Edtech firm Uncademy will lay off 12 per cent or about 350 employees amid a funding crunch as it strives to make the core business profitable, a top company official said. In an internal note, Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal mentioned that a decision has been taken to meet the goals in the current [...]
Korean electronics major Samsung is planning to set up 15 premium experience stores across nine cities in India by the end of this year to increase the share of high-end products in total sales, a company official said on Thursday. Samsung India D2C business senior director Sumit Walia told PTI that the trigger for expansion [...]
Indian-American business leader Ajay Banga is poised to become the next President of the World Bank which on Thursday said he is the sole nominee for the post as no other candidates were nominated. The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors will interview Banga before he is formally appointed. In February, President Joe Biden announced [...]
Welspun Group on Thursday said it has acquired water tank maker Sintex for Rs 1,251 crore to expand its building material portfolio. In a statement, Welspun Group said Sintex has been a household name in India for decades for water tanks and other plastic products. It has a strong distribution network across India. "With its [...]
The country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Thursday said it has elevated Niranjan Gupta as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Gupta, currently designated as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head - Strategy and M&A, takes over as the CEO with effect from May 1, 2023. The company's board has appointed Gupta as the new [...]
The Assam government disbursed Rs 63.05 crore as a financial incentive to 370 tea gardens in the state to help them mitigate the adverse impact of the pandemic. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the tea industry was the backbone of the state's economy, making up nearly 90 per cent of its gross export value, [...]
In a boost to the Centre's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' initiative, the Ministry of Defence on Thursday inked a Rs 1,700 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) for procurement of next generation maritime mobile coastal batteries and BrahMos missiles. The delivery of these batteries is scheduled to commence from 2027, the ministry said in a [...]
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied more than 1 per cent in early trade on Friday in line with firm trends in the global markets and heavy buying in index major Reliance Industries. Fresh foreign fund inflows also added to the positive momentum in the equity market. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 705.26 points to [...]
Out of the ten listed Adani Group stocks, seven ended in the positive territory on Wednesday, with Adani Enterprises rallying nearly 9 per cent. Shares of Adani Enterprises jumped 8.75 per cent, the most among the group stocks on the BSE. Adani Ports rallied 7.25 per cent, Adani Wilmar went up by 5 per cent, [...]
Realty major Emerald Haven Realty Ltd (TVS Emerald) has signed a term sheet agreement with HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund-3, the city based company said on Wednesday. The two companies have come together to create Rs 1,000 crore platform for plotted development projects across Chennai and Bengaluru markets. TVS Emerald, an associate of TVS [...]
