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The UK government has offered a counter-package to Tata Steel against its proposal seeking a financial package to execute its decarbonisation plans for its plant in Port Talbot, its global CEO and MD TV Narendran has said. However, there is a big gap between what Tata Steel had asked for and what the British government [...]

Shares of most of the Adani group firms gained in late morning trade on Wednesday, with flagship company Adani Enterprises rising 13 per cent. As many as eight Adani Group firms were trading in the positive territory while two were in the red. On the BSE, the scrip of Adani Enterprises zoomed 13.07 per cent [...]

GVK Group Vice Chairman Sanjay Reddy on Tuesday said there was absolutely no pressure from the Adani Group or anyone else to sell the Mumbai airport. His comments come on a day when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged in Lok Sabha that "Mumbai airport, was taken away from GVK using agencies such as the CBI [...]

Moody's Investor Service on Tuesday said banks' exposures to Adani are not large enough to affect their credit quality materially. "While we estimate that the exposures are larger for public sector banks than for private sector banks, they are smaller than 1 per cent of total loans for most banks," it said. "Risks for banks [...]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the tech giant will soon launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot called ‘Bard’, aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. According to a blog post by Pichai, the conversational AI service will be assessed by a group of “trusted testers" before being [...]

Sebi on Tuesday said it will auction 22 properties belonging to companies of MPS Group, Tower Infotech and four others on March 3 for a reserve price totalling Rs 91 crore in a bid to recover investors' money. Apart from MPS Group and Tower Infotech, the regulator has put on block properties of Vibgyor Group, [...]

Amid a political furore over a meltdown in the Adani group shares, stock market data shows it is not only the plunge now but the sharp surge of the past also drew regulatory attention and enhanced surveillance. Adani group stocks have taken a huge beating on the bourses, losing billions of dollars in market value, [...]

State-owned Canara Bank on Tuesday said the Union Government has appointed K Satyanarayana Raju as its Managing Director and CEO, with immediate effect. He will be replacing L V Prabhakar who demitted office on December 31, 2022. Raju, who is a Physics Graduate, Post Graduate in Business Administration (Banking and Finance) and CAIIB (Certified Associate [...]

Digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, expects to sustain operational profit growth, company's founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said on Monday. Paytm's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), an indicator of operational profit, before ESOP cost margin improved to Rs 31 crore during the third quarter [...]

Reliance Capital lenders have approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to seek a second round of financial bids for the debt-ridden firm, presently going through the insolvency resolution process. Vistra ITCL (India) Ltd, one of the members of the Committee of Creditors of Reliance Capital has filed an appeal before the appellate tribunal. [...]

India's largest oil and gas producer ONGC will this year reverse years of decline in production and gradually raise output thereafter, as it invests billions of dollars to produce from newer discoveries, a top company official said. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in fiscal 2021-22 produced 21.707 million tonne of crude oil, which is [...]

The government has received various representations to merge RINL with SAIL or NMDC, Parliament was informed on Monday. At present, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) has a strength of 4,875 executives and 10,005 non-executive employees, Minister of State (MoS) for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. To a question [...]

Bandhan Bank on Monday said it has hiked interest rates on fixed deposits by 25-50 basis points based on the maturity period. The revised FD rates are applicable for retail deposits of up to Rs 2 crore, and are effective from February 6, the Kolkata-based lender said in a release. This is the bank's second [...]

Indian Energy Exchange on Monday said that it has clocked a total trade volume of 8,639 million units (MU) in January 2023, highest in the current financial year so far. However, the data showed that the trade volume in January this year was lower than 8,652 MU recorded in the same month last year. The [...]

On-demand convenience delivery platform Swiggy on Monday announced appointments of three independent directors, including TAFE Chairman and MD Mallika Srinivasan, on its board. The other two independent directors are Shailesh Haribhakti and Associates Chairman Shailesh Haribhakti and Delhivery Managing Director and CEO Sahil Barua, the company said in a statement. These are the first independent [...]

Adani Group on Monday said that the promoters will pre-pay USD 1,114 million for the release of pledged shares of its firms ahead of the maturity in September 2024. These shares belong to Adani Ports & Special Economic Zones, Adani Green Energy and Adani Transmission, a statement said. "This is in continuation of promoters' assurance [...]

In a push to decarbonise the economy, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, will recycle 100 million discarded mineral water, cold drink and other PET bottles annually to make eco-friendly uniforms for staff that man its petrol pumps and LPG distributor agencies. The firm also rolled out indoor cooking stoves that can [...]

Vodafone Idea has partnered with Motorola to ensure seamless 5G connectivity across its fifth-generation smartphone portfolio, according to a statement on Monday. The announcement comes within days of Vodafone Idea getting a shot in the arm, with Centre on Friday clearing conversion of the troubled telco's accumulated interest dues worth Rs 16,000 crore into equity. [...]

Shares of One97 Communications climbed over 6 per cent in late morning trade on Monday after the company narrowed its consolidated net loss to Rs 392 crore in the third quarter. One97 Communications (OCL) is the parent entity of leading mobile payments and financial services company Paytm. The stock of One97 Communications rallied 6.44 per [...]

Tata Power aims to operationalise its solar cell and module facility being set up in Tamil Nadu by December-end of this year, the company's CEO & MD Praveer Sinha said. In July 2022, Tata Power inked a pact with the Tamil Nadu government to invest Rs 3,000 crore for setting up a new facility to [...]

Max Healthcare Institute on Friday said it will invest around Rs 400 crore to expand its Mohali-based hospital. The construction of the new building that will house 170 beds officially commenced today, the healthcare provider said in a statement. On completion of the project by the end of the third quarter of 2024, the hospital [...]

Jammu and Kashmir Bank, which has an exposure of nearly Rs 250 crore in the Adani Group, on Friday said the bank investors have nothing to worry as its loans to the embattled business group are secured. "Our loans to Adani Group are secured against the assets of the projects that were financed by JK [...]

Cement maker The India Cements Ltd has drawn up plans to refurbish its old manufacturing facilities at an estimated outlay of Rs 1,500 to Rs 1,600 crore, its Vice Chairman and Managing Director N Srinivasan said on Friday. The funds to undertake the refurbishment would be met through internal accruals and the firm has roped [...]

The country's largest lender SBI on Friday said its overall exposure to the Adani Group is at 0.88 per cent of the book or around Rs 27,000 crore. SBI chairman Dinesh Khara said the bank does not envisage the embattled ports-to-mining group facing any challenge to service its debt obligations and stressed that SBI has [...]

Public sector lender Bank of Baroda on Friday said it has reduced exposure to the embattled Adani Group entities over the last two years, and has no concerns on asset quality issues with the conglomerate. The bank's managing director and chief executive Sanjiv Chadha told reporters that the bank's overall exposure to the ports-to-media conglomerate's [...]

Fitch Ratings on Friday said there is no immediate impact on the ratings of Adani entities and their securities following a short-seller report alleging malpractices at Adani group. In a statement, the rating agency said it expects no material changes to its forecast cash flow. "There are also no near-term significant offshore bond maturities," it [...]

Shares of Adani Group firms continued to remain weak for the seventh day running on Friday amid a host of negative events surrounding the companies. The stock of Adani Enterprises tumbled 20 per cent to Rs 1,173.55 -- its one-year low -- on the BSE. Shares of Adani Ports tanked 10 per cent, Adani Transmission [...]

S&P Dow Jones has said it will remove Adani Group's flagship firm Adani Enterprises from sustainability indices with effect from February 7 following a media and stakeholder analysis triggered by allegations of accounting fraud. The move comes amid leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE putting three Adani Group companies -- Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports and Special Economic [...]

Allcargo Logistics on Thursday said it has concluded the deal to sell a part of its logistics parks business to global private equity giant Blackstone, making the company cash positive. Allcargo Logistics said this is in line with the agreement signed earlier, which has now been consummated with the signing of the share purchase agreement [...]

Mahindra and Mahindra on Thursday said its electric vehicle unit has merged with it. Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd (MEML) is now officially merged into the parent company, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M), the auto major said in a statement. The company's Board had undertaken that MEML would merge into M&M with effect from April 1, [...]

Kalpataru Power Transmission and its international subsidiaries have bagged new orders worth Rs 2,456 crore. These orders include residential and commercial buildings construction projects in the country worth Rs 1,427 crore and T&D (Transmission and distribution) business orders worth Rs 498 crore in India and overseas markets, a company statement said. In the domestic market, [...]

Sebi on Wednesday ordered the attachment of bank and demat accounts of Shivi Holdings to recover Rs 5.35 crore in a matter related to fund diversion case of Religare Finvest. Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) is a subsidiary of Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL). The recovery proceedings against Shivi Holdings have been initiated to recover Rs 5.35 [...]

Shares of Adani Enterprises tumbled 15 per cent in morning trade on Thursday, a day after the firm said it has decided not to go ahead with its Rs 20,000-crore Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) and will return the proceeds to investors. The stock tanked 15 per cent to Rs 1,809.40 on the BSE. Other group [...]

Baba Kalyani, promoter of Kalyani Group, has settled a case of an alleged violation of SAST (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) norms in the matter of BF Utilities Ltd with market regulator Sebi on payment of Rs 3 lakh. BF Utilities is a subsidiary of the Kalyani Group. The settlement came after Babasaheb Neelkanth [...]

Adani Enterprises on Wednesday said it has decided not to go ahead with its Rs 20,000-crore Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) and will return the proceeds to investors. The announcement comes a day after the company's FPO was subscribed fully on the last day of the offer on Tuesday. "The Board of Adani Enterprises Ltd., (AEL) [...]

Software services major Infosys on Tuesday admitted that it has appealed against a corporation tax assessment by the UK authorities as British media reports referenced the company’s annual report to reveal the dispute. Reports here are flagging that the firm co-founded by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law, Narayana Murthy, was contesting a GBP 20 [...]

Sebi on Tuesday levied fines totalling Rs 20 lakh on PVR Murthy in the manipulation of global depository receipts (GDR) of Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd and Zenith Birla (India) Ltd (now known as Zenith Steel Pipes & Industries). In two separate orders, the regulator slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh each on PVR Murthy. [...]

Vedanta Aluminium on Tuesday said it has raised USD 250 million (around Rs 2,045 crore) through sustainability-linked loans from international banks to finance its capital expenditure and reduce carbon footprint. Sustainability-linked loans are debt where a portion of the interest rate is linked the borrower's ability to meet sustainability targets. The loans were granted on [...]

The Rs 20,000 crore share sale of Adani group's flagship firm was fully subscribed on Tuesday after non-retail investors bid in big volumes, according to stock exchange data. As many as 4.62 crore shares were sought as against an offer of 4.55 crore. Non-institutional investors put in bids for over three times the 96.16 lakh [...]

Asia's oldest stock exchange BSE's platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on Tuesday announced the listing of Dharni Capital Services Ltd, taking the tally of such listed companies on the bourse to 414. Dharni Capital Services Ltd becomes the 414th company to get listed on the BSE SME platform, the exchange said in a [...]

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd on Tuesday said it has earmarked a USD 1 billion investment for converting its diesel-run 900-odd mining vehicles into battery-operated ones over the next five years. Hindustan Zinc is steadily switching to electric vehicles for its underground mine operations. HZL together with the Finnish technology company Normet Group Oy, [...]

IT hardware and mobile accessories firm Balaji Solutions and Enviro Infra Engineers, which provides solutions for waste water treatment, have received capital markets regulator Sebi's go-ahead to raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs). The two companies, which filed their preliminary IPO papers with Sebi during August and September 2022, obtained the observation letters on [...]

Godrej Properties Ltd on Tuesday said it has bought an 89-acre land parcel at Khalapur in Maharashtra to develop a housing project as part of its expansion plan to grow business. In a regulatory filing, Godrej Properties informed that it has entered into an agreement for outright purchase of a land parcel in Khalapur - [...]

Billionaire Gautam Adani's embattled group clutched on to a USD 400-million investment by Abu Dhabi's International Holding Co. in its flagship firm's share sale to restore confidence in the conglomerate that saw nearly USD 70-billion rout in value after a tiny New York short seller came out with a damning report. Adani, 60, who was [...]

Punjab National Bank (PNB) which has about Rs 7,000 crore exposure in Adani Group entities on Monday said it is keeping a close watch on situation developing following the damning disclosures by a US short seller. The state-owned bank has total exposure of about Rs 7,000 crore. Out of that Rs 2,500 crore is related [...]

Storage battery maker and distributor Sunlit Power has collaborated with Lucas TVS under which it will supply 50,000 electric vehicle motors and controllers manufactured by TVS group company to various industries, a release said on Monday. It will include motors with 1kw-15kw capacity for various applications including those for two-wheelers, high-speed passenger autos, and pick-up [...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend a ceremony here on Tuesday to celebrate the successful entry of the Adani Group in Israel through its acquisition of the Haifa port, which is being seen as a "strategic purchase" and probably the biggest foreign investment in this country in any sector. A consortium of Adani Ports and [...]

Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao on Monday inaugurated FMCG major ITC's Rs 450 crore state-of-the-art Integrated Food Manufacturing and Logistics Facility at Medak. The inauguration was done in the presence of Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC Ltd, a press release form ITC said. Spread over nearly 59 acres [...]

Air India on Monday said it will use UK-headquartered Ideagen's enterprise cloud software application Coruson to help enhance safety management and facilitate real-time reporting of in-flight incidents. The Tata group-owned airline's announcement also comes against the backdrop of at least three incidents of unruly passenger behaviour on two international flights last year, for which aviation [...]

Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Monday said it has acquired three anti-inflammatory brands from Mumbai-based Aksigen Hospital Care. The company has acquired Disperzyme, Disperzyme-CD and Phlogam as part of the deal. All the brands are approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for post-operative inflammation in patients undergoing minor surgery and dental [...]

Wadia group-owned Go First expects to receive Rs 210 crore under the government's credit line guarantee scheme next month as the budget airline seeks to boost its financial position and expand operations. The airline, which received Rs 210 crore from the promoters last month, aims to have 53 operational aircraft in its fleet by the [...]

Tata Power on Monday said it has partnered with Contour, a leading digital trade finance network based out of Singapore, to make its financial management process more robust, transparent and efficient. Contour's network uses decentralised technology (blockchain) to bring together companies, banks and ecosystem partners, onto a trusted network, to help create a streamlined digital [...]

US short seller Hindenburg Research has rejected Adani Group's charge that its report was an attack on India, saying a "fraud" cannot be obfuscated by nationalism or a bloated response that ignored response to key allegations. Commenting on the 413-page response Adani Group released late on Sunday evening in response to its report, Hindenburg said [...]

Richest Indian Gautam Adani's group on Sunday likened the damning allegations made by short seller Hindenburg Research to a "calculated attack" on India, its institutions and growth story, saying the allegations are "nothing but a lie". In a 413-page response, Adani Group said the report was driven by "an ulterior motive" to "create a false [...]

In 1937, a hydrogen-powered German airship flying into New Jersey caught fire and crashed, killing 35 passengers on board. It was sort of a man-made disaster as some 100 people were loaded on to a balloon filled with the most flammable material in the universe. The airship was named Hindenburg. Eight decades later, in 2017, [...]

Hospitality and travel-tech firm OYO estimates its revenue in 2022-23 to be USD 751 million on the back of which it expects to post its first operating profit in a full year, company Founder and Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal has told its employees. At an employees townhall held this week, Agarwal is understood to have [...]

Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday imposed a Rs 10 lakh fine on Go First for the incident wherein 55 passengers were left behind in a passenger coach at Bangalore airport on January 9. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued a show-cause notice to the airline following the incident. "Perusal of (the) reply [...]

State-owned CIL intends to produce sand using overburden rocks lying at its various coal mines and the operation of five such sand plants is likely to commence by next year, the government said on Friday. Under the 'overburden (OB) rocks-to-manufactured sand' initiative, Coal India Ltd (CIL) facilitates processing of waste overburden at its open cast [...]

Realty major DLF Ltd plans to launch a luxury housing project in Gurugram next month with an estimated sales revenue of around Rs 7,500 crore as it seeks to tap strong demand for high-end apartments. The company plans to develop around 1,100 apartments in this residential project, DLF Group Executive Director and Chief Business Officer Aakash [...]

The Adani Group on Thursday said it is examining legal options to take "punitive action" against Hindenburg Research for its "reckless" attempt to sabotage a mega share sale at the conglomerate's flagship firm - a statement that the US activist investor responded by saying it stands by its report that alleged "brazen" market manipulation and [...]

Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea's board will meet on Tuesday to discuss a proposal to issue Rs 1,600 crore debentures to mobile tower vendor ATC Telecom Infrastructure. Vodafone Idea (VIL) and ATC had agreed to extend the last date to issue optionally convertible debentures (OCD) till February 28 after the shareholder's approval to issue the debentures lapsed [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Well-known US activist investor Hindenburg Research has alleged that Adani Group was "engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud", a charge the conglomerate described as malicious, unsubstantiated, one-sided, and having done with malafide intention to ruin its share-sale. Hindenburg, a US-based investment research firm that specialises in activist short-selling, said its two-year investigation [...]

Online travel service provider, Easy Trip Planners Ltd on Wednesday said it will acquire a 55 per cent stake in Glegoo Innovations Pvt Ltd, an online travel and tours firm, for Rs 3 crore. The company signed a share purchase agreement with Glegoo Innovations Pvt Ltd on January 24, 2023, Easy Trip Planners, which operates [...]

Sebi has ordered the attachment of bank and demat accounts of Shivinder Mohan Singh and four entities to recover Rs 32.10 crore in a matter related to fund diversion case of Religare Finvest. Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) is a subsidiary of Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL). The recovery proceedings against these entities -- Shivinder Mohan Singh, [...]

Sebi is considering filing an appeal in the Supreme Court against an order by the Securities Appellate Tribunal that set aside the capital markets regulator's disgorgement directive in the NSE co-location case. The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday set aside Sebi's order for disgorging profit worth Rs 625 crore in the co-location case but [...]

The work on setting up of a scrap-based steel plant by Tata Steel kicked off on Tuesday in Ludhiana, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said. "This is just the beginning as we deliver what we say and the day is not far when we will make Punjab a frontrunner state in the industrial growth across the [...]

Indian Oil Corporation has lined up investments of over Rs 2,200 crore in Tamil Nadu in the next two years towards taking up major grassroots and expansion projects in the state, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The projects include 'grass-roots terminal' at Asanur and Vallur, 'captive petroleum' project, oil and lubricant-LPG jetty at [...]

Akasa Air on Tuesday announced it will operate daily flights between Hyderabad and Bengaluru and between Hyderabad and Goa starting from January 25. Two additional Hyderabad-Bengaluru frequencies will be added starting February 15, the airline said. Akasa Air Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Praveen Iyer said, "Commencing operations from Hyderabad, our 13th destination with daily [...]

Full service carrier Vistara will continue to expand and expects to have a total of 70 planes by mid-2024, its chief Vinod Kannan said on Tuesday. The airline, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, reported an operating profit for the first time since inception in the three months ended December 2022. "The [...]

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will set up 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity in Rajasthan as the nation's second-largest state oil refiner pivots its path to achieving a net zero emission target by 2040. In a statement, BPCL said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rajasthan for [...]

Sebi on Monday slapped a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Wealthit Global and its proprietor Mohit Manghnani for violating regulatory norms. In addition, the two have been restrained from the securities markets for a period of five years. Wealthit Global is a Sebi-registered Investment Adviser. The order came after the regulator had conducted an [...]

Shares of UltraTech Cement on Monday declined by nearly 5 per cent after the firm reported a decline in its consolidated net profit for the third quarter. The stock of the largest cement manufacturer fell 4.62 per cent to settle at Rs 6,846.90 apiece on the BSE. On the NSE, it declined by 4.42 per [...]

Full service carrier Vistara on Monday said it reported a profit for the first time since inception in the three months ended December 2022. Without disclosing the exact profit figure in the December quarter, the airline also said it crossed the USD 1 billion revenue mark and remained EBITDA positive in the current fiscal year. [...]

Sebi has asked B2B payments and services provider PayMate India to refile the documents for the initial public offering with certain updates. PayMate India had filed the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for a Rs 1,500 crore-IPO with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in May 2022. The proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) [...]

Coal India arm MCL is in the process of diversifying into power generation and will set up a coal-based plant entailing an investment of around Rs 12,000 crore in Odisha, its chairman-cum-managing director O P Singh said. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) also has plans to diversify into aluminium business. "We are into process of diversifying [...]

Tata Motors on Monday said it has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer financing solutions to its authorised passenger electric vehicle dealers. Under the partnership, ICICI Bank will provide inventory funding to the authorised passenger EV dealers in addition to the bank's funding to dealers for diesel and petrol models, Tata Motors said in a [...]

Sterlite Power on Monday said it has bagged orders worth Rs 3,800 crore in the first three quarters of this fiscal, which is 90 per cent higher than a year ago. The orders were bagged by the ‘solutions’ business unit in the domestic and international markets during the first three quarters FY23, showing a growth [...]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will complete expansion of its Vizag oil refinery in Andhra Pradesh to 15 million tonne per annum by June, its Chairman Pushp Joshi said on Sunday. HPCL is expanding the 8.33 million tonne per annum (MTPA) refinery and building a new one at Barmer in Rajasthan to bridge the gap [...]

The acquisition of IDFC Asset Management Company by the Bandhan Financial Holdings-led consortium is likely to be concluded this month with the payment of Rs 4,500 crore, an official said on Sunday. Re-branding of the company and mutual fund as Bandhan Asset Management Company Ltd and Bandhan Mutual Fund is also expected within January, he [...]

Ceramic materials and 3D printer-maker Lithoz GmbH has signed a sales partnership agreement with Murugappa Group company Wendt (India) Ltd for strengthening its operations in the country, the company said on Saturday. The agreement would enable the two companies further expand and develop their businesses. "With Lithoz's bases in Austria, the USA and China, this [...]

Billionaire Gautam Adani's group plans to spin off businesses like hydrogen, airports and data centre between 2025 and 2028 after they achieve a certain investment profile, it's Chief Financial Officer Jugeshinder Singh said. Adani Enterprises Ltd, which is looking to raise Rs 20,000 crore in a follow-on share sale, is the business incubator for the [...]

Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe, its CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday, becoming the latest tech giant to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. In an email to employees, the Indian-origin CEO said:"I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 [...]

Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Friday laid off 380 employees as part of a "restructuring exercise" citing challenging macroeconomic conditions, with its CEO Sriharsha Majety saying that overhiring was a case of "poor judgement" where he should have done better. In an internal email, Majety, Co-Founder and CEO, also apologised to the affected employees [...]

With the Supreme Court turning down Google's plea for a stay on the CCI order, the tech giant on Friday said it is reviewing the details of the decision which is limited to interim relief and did not decide the merits of the appeal. The company said it remains committed to users and partners and [...]

Moody's on Friday affirmed long-term deposit rating of State Bank of India (SBI) and upgraded it for Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and Bank of Baroda on improving credit profile. The outlooks on long-term ratings of all the four banks remain stable, Moody's Investors Service said in a statement. Moody's has affirmed the Baa3 long-term local [...]

Shares of Hindustan Unilever Ltd declined over 4 per cent in morning trade on Friday as investors preferred to desert the counter amid concerns over increase in royalty and central services arrangement fee to its parent Unilever group. The stock fell 4.15 per cent to Rs 2,540.05 apiece on the BSE. At the NSE, it [...]

Adani Enterprises, which is launching India Inc's second-largest follow-on public offer worth Rs 20,000 crore next week, on Thursday said it is planning to enter the water segment as this is a key element of its core business of infrastructure. The group is into the entire gamut of infrastructure -- being its ports, airports, roads, [...]

IT solutions major Rashi Peripherals has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 750 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The public issue is completely fresh issue of shares with no offer-for-sale component, according to the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP). The company may consider a private placement of equity [...]

Wipro GE HealthCare on Thursday said it has appointed Chaitanya Sarawate as Managing Director of the company. He has also been designated as the President & CEO of GE HealthCare South Asia. Sarawate succeeds Shravan Subramanyam, who is leaving to pursue an opportunity outside the company, the company said in a statement. In his new [...]

Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said the Maharashtra government has approved its proposal to set up a Rs 10,000-crore electric vehicle plant in Pune under the state's industrial promotion scheme for EVs. The two sides signed an agreement to this effect at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, M&M Ltd said in a [...]

State-owned engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Thursday said it has bagged an order worth Rs 300 crore to renovate and modernise (R&M) steam turbines at Ukai thermal power station in Gujarat. Valued at about Rs 300 crore, the order for renovation and modernisation of 200 MW Unit-3 and 210 MW Unit-5, has [...]

Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Thursday said Manasi Tata, daughter of late Vikram Kirloskar, will take over as its new Vice Chairperson with immediate effect. She will also take over as the Vice Chairperson of Toyota Kirloskar Auto parts (TKAP), Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) said in a statement. "The resolution, passed in its board meeting, comes [...]

Vedanta's Cairn Oil & Gas on Thursday announced the appointment of Nick Walker as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. In a statement, the company said the appointment is effective January 5. "Before this appointment, Walker was president and chief executive officer at Lundin Energy, one of the leading European independent E&P [...]

Walmart-owned digital payments app Phonepe on Thursday said it has raised USD 350 million at a valuation of USD 12 billion in a funding round led by private equity firm General Atlantic. "Marquee Global and Indian investors are also participating in the round," PhonePe said in a statement adding the investment marks the first tranche [...]

Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it has commenced exports of mid-sized sports utility vehicle Grand Vitara, with the first shipment on its way to Latin America. The country's leading carmaker and exporter aims to export the model to more than 60 countries across Latin America, Africa, Middle East, ASEAN and neighboring regions. "Supporting Government's [...]

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is "very confident of crossing doubling the VNB target" by March on the back of a record jump in its high-margin protection business share and the resultant highest-ever margin it has booked in the just-concluded December quarter. The company reported a 23.2 per cent growth in the value of the new [...]