Telecom players have started rolling out 5G services in select pockets but backhaul infrastructure will cost Rs 3 lakh crore over the next 4-5 years, according to ICRA. ICRA noted consistent "healthy improvement" in operating metrics of telcos but added that debt levels continue to remain high and seen at around Rs 6.3 lakh crore [...]
Unsold housing stocks dropped 10 per cent to 4,61,600 units across nine major cities at the end of the December on better sales, PropEquity said on Monday. According to its data, unsold housing inventories stood at 5,12,526 units at the end of the September quarter across these nine cities. "Despite many challenges ...home sales strongly [...]
Benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty closed higher in a highly volatile trade on Monday, riding on the back of a recovery in IT, oil and financial stocks after a two-day fall. The 30-share Sensex recovered 169.51 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at 59,500.41. During the day, it rose by 313.34 points or 0.52 [...]
The first G20 Energy Transition Working Group(ETWG) meeting under India’s presidency will be organised in Bengaluru from February 5-7 wherein nine special invitee nations including Spain, the Netherlands and Singapore will take part. The meeting will have over 150 participants including G20 member countries, nine special invitee guest nations – Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, the Netherlands, [...]
Senior executives in India are expected to receive an average 9.1 per cent increase in their salaries this year, up from 8.9 per cent in 2022. According to leading global professional services firm Aon plc, the average CEO compensation was Rs 8.4 crore, and it has increased 21 per cent in the last four years, [...]
Retail commodity packages containing more than one pack, including gift and multi-piece packs, are required to mention all mandatory declarations including MRP, on the outer pack, according to the Consumer Affairs Ministry. In the latest directive, the ministry said, "It is observed that the mandatory information is not declared on a retail package containing more [...]
More than nine lakh vehicles, owned by central and state governments, transport corporations and public sector undertakings, that are older than 15 years will go off the road from April 1 and new vehicles will replace them, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. Addressing an event organised by industry body FICCI, Gadkari said the [...]
The government has given six months more time till July 15 to edible oil makers, packers and importers to mention net quantity in terms of volume and weight on the labels instead of temperature at the time of packing, as part of efforts to curb unfair business practices. Earlier, the entities were given the deadline [...]
South Korea on Monday said India is undeniably a global powerhouse and that the Indian presidency of G20 will unleash its potential and pay heed to insights and feedback from members and contribute to the international community. The statement came from a representative of South Korea who was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the [...]
Shares of Adani group firms were trading on a mixed note in morning trade on Monday, with flagship Adani Enterprises climbing 10 per cent even as most of the group companies fell, a day after it released a 413-page response to allegations of wrongdoing brought by a US-based short seller Hindenburg Research. Most of the [...]
