India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio gained 16.8 lakh mobile subscribers in April, cementing its lead in the market, while Bharti Airtel added 8.1 lakh users, according to TRAI data. Vodafone Idea lost about 15.7 lakh mobile subscribers during April 2022, the monthly subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on [...]
Oil India Ltd, the nation's second-largest national oil and gas explorer, on Thursday said it has signed an initial agreement with homiHydrogen to work together in the green hydrogen value chain. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with homiHydrogen Pvt Ltd is "to boost India's efforts towards energy transition for achieving net-zero by 2070 and [...]
Mumbai, Jun 16 (PTI) The RBI on Thursday lifted restrictions on Mastercard that it had imposed last year for failing to comply with local data storage norms. The central bank had barred the US-based payment gateway from onboarding new customers until it complies with Storage of Payment System Data norms. "In view of the satisfactory [...]
Aditya Birla group firm Grasim Industries on Thursday announced the appointment of Pavan Jain as its next Chief Financial Officer with effect from August 15, 2022. His appointment comes in the wake of incumbent Ashish Adukia's plan to pursue career opportunities outside the Aditya Birla Group, Grasim Industries said in a regulatory filing. Adukia will [...]
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd and others including its promoters and directors for allegedly defrauding a consortium of 12 banks under Punjab National Bank to the tune of Rs 2040.63 crore, officials said Thursday. Besides promoters and directors Ashok Kumar Bansal and Anju Bansal, the agency has [...]
The first tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) for 2022-23 will open for subscription for five days from June 20, the Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday. The RBI further said that the second tranche (2022-23 Series II) will be available for subscription during August 22-26, 2022. The central bank issues the bonds on [...]
Direct to consumers brand aggregator G.O.A.T Brand Labs on Thursday said it has secured USD 50 million (about Rs 390 crore) in funding as part of Series A1 round. The round saw the participation from new investors, including Winter Capital, 9Unicorns, Venture Catalysts, Vivriti Capital and Oxyzo along with most of the company's existing investors, [...]
The recent lockdowns in China have adversely impacted Tata Motors' supply chains as its suppliers are unable to deliver products and it could be forced to stop production in some or all of its plants if it is unable to ensure the supply of critical parts from the country, according to the company's annual report [...]
Third-party end-to-end logistics provider Xpressbees on Thursday said it has set up an engineering centre in Bengaluru to bring in specialised competencies and attract IT talent. The over 600-seat capacity engineering centre at Bengaluru is the second such facility of Xpressbees after Pune. The centre will focus on cutting-edge research, end-to-end logistics management and knowledge [...]
Strides Pharma Science on Thursday said its subsidiary has received EU-GMP certification for two of its manufacturing facilities from Hungary's National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Stelis Biopharma, an emerging biopharmaceutical and vaccine Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) and the biologics arm of Strides Pharma, has received the European Union Goods Manufacturing Practices (EU-GMP) [...]
