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Previously, Indian satellite players — an industry still very much in its nascent stage — were constrained by reliance solely on domestic orbital resources, which often proved to be limited and costly. However, with the new IN-SPACe guidelines, Indian entities can now leverage surplus international satellite capacities to deliver satcom services at competitive rates, promising better services and affordability for end-consumers.

The founding family of 127-year-old Godrej Group, which deals in soaps to aerospace to real estate, has reached an agreement to split the conglomerate.

Indegene Ltd, a healthcare tech firm focused on the global life sciences industry, on Monday said it has fixed the price band at Rs 430 to Rs 452 per...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has headed to China on Sunday on a surprise visit to the nation, which also is the second biggest market of the electric vehicle giant, Reuters reported citing two people with knowledge of the matter. Musk's visit to China comes a week after his visit to India was postponed due to 'Tesla obligations.' He was scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announce plans to enter the Indian market.

The study found that the more narcissistic the manager, the more likely they were to hire a narcissistic executive. And as these narcissists yearn to dominate each other, the internal conflicts inadvertently lead to team fluctuations. This diminished inability to retain employees can incur significant costs to the company, the researchers emphasised.

Country's largest software services company TCS on Friday reported a 9.1 per cent growth in its March quarter net profit at Rs 12,434 crore. The Tata Group company's post tax profit during the January-March period last year stood at Rs 11,392 crore. In the fiscal year 2023-24, the company's net profit grew 9 per cent to Rs 45,908 crore, as per an exchange filing.

Cigarette maker Godfrey Phillips India on Friday said it has decided to exit from its loss-making retail business 24Seven. The board of the company in a meeting held on Friday "decided to exit from carrying out the business operations of its Retail Business Division," said a regulatory update from Godfrey Phillips India. Godfrey Phillips India was operating 150 stores/kiosks of 24Seven as of December 2023.

Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea on Friday announced a follow-on public offer of up to Rs 18,000 crore at a price band of Rs 10-11 per share, marking the biggest FPO in the country. The fundraise -- which comes close on the heels of a Rs 2,075-crore fund infusion by Aditya Birla group via a preferential share issue earlier this month, would give the ailing telco the firepower to improve its positioning in the Indian telecom market, where it currently trails larger rivals such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, by a wide margin.

Realty firm Godrej Properties on Tuesday reported a 84 per cent increase in sales booking to a record Rs 22,500 crore in the last financial year, on higher volumes amid strong consumer demand for residential properties. Godrej Properties has surpassed the sales booking numbers of Bengaluru-based Prestige Group, which on Monday reported pre-sales of Rs 21,040 crore during the last fiscal year.

Birla Pivot, a B2B e-commerce platform for building materials of the Aditya Birla Group, is targetting revenue of USD 1 billion in the next three years, according to a top company official. The platform, a business unit of Grasim Industries, has crossed Rs 1,000 crore revenue in its first year of operations in FY24, the company said in a regulatory filing on Monday.

The Piramal Group on Monday announced a Rs 110-crore investment into Biodeal Pharmaceuticals. The contract development and manufacturing company will deploy the funds infused by Piramal Alternatives for improving its infrastructure and capacities, technology upgrade and a nutraceuticals manufacturing facility, as per an official statement. The infusion is done through convertible instruments from Piramal Alternatives' Performing Credit Fund, it said.

, The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) not to terminate the concession agreement of an IL&FS group entity -- Baleshwar Kharagpur Expressway Ltd, and take appropriate measures for its insolvency resolution. The appellate tribunal said the resolution of Baleshwar Kharagpur Expressway Ltd (BKEL), a SPV set up by IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited (ITNL), "is in final stages" and any termination at this stage would "further complicate" the process.

Auto components major Bharat Forge on Wednesday announced the elevation of Amit Kalyani, son of its Chairman and MD Babasaheb N Kalyani, as Vice-Chairman and Joint Managing Director of the company. The board of directors of the company in its meeting held on April 3, 2024, approved the re-appointment of Amit Kalyani as a whole-time director designated as "Vice-Chairman and Joint Managing Director" for a further term of five years commencing from May 11, 2024 till May 10, 2029, Bharat Forge said in a regulatory filing.

Amid flight cancellations due to non-availability of crew, Vistara's top officials on Wednesday held a meeting with pilots where discussions were held on new contracts and rostering issues, according to sources. The Tata Group airline cancelled around 26 flights on Wednesday, the sources in the know said. The sources said top officials of Vistara, including CEO Vinod Kannan, held a virtual meeting with pilots to discuss their problems.

Online food delivery platform Zomato said it has received a service tax demand and penalty order aggregating over Rs 184 crore, and will file an appeal against it before an appropriate authority. The demand order has been received for non-payment of service tax for the period October 2014 to June 2017 determined on the basis of certain sales made by the foreign subsidiaries and branches of the company to its customers located outside India, the company said in a late night regulatory filing.

Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Vistara to submit a daily report on flight cancellations and delays, and the situation is also being monitored by the civil aviation ministry, amid non-availability of pilots causing flight disruptions for the airline. A day after the carrier announced reducing operations due to non-availability of crew and other operational reasons, sources on Tuesday said some commanders as well as first officers of its A320 fleet are also reporting sick to protest pay revisions due to signing of new contracts.

It’s been a fairly bland fiscal year for top-listed FMCG majors like – HUL, Marico, Britannia and more who have been awaiting a consumption uptick. But macro factors like inflation are not the only reason for their troubles. Top listed players seem to be losing premium customers to global peers and digital-first brands, apart from mass customers to regional and smaller brands.

Realty firm Prestige Estates Projects Ltd has raised Rs 2,001 crore from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Kotak AIF to develop housing projects across four major cities, as part of its expansion plan. In a regulatory filing on Monday, Prestige Group said the company, through its subsidiaries, has "entered into a landmark deal with ADIA and Kotak AIF for Rs 2,001 crore (around USD 240 million) to capitalise on growth opportunities in the residential sector".

In the first collaboration between rival billionaires, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has picked up a 26 per cent stake in a Madhya Pradesh power project of Gautam Adani, and signed a pact to use the plants' 500 MW of electricity for captive use. Reliance will pick up 5 crore equity shares in Mahan Energen Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Power Ltd, of face value Rs 10 at par (Rs 50 crore) and will use 500 MW of generation capacity for captive use, the two firms said in separate stock exchange filings.

The Adani family, the promoter of Ambuja Cements, on Thursday announced an infusion of Rs 6,661 crore, increasing its stake by 3.6 pc to attain 66.7 per cent holding in the country's second largest cement company. The fund's infusion will be instrumental for the cement business of the Adani Group, which has plans to enhance its capacity to 140 million tonnes per annum by 2028, said a statement from billionaire Gautam Adani-owned Ambuja Cements.

Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said its board has approved the appointment of Partho Banerjee as the new head of marketing and sales function with effect from April 1, 2024. He is currently serving as Head - Service. Banerjee replaces Shashank Srivastava who is "transferred from the position of Head Marketing & Sales to Member Executive Committee", the auto major said in a regulatory filing.

While a higher market share used to be heralded as a signal of quality, digitisation has since helped diminish this image. As the cost of online distribution fell, it helped ease the entry of new players into the market, which was highly advantageous for firms with relatively smaller market shares.