Amid concerns over the decline in the value of the rupee against the US dollar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asserted there is no collapse of the unit and it is actually finding its natural course. Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha that the RBI is continuously monitoring the local currency and intervening only if [...]
India's biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record Rs 1.5 lakh crore of bids, with Mukesh Ambani's Jio cornering nearly half of all the airwaves sold with an Rs 88,078 crore bid. Richest Indian Gautam Adani's group, whose entry in the auction was billed by some as another flash point in the rivalry [...]
ICICI Bank, the second-largest private sector lender and state-owned Indian Bank on Monday raised their lending rates across all tenors in anticipation of a rate hike by the RBI later this week. The rates have been increased across all tenors under the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) system, a move that will make [...]
Equity indices darted up for the fourth straight session on Monday to close at over three-month highs, boosted by robust buying in market heavyweight Reliance Industries and auto stocks amid firm global trends. Strong macroeconomic data and a sustained recovery in the rupee on the back of foreign fund inflows also buoyed sentiments, traders said. [...]
Barbeque-Nation Hospitality Ltd, which operates one of the leading casual dining chains, on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 16.02 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had clocked a net loss Rs 43.85 crore in the April-June period a year ago, Barbeque-Nation Hospitality said in a regulatory filing. Its [...]
FMCG firm Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd on Monday reported a decline of 30.69 per cent in its consolidated net profit at Rs 33.89 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 48.90 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago, said Bajaj Consumer Care, a [...]
Battery and flashlights maker Eveready Industries India Ltd on Monday reported a decline of 27.48 per cent in its consolidated net profit at Rs 21.85 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 30.13 crore in the April-June period a year ago, Eveready Industries said in [...]
Varun Beverages, PepsiCo's largest franchise bottler, on Monday reported a two-fold rise in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 802.01 crore for June quarter on growth in revenue from operations and improvement in margins. The company, which follows January-December financial year, had posted a PAT of Rs 318.80 crore in April-June 2021. Varun Beverages Ltd's [...]
Jet fuel (ATF) prices on Monday were cut by the steepest ever 12 per cent, the second reduction in as many weeks, on softening international oil prices amid recessionary fears. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were cut by Rs 16,232.36 per kilolitre, or 11.75 per cent, to Rs 121,915.57 per kl in the national capital, [...]
GST collections rose 28 per cent to Rs 1.49 lakh crore on an annual basis in July on the back of economic recovery and measures taken to curb tax evasion, the government said on Monday. In July, 2021, Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections stood at Rs 1,16,393 crore. The collections in July this year [...]
