Realty major Emerald Haven Realty Ltd (TVS Emerald) has signed a term sheet agreement with HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate Fund-3, the city based company said on Wednesday. The two companies have come together to create Rs 1,000 crore platform for plotted development projects across Chennai and Bengaluru markets. TVS Emerald, an associate of TVS [...]

Pharmaceuticals firm Granules India Ltd on Wednesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator for its generic gabapentin tablets indicated for management of postherpetic neuralgia in adults. The approval by the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) is for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Gabapentin tablets of strengths 600 mg [...]

Pilots' bodies at Tata Group-owned Air India have accused the airline management of making unilaterally "rapid" and "regressive" changes in the service conditions of pilots. In a letter to Air India Chief Human Resources Officer Suresh Dutt Tripathi on Tuesday, Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) also stated that "all unilateral [...]

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up J&K Bank Limited for not utilising the land worth over Rs 140 crore acquired during 2016-21 and recommended a proactive plan for its effective utilisation. It also said the bank's improper planning resulted into blockage of funds to the tune of Rs 22.78 crore and wasteful [...]

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led promoter group has paid off all of the USD 2.15 billion loans taken pledging their shares in the conglomerate, and only debt at operating company level remains, Adani Group said seeking to assure investors of its ability to repay debt. Adani Group in a statement termed reports of the group not completing [...]

Telecom gear maker HFCL on Wednesday said it bagged a Rs 282.61 crore contract from Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation to deploy communication systems for Surat Metro Rail Project Phase-1. The company has to deploy the project within 90 weeks from the date of contract. "..the company has bagged an order worth Rs 282.61 crore from [...]

Pharmaceutical ingredients maker SPC Lifesciences Ltd has filed preliminary papers with the capital market regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering. The Initial Public Offering (IPO) consists of fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 300 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of 89.39 lakh equity shares by promoter -- Snehal [...]

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) delayed Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 project is likely to start crude oil production in May this year and gas output a year later, a senior company official said. ONGC was originally to start gas production from Cluster-II fields in block KG-DWN-98/2 (KG-D5) in June 2019 and the first oil [...]

The NCLAT on Wednesday upheld the order of the fair trade regulator CCI imposing a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Internet giant Google. A two-member bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) directed Google to implement the direction and deposit the amount in 30 days. The NCLAT bench comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok [...]

Automaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Wednesday said it has crossed the 25 lakh units milestone of cumulative exports since starting overseas shipments in 1986-87. The company, which started exports with shipments to neighbouring markets like Bangladesh and Nepal in 1986-87, said it currently exports to nearly 100 countries, including markets in Africa, Latin America, [...]

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India on Wednesday said it is setting up a separate unit at its Narsapura plant in Karnataka to roll out electric two-wheelers with the first two models expected to hit the market in the next fiscal itself. The company aims to touch 10 lakh electric vehicles production capacity annually by 2030. [...]

Online travel services provider, MakeMyTrip on Wednesday said it plans to grow its franchise base by over 50 per cent this year to expand its reach in smaller cities and towns across India. The company is seeking to tap into the opportunities provided by the government's initiative to increase the number of airports in India [...]

Homegrown server maker Netweb Technologies India Ltd has filed draft papers with the capital markets regulator Sebi to raise up to Rs 700 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 257 crore and an offer for sales of 85 lakh equity shares by promoters, [...]

Goyal Aluminiums has plans to invest Rs 200 crore to set up an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. The company has been allotted 4,000 square metre land from the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) for the project. "Goyal Aluminiums...is gearing up to set up a new electric vehicle manufacturing plant with [...]

Edtech firm Upgrad has raised Rs 300 crore in a right issue led by co-founder and chairperson of the company Ronnie Screwvala, the start-up said on Wednesday. Screwvala contributed Rs 212 crore in the internal funding round. Existing investor Temasek contributed Rs 81 crore and the rest of the amount was raised from other minority [...]

Auto components maker Lifelong Group on Wednesday said it has acquired stressed automobile after-sales service startup GoMechanic for an undisclosed amount. The GoMechanic business has been acquired by the Lifelong Group as the majority shareholder under Servizzy consortium, the Delhi-based firm said in a statement. The Lifelong Group is an Indian company established in 1985 [...]

ReNew Energy Global Plc (ReNew) on Tuesday said it has repaid more than USD 1 billion to its offshore bondholders in the current financial year. The amount repaid includes the recent amortisation of USD 180 million, ReNew said in a statement. "ReNew has repaid more than USD 1 billion to its offshore bondholders in FY [...]

Adani Group CFO Jugeshinder Robbie Singh on Tuesday said stock exchanges update data on promoter share pledges at the end of the quarter, as he tried to clarify on present data not matching with the conglomerate's statement of repaying all the USD 2.15 billion of share-backed debt. Singh termed reports suggesting that the company's March [...]

Aster DM Healthcare on Tuesday said its main promoters, the family of its founder Azad Moopen, recently bought the 4 per cent stake held by a private equity investor for Rs 460 crore, increasing their holding to 41.88 per cent now. The deal values Aster DM Healthcare at USD 1.4 billion, the company said. Its [...]

The government has exercised the call option for the redemption of non-interest bearing special security to the tune of Rs 255 crore given to IDBI Bank in 2004. With this redemption the total outstanding amount will come down to Rs 2,378.73 crore, a gazette notification dated March 27, 2023, said. These 20-year tenure special securities [...]

State-owned NTPC Renewable Energy will supply 1,300 MW round-the-clock clean power to Greenko’s upcoming green ammonia plant at Kakinada. NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy Limited, has signed a term sheet with Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd (A Greenko Group company) on March 28, 2023, to supply 1,300 MW round-the-clock RE [...]

Microsoft-owned GitHub has laid off 142 people in India, including the entire staff in its engineering division, people aware of the development said on Tuesday. Those affected by the decision were deployed across the company's offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi. When contacted, a GitHub spokesperson said the decision was part of the company's reorganisation [...]

Tata Power on Tuesday exuded confidence that the financial capital will be able to avoid a re-occurrence of an electricity outage courtesy of improved coordination between stakeholders and more investments in multiple areas, including cybersecurity. The company, which competes with Adani Electricity Mumbai and claims to have a 70 per cent share in the transmission [...]

Honeywell Building Technologies will complete the Rs 600 crore Bangalore Safe City project by September, which will equip the local police with 7,500 surveillance cameras, control and command centre for swift action against crime, a senior company official said. Honeywell India and Honeywell Building Technologies Asia President Ashish Modi said that phase 1 of the [...]

Biscuit maker Saj Food Products, which is expecting to touch a revenue of Rs 2,500 crore in the 2023-24 fiscal, is eyeing at Rs 5,000 crore turnover in five years, a company official said on Tuesday. The Kolkata-headquartered company, which owns ‘Bisk Farm’ brand, is likely to close the current financial year with a revenue [...]

Axis Securities has appointed Pranav Haridasan as its new managing director & chief executive for a three-year tenure, following the incumbent B Gopkumar moving to head Axis AMC. Haridasan is currently managing director and co-head of equities at Axis Capital and has over 20 years of experience in financial markets across different asset classes. Before [...]

Vedanta Ltd on Tuesday said its board has approved an interim dividend of Rs 7,621 crore for the current financial year. The company has fixed April 7 as record date for the purpose of dividend payment. "The Board of Directors at a meeting held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 approved the fifth interim dividend of [...]

City-based public sector lender UCO Bank on Tuesday said it hopes to achieve a net profit of Rs 1,500 crore this fiscal year. MD & CEO of UCO Bank S S Prasad said the bank had also doubled market capitalisation in less than a year from Rs 13,000 crore to Rs 28,000 crore thereby increasing [...]

Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) will invest around Rs 1,300 crore to set up a greenfield nickel pig iron (NPI) smelter facility in Indonesia to enhance its raw material security, the company's MD Abhyuday Jindal said. JSL is the first Indian company to own nickel reserves in any offshore market, he said, adding that the company [...]

JSW Energy on Tuesday said its subsidiary has agreed to acquire entire equity of 12 special purpose vehicles of Mytrah Energy (India) Pvt Ltd (MEIPL). In August 2022, JSW Neo Energy Ltd (JSWNEL) had agreed to acquire a portfolio of 1,753 MW of renewable energy generation capacity from MEIPL comprising 17 SPVs and 1 Ancillary [...]

State-owned NBCC has signed an MoU to cooperate in the construction of 1,00,000 housing units in Zambia. NBCC, the Navratna CPSE of the Government of India, signed the MOU for cooperation with Scirocco Enterprises Ltd of Zambia for the construction of 1 lakh low and medium-cost houses to mitigate an acute shortage of housing in [...]

Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland has inaugurated its new light commercial vehicle retail outlet in Tamil Nadu under its move towards strengthening presence, the company said on Tuesday. The company inaugurated its 11th light commercial vehicle dealership at Thiruparankundram Main Road, Pasumalai in Madurai on Tuesday offering sales, service and spares facility to customers. "...this [...]

Air India Express and AirAsia India have moved to a unified reservation system, whereby passengers can make bookings for both airlines through an integrated website. The move is part of the ongoing process of merging AirAsia India with Air India Express. The combined entity will focus on leisure-oriented and price-sensitive markets. On March 27, the [...]

As many as 11 companies, including Indosol, Reliance and First Solar, have bagged solar photovoltaic manufacturing projects of a total 39,600 MW capacity under the second tranche of the production-linked incentive scheme of the government. The government has allocated a total capacity of 39,600 MW of domestic Solar PV module manufacturing capacity to 11 companies, [...]

Embassy Office Parks REIT on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire a 1.4 million square feet office property in Bengaluru for an enterprise value of Rs 334.8 crore. The acquiree, Embassy Business Hub is a 59-acre business park situated in North Bengaluru and is close to both the airport and Embassy REIT's flagship property [...]

GR Infraprojects Ltd on Tuesday said it has emerged as the lowest bidder for two NHAI projects worth Rs 1,613.84 crore. The financial bids were opened on March 28, 2023, GR Infraprojects said in a BSE filing. "Our company has emerged as an L1 bidder in a financial bid for the following tenders invited by [...]

Logistics aggregator Shiprocket on Tuesday said it has collaborated with global e-commerce platform eBay for cross-border shipping solutions to domestic SMEs. As a part of this partnership, all eBay cross-border trade sellers from India will be able to choose its cross-border shipping solution, Shiprocket X, as their shipping partner for eBay shipments, the company said [...]

Zinc oxide manufacturer JG Chemicals has received capital markets regulator Sebi's go-ahead to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO comprises fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 202.50 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of 57 lakh equity shares by its existing promoter group shareholders, according to its draft red [...]

Electronic manufacturing services firm Avalon Technologies on Tuesday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 415-436 a share for its Rs 865-crore initial public offering (IPO). The three-day initial share-sale would be open for public subscription during April 3-6 and the bidding for anchor investors will open on March 31, the company announced. [...]

Taiwan-based battery swapping firm Gogoro Inc on Tuesday said it has joined hands with Zomato and Kotak Mahindra Prime to promote fast adoption of electric mobility in the last-mile transportation segment. As per the partnership, the companies will offer last-mile delivery partners associated with Zomato affordable loan terms and battery swapping services. "The urban transformation [...]

A Kotak Mahindra Bank arm on Tuesday announced that it has raised USD 1.25 billion for its second special situations fund. The money raised will be deployed in equity, debt capital and hybrid instruments across sectors, a statement from Kotak Investment Advisors (KIA), the arm of the private sector lender, under which the fund comes, [...]