News Headlines from Business News Agencies 05.03.2025

*Business Standard*

📝 EU Commission proposes 800-billion-euro plan to boost defence capabilities

📝 Coca-Cola to sell North Gujarat bottling plant to Kandhari for Rs 2,000 cr

📝 Apollo Hospitals partners with Ion Beam Applications for proton therapy

📝 CVC Capital Partners closes $4.85 billion strategic opportunities fund

📝 Govt fines Reliance for missing battery plant deadline under PLI scheme

📝 Protection for Indian steel industry after clarity in tariffs: Kumaraswamy

📝 Indian exports under mounting pressure from US, EU trade policies

📝 Qatar Airways to place large wide-body aircraft order soon, says CCO

📝 Credit card spending hits Rs 1.84 lakh cr in January 2025, up 14% on year

📝 IIFL Finance plans to raise $150 million by reissuing 2028 dollar bonds

📝 India sees 5th month of negative flows, US accounts for 50% of outflows

📝 Oyo speeds up IPO plans as Ritesh Agarwal's debt repayment date looms

*Economic Times*

📝 Tata Motors begins trials of hydrogen-powered heavy duty trucks for long haul transportation

📝 Tesla's China-made EV sales fall 29% in first two months of 2025

📝 Suzlon secures order of 204.75 MW from Jindal Green Wind 1

📝 Sebi's total income rises 48% to Rs 2,075 cr in 2023-24

📝 Senores Pharma to acquire 14 ANDAs from Dr Reddy's Laboratories

📝 China's suspends soybean import from three US exporters, halts log imports

📝 India's exports face pressure from US, EU trade policies, govt official says

📝 Prudential is said to seek $12 billion value on India JV listing

📝 M2P Fintech in talks to acquire AI startup Vue AI in distress deal

📝 Quant Mutual Fund files draft papers with Sebi for an arbitrage fund

📝 Government panel pulls up railways and telecom for slow asset monetisation

📝 Bagmane likely to buy Cognizant’s Chennai campus for Rs 800 cr

*Mint*

📝 India will have sufficient sugar at the start of next season; minimum selling price of sugar must be hiked: ISMA

📝 Relief for IndiGo: Delhi HC strikes down IGST on re-imported aircraft repairs

📝 CEA Nageswaran warns of global growth risks, backs deregulation to spur economy

📝 IRDAI warns insurance firms against commission payouts, urges action

📝 Jio Financial shares up 4% on plans to acquire Jio Payments Bank shares from SBI

📝 Singapore considering canning for financial scammers; to tackle malicious websites

📝 Jitendra Virwani becomes Chairman of Embassy Developments, Aditya appointed MD

📝 Indian startups raise USD 1.65 bn in Feb; median valuation at USD 83.2 mn

📝 Hero Future Energies launches green hydrogen plant for blending with PNG, LPG

📝 Capital goods sector to gain from renewable energy and T&D expansion: ICRA

📝 Bharat Value fund invests ₹130 crore in Veira Electronics in pre-IPO round