Wholesale price-based inflation spiked to a record high of 15.08 per cent in April on rising prices across segments from food to commodities. The WPI-based inflation was 14.55 per cent in March and 10.74 per cent in April last year. "The high rate of inflation in April 2022 was primarily due to rise in prices [...]
Having committed over USD 955 million (around Rs 7,353 crore) to acquire 10 companies in the immediate past, Tech Mahindra will be less acquisitive in the new fiscal year and focus on integrating them, a senior company official said. The Mahindra Group company, with revenues of nearly USD 6 billion in FY22, will look at [...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the country's first 5G testbed to enable startups and industry players to test and validate their products locally and reduce dependence on foreign facilities. The testbed has been set up at a cost of around Rs 220 crore. Speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory [...]
Hero Electric on Tuesday said it has partnered with digital consumer lending platform RevFin to provide loans to EV riders across India. The partnership aims to finance and lease 2.5 lakh vehicles over the next three years, the company said in a statement. With delivery and e-commerce segments growing exponentially, Hero Electric aims to support [...]
Swiss building material major Holcim said its USD 6.38 billion deal with Asia's richest man Gautam Adani's group is tax-free. Holcim had on Sunday signed a binding agreement with the Adani Group to sell its business in India -- about a 63 per cent stake in Ambuja Cement, which owns a 54.53 stake in ACC [...]
The US hopes India will “reconsider” its decision to ban wheat exports, with Washington “encouraging" countries not to restrict exports as that will exacerbate food shortages, amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine. India, the world's second-biggest wheat producer, has banned wheat exports in a bid to check high domestic prices amid concerns of wheat output being [...]
The country's largest insurer LIC on Tuesday listed its shares at a discount of 8.11 per cent at Rs 872 per share on the NSE. On the BSE, the shares got listed at Rs 867.20 apiece, down 8.62 per cent over the issue price of Rs 949 a share. LIC had fixed the issue price of its [...]
The Indian wearables market grew 20.1 per cent year-on-year to 13.9 million units in January-March 2022, according to data released by International Data Corporation on Monday. International Data Corporation (IDC) said the growth can be attributed to new launches, discounts across channels, and aggressive marketing by brands. Watches shipment jumped 173 per cent year-on-year to [...]
NBFC firm Aditya Birla Capital Ltd (ABCL) on Monday said Ajay Srinivasan has decided to step down as MD and CEO of the company and his departure has nothing to do with an investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption. According to reports, serious allegations of corruption and mismanagement have been levelled by a whistleblower against [...]
Adventum Student Living (ASL) on Monday said it has raised USD 5 million (over Rs 38 crore) from investors. ASL is an integrated destination for students pursuing overseas higher education. Within two years of its inception, ASL has introduced and unified three brands - UniAcco, UniCreds, and UniScholarz - that offer a one-stop solution for [...]
