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Maruti Suzuki India: Expects output to plunge in September as the semiconductor shortage hits production. Total vehicle production volume could be around 40% of normal output, the company said. Vehicle production to be affected at Haryana plant and contract manufacturer, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt.’s Gujarat facility. The company cited “a supply constraint of electronic components due to the semiconductor shortage situation” for the impact on production.

Shoppers Stop: Approved sale of 100% equity shares held by the company in Crossword Bookstores, a wholly owned subsidiary, to M/s.Dinesh Gupta, Aakash Gupta & Family (Owners of Agarwal Business House). The business of Crossword Bookstores is valued at Rs 41.6 crore. ABH will take over all the assets and brand.

BHEL: Secured order worth Rs 10,800 crore from NPCIL for EPC of Turbine Island for 6 units of 700 MWe. Six orders, received from NPCIL on August 30, envisage setting up of 4 units of 700 MWe at Gorakhpur, Haryana and 2 units of 700 MWe at Kaiga, Karnataka.

Likhitha Infrastructure: Received an order worth Rs 145.86 crore from Indradhanush Gas Grid for laying and construction of steel gas pipeline and terminals along with associated facilities for section 5 & 9 of North-East Gas Grid Project.

Wipro: Partnered with HERE Technologies to offer location-based services, to customers from energy & utilities, manufacturing, transport & logistics, telecom and automotive industry verticals. Wipro and HERE will jointly develop solutions in the areas of asset tracking, logistics, supply chain, smart-metering and analytics, field workforce management, and private mapping-as-a-service for indoor and outdoor real-time asset tracking.

AU Small Finance Bank: Clarified on recent exits at the bank. Sumit Dhir, head of internal audit resigned due to changes in personal circumstances following Covid second wave, the bank said. Dhir continues to be on the bank's rolls as head of internal audit. The bank remains in discussions with him for a possible retention. In March, Nitin Gupta, who had been with the bank since 2015, resigned as head of internal audit. And in July Alok Gupta resigned as the chief risk officer.

Mastek: The company partnered with fulfillmenttools to deliver modern omnichannel fulfillment solutions to customers worldwide.

CreditAccess Grameen: Approved allotment of 1,000 secured NCDs of face value of Rs 10 lakh each, aggregating up to Rs 100 crore on private placement basis.

Tourism Finance Corporation of India: To consider fundraising proposal on September 3. The board may consider raising funds by way of issue of equity shares, convertible/non-convertible preference shares, convertible securities of any description or warrants or debt securities.

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceutical Vijay Bhatt has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the company effective August 31.

Chemplast Sanmar: Appointed N Muralidharan as the Chief Financial Officer with effect from September 1.

HDFC Life Insurance Company: To consider issue of equity shares and/or other securities of the company by way of preferential allotment on September 3.

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