Electric mobility startup Motovolt on Friday said it has acquired an undisclosed stake in German electric two-wheeler maker eROCKIT AG for 1 million euros (nearly Rs 9 crore). The company plans to further invest around 10 million euros (nearly Rs 90 crore) in India for industrialisation of the latter's products, Motovolt said in a statement. [...]

State-owned CIL on Friday said it is making all efforts to supply higher quantities of coal to the non-regulated sector (NRS) without affecting supplies to the power sector, through increased production. The statement comes days after the maharatna firm stated that it is gearing up to meet the demand of coal from the power sector [...]

Logistics company DP World on Friday announced entering into a partnership with Delhi Capitals cricket team of Indian Premier League (IPL). "DP World is now the Global Logistics Partner of the popular cricket franchise. As part of the long-term partnership, it will provide the necessary logistical support and expertise to Delhi Capitals team throughout the [...]

In signs of protests against the 9-month-old windfall tax, mining mogul Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Ltd has withheld about USD 91 million from the share of profit due to government from its oil and gas fields, to make up for the additional tax outgo, according to sources and correspondence on the issue. India first imposed windfall [...]

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd on Friday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic doxepin hydrochloride capsules used in the treatment of depression and anxiety. The approval granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is for doxepin hydrochloride capsules of strength 150 mg, the company said in a [...]

State-owned Power Grid Corporation's board has approved rasing up to Rs 600 crore through bonds to be issued on private placement basis. "Committee of directors for bonds, in their meeting held today i.e. on 24th March, 2023, have approved the raising of unsecured, non-convertible, non-cumulative, redeemable, taxable POWERGRID Bonds-LXXII (72nd) issue 2022-23 on private placement [...]

Maruti Suzuki India is targeting for its premium vehicles sold through the Nexa retail outlets to be more than the respective overall sales of Hyundai and Tata Motors by next year, according to Senior Executive Officer, Marketing and Sales, Shashank Srivastava. The Nexa retail chain, started in 2015 to sell Maruti Suzuki's premium vehicles, has [...]

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel overtook Reliance Jio in 5G roll-out with the expansion of the network to additional 235 cities, taking its total reach to 500 cities. Reliance Jio has so far announced the expansion of the ultra high-speed fifth generation (5G) network to 406 cities. "Bharti Airtel...ultra-fast 5G service is available to customers in [...]

Defence training solutions firm Zen Technologies on Friday said it has bagged Rs 127 crore order from armed forces. After setbacks faced in 2012 due to cancellation of large tenders, Zen said in a regulatory filing that it had stopped participating in large tenders and has now made a complete turnaround over the last 10 [...]

Starbucks' new Indian-origin CEO Laxman Narasimhan has said he will work as a barista once a month in stores to stay close to the company's culture, customers, challenges and opportunities. Narasimhan, 55, officially became the Seattle-based coffee giant's chief executive on Monday, taking the reins from Howard Schultz about two weeks earlier than scheduled. In [...]

The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), the headhunter for directors of state-owned banks and financial institutions, on Thursday selected Siddhartha Mohanty to head insurance behemoth LIC. As per the guidelines, the chairman is selected from the four managing directors of the company. After interviewing four candidates based on their overall experience and extant parameters on [...]

Fitch Ratings on Thursday affirmed its 'BBB-' rating on Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited with a stable outlook, saying the Hindenburg report has a limited near-term impact on APSEZ's cost of funding. Hindenburg Research in a January 24 report accused Adani group of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud" and using a number [...]

Rithwik Projects will build 382 MW Sunni Dam hydro power project for Rs 1,098 crore for state-run SJVN Ltd. SJVN on Thursday signed the Contract Agreement for engineering, procurement and construction of civil and hydro-mechanical works of 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project, a SJVN statement said. The Letter of Award for Civil & [...]

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd on Thursday said it has acquired a 98 per cent stake in Phenil Sugars by converting existing preference shares worth Rs 350 crore into equity shares. The company has converted 3,50,03,927 redeemable non-cumulative convertible preference shares of Rs 100 amounting to Rs 350.04 crore into equity shares of 35,00,39,270 equity shares [...]

Vascon Engineers Ltd on Thursday said it has bagged Rs 158 crore contract from Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (UP PWD). The work has to be completed within 18 months from the date of receipt of the letter of acceptance, according to a company filing. In the filing, Vascon Engineers said, "It has received a [...]

Shriram Life Insurance, which already nets 44 per cent of its premium from rural markets, is planning to maximize rural penetration and hopes to grow its assets under management by 45 per cent to Rs 13,000 crore by FY25. Started in 2005, Shriram Life began as a joint venture between the Shriram Group and the [...]

No-frills airline IndiGo is expecting to fly 100-million passengers and is planning to have 350 aircraft in its fleet in the next fiscal, according to a presentation by the airline at the analysts/investors meet on Thursday. At the same time, the airline is looking to end the current fiscal with around 306 planes in the [...]

Canara Bank on Thursday said it has sold its stake in Russian joint venture Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL) to the other venture partner State Bank of India (SBI) for about Rs 121.29 crore. CIBL, incorporated in 2003, is a joint venture in Russia between SBI (60 per cent) and Canara Bank (40 per cent). [...]

Patel Engineering Ltd has emerged as the successful bidder for Dibang Multipurpose Project worth Rs 3,637.12 crore in Arunachal Pradesh, which will be undertaken in a joint venture. The company's share in this order is Rs 1,818.56 crore, according to a regulatory filing. "Patel Engineering Ltd (PEL) has emerged as L1 bidder in financial bid [...]

Fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday said it has given approval under the green channel route to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for acquiring a stake in Lenskart Solutions Pvt Ltd (LSPL). Under the green channel route, wherein a transaction, which does not raise any risk of an appreciable adverse effect on competition, [...]

Markets regulator Sebi has settled with Morgan Stanley France SA a case of an alleged violation of securities norms after payment of a settlement amount. The matter pertains to certain trades in long-dated Nifty options between Reliance Strategic Investments Ltd and Morgan Stanley France SA done back in 2017. The case has been settled upon [...]

IT services and consulting firm Accenture will lay off 2.5 per cent or 19,000 employees over a period of the next one and half years, the company said in a regulatory filing. Accenture currently employs over 7 lakh people and is estimated to have the largest employee base of 3 lakh people in India. "While [...]

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd on Thursday said its board will next week consider and approve the fifth interim dividend for FY'23. The announcement comes days after Vedanta Resources which is a majority shareholder of Vedanta Ltd stating that it has enough means to meet debt repayment liabilities in the coming quarters as it looked to [...]

Srinivasan Services Trust, the social arm of automobile major TVS Motor Company and auto-component maker Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, has invested more than Rs 21 crore over the last six years towards water conservation efforts in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the company said on Thursday. Srinivasan Services Trust has also planned to invest over Rs 10 crore [...]

Specialty chemicals company Aether Industries on Thursday said it has signed an initial pact with the Gujarat government to set up new manufacturing plants at its Panoli Site with an investment of around Rs 1,000 crore. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to this effect, Aether Industries said [...]

Jio-bp, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Ltd and bp for fuel retailing, will install EV charging stations across all residential projects of Piramal Realty in Mumbai, the companies said on Thursday. "As part of this partnership, customers and visitors to Piramal's residential projects will be able to charge their electric vehicles seamlessly at Jio-bp [...]

IT services major Infosys on Thursday announced the retirement of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as independent director of the board, effective March 22, 2023, upon completion of her tenure. Infosys board has appointed D Sundaram as the lead independent director of the company, effective March 23, 2023 based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, [...]

A former unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom will supply 4 shiploads of LNG to state-owned GAIL (India) Ltd for the first time since it halted supplies in May last year, Union minister Rameswar Teli said on Thursday. Sefe Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte Ltd (SMTS), erstwhile Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore Pte Ltd, will [...]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered into a pact with French firm McPhy Energy for a long-term partnership to explore opportunities in the emerging green hydrogen market. Green hydrogen is the hydrogen generated by renewable energy or from low-carbon power. It has significantly lower carbon emissions than grey hydrogen. Under this partnership, McPhy will grant [...]

 Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will increase prices of its model range in April to partially offset the impact of "overall inflation and regulatory requirements". The auto major, however, did not share the quantum of the price hike it intends to implement from next month. The company continues to witness increased cost pressure [...]

Air India is looking to enhance collaborations with airports in India and overseas as the Tata Group-owned carrier works on upgrading its systems. The airline has put in place a roadmap under Vihaan.AI for transformation over a five-year period. Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Officer & Global Operations - Airport Operations, on Wednesday, said Air [...]

A promoter entity of Max Financial Services Ltd (MFSL) on Wednesday offloaded the company's shares worth Rs 94 crore through an open market transaction. MFSL is the holding firm for Max Life Insurance company. According to the block deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Max Ventures Investment Holdings sold 14,99,997 shares of [...]

Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, on Wednesday said it has expanded its play in the FMCG segment by launching its range of home and personal care products. RCPL, which has ambitions to be a relevant player in the FMCG segment, will now compete with the leading players [...]

Leading bourses NSE and BSE on Wednesday said they will include Adani Power under the short-term additional surveillance measure (ASM) framework from Thursday. Adani Power is shortlisted in short-term ASM framework Stage-I effective March 23, according to separate circulars available on the exchanges. The move also comes close on the heels of the two exchanges [...]

Walmart Foundation on Wednesday announced its plan to support an additional 1 million smallholder farmers in India, with at least 50 per cent women, in the next five years. The foundation also announced two new grants, which include USD 3 million to TechnoServe for reaching out to 30,000 farmers and 24 farmer producer organisations (FPOs) [...]

Power Finance Corporation has inked a pact with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for a project loan of JPY 2.65 billion or about Rs 165 crore. Under this facility, JBIC has proposed to finance some of PFC's projects which ensure effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and conservation of the global environment. This pact [...]

Chemicals maker Anupam Rasayan India Ltd on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement with the Gujarat government for setting up three new plants in Surat and Bharuch with an investment of Rs 670 crore. The company aims to commission these plants before 2025. "The investment of Rs 670 crore is in line with the strategic [...]

Adani Airports on Wednesday said there is no rethink on the pace of expansion and it was following the investments as per plans submitted to the government, amid the parent group facing certain challenges in recent times. The comments from company's CEO Arun Bansal come against the backdrop of Adani Group facing challenges in the [...]

India's top oil company IOC will invest Rs 61,077 crore in building a petrochemical complex at Paradip in Odisha - its largest ever investment at a single location - as it doubles down on its transition plan. In a statement, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said its board has given "Stage-1 approval for setting up Paradip [...]

Axis Mutual Fund, the seventh largest fund house, is looking to raise at least Rs 50 crore from a new fund offer during the primary subscription period of March 22-April 5. The open-ended S&P 500 ETF fund of funds will invest in exchange-traded funds replicating the S&P 500 index. Vinayak Jayanath will be managing the [...]

Indian dye company Kiri Industries has expressed full confidence in the Singapore International Commercial Court's (SICC) decision and hopes its China-linked partner would honour the "final outcome" of an 8-year old dispute. Kiri, a minority shareholder in Dystar, initiated a legal battle in 2015 against Senda, a subsidiary of China's largest dye firm Longsheng and [...]

Hero MotoCorp on Wednesday said it will increase prices of its model range by around 2 per cent from next month in order to offset the impact of rise in production cost in order to conform to stricter emission norms. The company will make an upward revision in the ex-showroom prices of its select motorcycles [...]

Auto components major Bosch Ltd on Wednesday announced leadership changes with Guruprasad Mudlapur appointed as its Managing Director, and President of the Bosch Group in India with effect from July 1, 2023. He will succeed Soumitra Bhattacharya who will be retiring from Bosch India effective June 30, 2023, after 28 years of service in various [...]

Private lender Bandhan Bank on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ratan Kumar Kesh as its executive director. The bank said in a statement that pursuant to the recommendation of the board, RBI has granted approval of Kesh as ED. The appointment will be effective from March 31, 2023, for a period of three years subject [...]

Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup VoltUp on Wednesday said it has partnered with BSNL for setting up electric vehicles battery swapping stations in the country. Initially, under the partnership battery swapping stations will be set up in four locations across Gurugram, enabling an infrastructure of over 150 charging docks, the company said in a statement. It will [...]