State-owned engineering firm BHEL on Friday posted a 56.5 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 42.28 crore in the December quarter mainly on the back of higher revenues. The consolidated net profit of the firm was Rs 27.02 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Total income rose [...]
The Pakistan government has received a memorandum on the terms and conditions from the IMF for the completion of a USD 7 billion loan programme, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday but acknowledged that both sides are yet to clinch a staff-level agreement on the much-needed bailout for the cash-strapped country. Dar made the [...]
India has been ranked fifth among 184 countries in terms of its accreditation system, according to the recently released Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021. The GQII ranks 184 economies on the basis of their quality infrastructure (QI). India's overall QI system ranking continues to be tenth. According to the index, India was ranked 21st [...]
The government will revoke the ban imposed on fintech firms LazyPay and Kissht after representations were made by these companies, a senior official said on Friday. The government last week ordered the blocking of 232 apps operated by overseas entities, including Chinese, for being involved in betting, gambling and unauthorised loan service. Sources said that [...]
Moody's Investor Service on Friday revised downwards the rating outlook on four Adani Group companies to negative from stable after a significant and rapid decline in market value following a report by US-based short seller Hindenburg Research. In a statement, Moody's said the rating outlook for Adani Green Energy Ltd, Adani Green Energy Restricted Group, [...]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a "State of Disaster" due to the country's "debilitating" electricity crisis, just 10 months after the Covid-induced "State of Disaster" was lifted. Ramaphosa during his annual State of the Nation address on Thursday said an electricity minister would be appointed to deal with the matter more effectively and [...]
Milk prices in the country have risen due to increase in the feed and fodder cost, Union Minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Balyan, who is Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, said dairy companies pass on 75 per cent of the retail price to farmers. There is [...]
Nathan Anderson, the founder of Hindenburg Research whose damning report led to a USD 100 billion-plus rout in Adani Group shares, has said that his firm has never been banned, its bank account never seized and that it is not under any investigation. Since it published a scathing 100-plus-page report alleging that Adani pulled "the [...]
Investment research firm Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) on Thursday rejigged its MSCI India Index as a part of its regular review for February. A few Indian stocks were added to its portfolio, whereas a few others were removed. These changes will be effective from February 28, 2023. Index funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and [...]
Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC) shares rose 4.38% on Friday’s early trades, in an otherwise weak market after the company reported a multifold rise in its net profit for the October-December quarter of 2022. Its shares reached an intraday high of ₹ 640.00 apiece and were trading at ₹ 622.55 apiece at [...]
