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 [...]
Adani Group-owned ACC and Ambuja Cement have launched a Cement and Concrete Research & Development facility at Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai. The newly established R&D facility will help Ambuja and ACC drive progress, enhance cost optimization, and create sustainable solutions to shape the future of the cement industry, said a statement. A focus on new product [...]
Cement manufacturer The India Cements Ltd was in discussions with interested parties and "on the verge" of monetising its assets in Tamil Nadu, part of the proceeds of which would go towards reducing its total debt by Rs 500 crore, a top official said on Wednesday. The company's Vice-Chairman and Managing Director N Srinivasan said [...]
Market value of investments made by state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in seven companies of the Adani group has swelled to Rs 44,670 crore as stock prices rose from the lows seen in the aftermath of the Hindenburg report. The country's largest insurer and leading institutional investor in the Adani group has seen [...]
JSW Ventures on Wednesday said it has sold a part of its holding in e-commerce firm Purplle to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). "The partial exit in Purplle has generated 18x return on the capital invested," JSW Ventures said in a statement. The company, however, did not disclose any financial details of the transaction. In [...]
Dish TV on Tuesday proposed to appoint Manoj Dobhal as the new CEO of the company as incumbent Anil Dua has decided to quit the direct-to-home company. Dobhal is the current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Dish TV is embroiled in a tussle between its largest shareholder Yes Bank Ltd (YBL) and the [...]
Adani Green Energy on Tuesday said that its board meeting scheduled for May 24 to has been cancelled due to non-availability of directors. The board meeting to consider fundraising proposals has been cancelled for the second time this month. The company in a filing stated that on account of the non-availability of Directors, the meeting [...]
India's second-largest IT services company Infosys on Tuesday launched Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions and platforms using generative Artificial Intelligence technologies, and said the 'responsible by design' approach ensures uncompromising ethics, trust, privacy, security and compliance. Topaz leverages Infosys applied AI framework to build an AI-first core that empowers people to deliver cognitive [...]
Pharma major Venus Remedies on Tuesday said it has secured a good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification from Kenya for all its production facilities at Baddi, in Himachal Pradesh. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) of the Kenyan Health Ministry granted the certification following a rigorous audit of the company's production facilities in Baddi, a company [...]
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) on Tuesday announced changing its name to Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. The name was changed after the receipt of approvals from shareholders and regulatory authorities including Ministry of Corporate Affairs, a company statement said. The name change is effective from May 22, 2023 and the company will henceforth operate under [...]
