The CBI has filed an FIR against telecom infrastructure major GTL for allegedly diverting a substantial portion of a Rs 4,760 crore loan availed from a consortium of banks led by IDBI Bank, officials said. The agency has booked the company, unidentified directors, public officials and vendors under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating [...]
India and Egypt have reaffirmed their commitment to the founding values of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), international law and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. It was mentioned in a joint statement released on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held wide-ranging [...]
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty fell in early trade on Friday dragged down by banking shares and Reliance Industries along with continuous foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE benchmark tanked 578.19 points to 59,626.87 in initial trade. The broader NSE Nifty fell 144.7 points to 17,747.25. From the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Axis Bank, [...]
FMCG firm Jyothy Labs Ltd has posted a 77.25 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 67.39 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2022. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 38.02 crore in the same period last fiscal, it said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue [...]
Blue Dart Express on Wednesday reported a 28 per cent dip in standalone profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 86.9 crore in the December 2022 quarter. The company had posted a standalone PAT of Rs 122.20 crore in the third quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said in a statement. Its revenue from operations [...]
Amara Raja Batteries on Wednesday said its consolidated net profit increased by 53 per cent to Rs 222 crore for the third quarter ended December 2022. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 145 crore in the October-December period of last fiscal. Total income rose to Rs 2,664 crore in the third quarter [...]
Air India has offered around 98 crore shares of the company to its permanent employees as part of a stock option scheme. The shares are also being offered to the permanent staff of Air India Express as part of the Employees' Share Benefit (ESB) Scheme 2022, according to a document. The Tata group took over [...]
Indian stock markets are embarking on a shorter settlement cycle or T+1 regime for the final list of large stocks from Friday, a move that will help reduce margin requirements for clients and boost retail investment. T+1 (trade plus one) means that market trade-related settlements will need to be cleared within one day of the [...]
Asia's richest man Gautam Adani's group is eyeing petrochemical and mining projects in Azerbaijan as the ports-to-energy conglomerate looks to expand the business beyond Indian shores. Adani met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Davos last week, according to a statement from the office of the President of Azerbaijan. "During the conversation, the parties discussed Azerbaijan's [...]
Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the firm that retails CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and other cities, reported 11 per cent drop in third quarter net profit after it held retail prices despite rise in input cost. Consolidated net profit of Rs 334.06 crore in October-December 2022 is compared with Rs 374.76 crore [...]