Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, increased its spectrum holding by 55% after it spent over Rs 57,000 cr in the just concluded auction, and will seen an increase in its 4G speeds in coming days. The company emerged as the biggest spender in the auction, and has reportedly purchased spectrum worth nearly twice the […]
GAIL (India) Limited, India’s largest pipeline operator, said it has taken a 5% stake in Indian Gas Exchange or IGX. It is not clear whether the investment is into fresh shares or whether the purchase is those of shares belonging to an existing shareholder. However, GAIL said it signed a share purchase and shareholders agreement […]
Following automakers like Honda, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, Kia Motors, MG Motor and Renaut, Tata Motors too has announced a decision to increase vehicle prices from next month. However, unlike most others, Tata Motors will increase prices for commercial vehicles only, while leaving passenger vehicles alone for now. Around half of the […]
Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s largest makers of tractors, said it plans to increase the prices of its tractors from January 1 to offset increasing commodity prices. “Details of the price increase across different models will be communicated in due course,” it said. The move comes in the wake of record sales of tractors […]
Reliance Jio, whose entry into wireless telecom decimated the competition, seems to be all set to repeat its performance in the wired broadband space. The company added a whopping 3.03 lakh wired connections and 2.7 lakh fiber broadband connections in the month of September. Before this, the record for the highest number of wired broadband […]
Coromandel International Limited, which makes the famous GROMOR brand of fertilizers, reported strong financial performance for the Apr-Jun quarter, indicating that farming activity in South India continued apace even during the COVID-19 lockdown. The company reported a whopping 51% jump in its revenue for the Apr-Jun quarter compared to the same three months of 2019. […]
Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of Kerala — a region with one of the highest success rates in arresting Coronavirus spread anywhere in the world — today warned the people of the state about a possible famine-like situation if the infection gets out of hand in other parts of India. Kerala, with one of the highest […]
eNAM, the electronic National Agricultural Market that was unveiled three-and-a-half years ago, has seen the total cumulative turnover on its platform hit Rs 84,842, Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. He said a total of 1.65 cr farmers in 18 states and union territories have been brought onto to the electronic agricultural commodity trading platform. […]
Retail chain V-Mart announced the opening of two new stores, one each in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, taking its total tally to 218. With this, V-Mart has its operations in 172 cities across 17 states in the country. The retailer has 13 stores in West Bengal and 86 stores in Uttar Pradesh. The company […]
Tata Global Beverages Ltd, a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Tata Group, said it entered into a non-binding agreement to acquire the branded tea business of the Kolkata-based Dhunseri Tea and Industries Ltd for Rs 101 crore. A non binding contract is an agreement in which the parties are not legally obligated to carry out […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, said it will increase car prices next month due to increased costs. “Over the past year, the cost of company’s vehicles has been impacted adversely due to increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates, etc. “Hence, it has become imperative for the Company to pass on some impact […]
BSE, formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange, said it has signed an agreement with the Indian unit of global logistics player Brink’s to provide storage for the upcoming gold and silver trading platform of the BSE. As part of the agreement, BSE will recognize some of Brink’s India’s vaulting in India as BSE storage and […]
Singapore-based agricultural commodity player Wilmar International has taken a controlling stake in Shree Renuka Sugars, one of India’s largest sugar companies that was saddled with high levels of debt. As of December 30, both the Indian promoter and Wilmar had a stake of just above 27% with about 257 mln shares each. On Friday, the […]
State-owned telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will increase the speed cap on all its DSL and Fiber broadband plans to 10 Mbps. At present, most plans have a speed cap of 4 Mbps. However, higher speeds will be available only in areas which are relatively close to the telephone exchange. For example, the ADSL […]
India’s biggest wireless data provider Reliance Jio unveiled a new set of plans as it continues to migrate its customers towards paid plans. The key difference between the new plans and the previous Dhan Dhana Dhan offer is that the new plans offer double validity for the recharges, while the earlier plan offered triple validity. […]
The Aditya Birla Group said it got the approval of the Company Law Tribunal for the merger of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd and Grasim industries Ltd and the listing of Aditya Birla Financial Services Ltd. The approval was obtained from the Ahmedabad bench. “The approved Scheme has been filed with the BSE and the NSE. […]
Faced with the prospect of lower-than-expected production of sugar in the ongoing season due to drought, the government has imposed stock curbs on dealers to prevent speculation and hoarding, the food and consumer affairs ministry said today. “With the objective of keeping the sugar prices at reasonable level and to ensure smooth supply of sugar […]
Patanjali Ayurved, the consumer products company headed by yoga exponent Baba Ramdev, has scaled up its agreement with Ruchi Soya, which has been facing financial stress due to high debt levels. Ruchi Soya said the two companies have agreed to expand their initial agreement — signed last month — to two Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat […]
The spraying of urea, the most widely consumed fertilizer in India, with Neem oil is helping to increase the output of crops by about 10% on average, according to statistics produced by the food and agricultural ministry. The ministry found a 5.8% increase in paddy yield after the use of sprayed urea and increase of […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company, reported disappointing results for the third quarter due to the impact of Reliance Jio’s 4G offering. The company reported net profit of 504 cr, which is about half of the consensus estimate on the Street. The revenue was 23,364 cr, which was also below average estimate of 24,000 cr. […]
