FMCG major Emami Limited on Thursday posted a 60 per cent drop in consolidated net profit to Rs 142 crore for the quarter that ended March 2023, on muted demand. The company posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 354 crore in the corresponding period of FY22. Revenue from operations during the quarter was up [...]
Equity benchmark indices bounced back from intra-day lows to settle in the positive territory on Thursday helped by fag-end buying. In a volatile trade amid the monthly derivaives expiry, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 98.84 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 61,872.62. During the day, it hit a high of 61,934.01 and a [...]
Discount brokerage firm 5paisa Capital on Thursday said it has appointed former Google executive Narayan Gangadhar as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Gangadhar has over two decades of experience, mostly with global technology companies like Google, Uber and Amazon. He is a Bachelor of Engineering from Mumbai University and a Master in Computer Science [...]
S&P Global Ratings on Thursday said Indian banking sector profitability will stabilise at a healthy level, and asset quality will continue to improve. "Indian banks' earnings will likely remain healthy. The sector has improved substantially in the past seven years, from a period when many public-sector lenders were grappling with bad loans," S&P Global Ratings [...]
A Delhi consumer forum has directed the SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. to pay Rs 2 lakh to a person here for sending him bill even after his card's expiry and blacklisting him for non-payment of the charges. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum comprising its president Monika A Srivastava and [...]
Realty firm Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd on Thursday reported a more than four-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 120.8 crore for the March 2023 quarter on higher income. Its net profit was Rs 26.68 crore in the year-ago period. The total income also jumped over two-fold to Rs 804.42 crore in the fourth [...]
Auto components maker Pricol Ltd on Thursday said it has moved the Madras High Court challenging the validity of the application of rival Minda Corporation to the Competition Commission of India to acquire a 24.5 per cent stake in it. Minda Corporation had earlier this month decided to approach the CCI to increase its stake [...]
BSNL has started rolling out of 4G network with 200 sites, and after a three-month trial, it will launch an average of 200 sites per day, Union IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The minister said the 4G network of BSNL will be upgraded to 5G by November-December. "The 4G-5G telecom stack [...]
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has emerged as the top performer among public sector lenders in terms of loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during 2022-23. The Pune-headquartered lender also recorded highest growth in profitability with bottomline growing almost 126 per cent to Rs 2,602 crore during the year. However, all the 12 public [...]
APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd) on Wednesday reported a 31 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 98.13 crore for the fourth quarter of the year ended March 2023. The company had reported a profit of Rs 75.09 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. According to a company statement, revenue from [...]