling co's shr in arm (Cogencis)
* Won't borrow if Centre's grant is raised, says NHAI (BS)
* Facing soaring price, RBI halts gold buying (BS)
* GMR Airports board to Thu mull raising 8 bln rupees via debt (Cogencis)
* Russia plans to set up above 20 nuclear power units in India in next 20 years (ToI)
* India to go ahead with $3.1-bln US deal for maritime patrol aircraft (ET)
* Govt ups import duty on Malaysian RBD palm oils by 500 bps for 6 mos (Cogencis)
* Govt gives 3rd tranche of aid to 3 mln farmers under PM Kisan plan (Cogencis)
* Of 195 mills, only 150 may crush cane in Maharashtra next season (Cogencis)
* Grant Thornton to carry out forensic audit of Reliance Capital arms (ET)
* JSW Steel to raise $350 mln overseas (ET)
* Lenders invoke pledge on 5.2% promoter stake in Coffee Day (Cogencis)
* Lupin inks $700-mln deal with Germany's Boehringer (BS)
* L&T to roll out advanced metering infra solutions for power cos (Cogencis)
* Maharashtra gets just 4% of all Mudra loans but generates most new jobs (IE)
* Quikr planning IPO in 2021, says CEO (BS)
* Equitas Small Finance Bank misses listing deadline (BS)
* Volkswagen ready to bring CNG cars to India if govt policy helps (ET)
By: via @AlliesFin Serve T.ME/ALLiESFiN
