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 [...]
Karnataka Industries and Commerce Department on Tuesday said it has cleared a total of 55 investment proposals worth Rs 3,451.24 crore, promising 33,049 employment opportunities. The 139th State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Murugesh R Nirani on Monday to decide [...]
India's merchandise imports are estimated to grow by about 16 per cent to USD 710 billion in this fiscal due to a jump in inbound shipments of crude oil, coal, diamonds, chemicals and electronics, a report by economic think tank GTRI said on Wednesday. The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) also said that the Indian [...]
The economic impact of stimulus given in the US and the Russia-Ukraine war has made investors think of risk aversion which is leading to valuation correction but it is not causing a slowdown in the digital economy, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday. While speaking at India Digital Fest, [...]
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 [...]
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday discontinued the option of payment through demand draft for intermediaries and asked them to pay fees and penalties only through digital mode. The new rule will come into force from April 1, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. The regulator has decided to [...]
The three-day deliberations at the first meeting of the trade and investment working group of G-20 began in the financial capital on Tuesday. Delegates visited the Bharat Diamond Bourse, the largest diamond bourse in the world, and were also briefed about the industry, which exports to the tune of USD 23 billion annually, as per [...]
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 [...]
Competition Commission is conducting inquiries against Amazon, Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy, BookMyShow, Apple, WhatsApp, Facebook (Meta) and Google for alleged anti-competitive practices, the government said on Tuesday. To a query in the Rajya Sabha on whether the government is aware of the fact that anti-competitive practices are indulged by big tech companies like Amazon, Flipkart, Google, [...]
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 [...]
Benchmark indices were trading in the positive territory in early trade on Wednesday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and buying in HDFC twins. The 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 218.68 points to 57,832.40 in initial trade. The broader NSE Nifty climbed 71.5 points to 17,023.20. Among the Sensex firms, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, HCL Technologies, [...]
Sebi on Tuesday imposed penalties totalling Rs 35.67 crore on PNB Finance and Industries Ltd, Camac Commercial Company Ltd and various other entities, including promoters Samir Jain and Meera Jain who have also been barred from the securities market. Apart from the market ban, Samir Jain and Meera Jain have been restrained from holding any [...]
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 [...]
Toll road operators are likely to log in lower top line growth at 9-11 per cent in 2023-24 compared to a robust 16-18 per cent rise in revenue this fiscal, says a report. In a report on Tuesday, rating agency Crisil said the jump of 16-18 per cent in revenue this fiscal will be on [...]
Japan on Tuesday committed Rs 7,084.5 crore to India for three infrastructure projects, including Patna Metro Rail Construction Project and Rajasthan Water Sector Livelihood Improvement Project. Notes in this regard were exchanged between Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs and Japan Ambassador to India Suzuki Hiroshi, an official statement said. Japan would [...]
Insurance regulator Irdai has removed the individual ceiling of commission to be paid by insurers for the sale of their products. The board of an insurance company should frame commission policy keeping in mind the interest of the policyholders and agents, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said in a gazette notification [...]
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the country's merchandise and services exports are estimated to cross USD 760 billion in the current fiscal ending March 31. Exports grew to USD 676 billion in 2021-22 from USD 500 billion. Speaking at the annual session of Assocham here, Goyal said that at a time [...]
Capital market regulator Sebi on Tuesday introduced a framework for 'scheme of arrangement' by unlisted stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories. A scheme of arrangement is a court-approved agreement between a company and its shareholders or creditors. At present, there is no specific provision for unlisted Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs) -- stock exchanges, clearing corporations [...]
Two out of America’s top 25 banks have collapsed. Turbulence across the global financial markets has made us think if we are teetering on the edge of another financial crisis, 2008-style. Shares of Credit Suisse plunged on March 14 after material weaknesses were found in its financial reporting. Thereafter, its rival UBS took over the [...]
Even as there is an ongoing global turmoil, hiring intentions in services and manufacturing sectors for the first quarter of 2023-24 are 10 per cent more than the year-ago period, a report said on Tuesday. According to the TeamLease Services' 'Employment Outlook Report' for the Services and Manufacturing sectors for Q1, FY24, despite the ongoing [...]
