Sensex crashed over 1,000 points on Friday afternoon due to profit-booking and a decline in the share prices of blue-chip Reliance Industries, wiping out gains made in initial trading. Nifty too fell 275 points or 1.22% since yesterday’s closing.
Category: Business
Troubles mount for Byju’s: NCLT issues notice on Oppo’s insolvency plea
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Bengaluru issued notice in an insolvency plea filed by mobile phone manufacturer Oppo against embattled ed-tech company Byju’s. The plea is now likely to come up for hearing again in the last week of May, as the tribunal will go on a summer break from May 3. OPPO Mobiles filed a...
127-year-old Godrej empire splits Into Two
The founding family of 127-year-old Godrej Group, which spans from soaps, home appliances to real estate, has decided to split the conglomerate, with Adi Godrej and his brother Nadir keeping Godrej Industries that has five listed firms, while cousins Jamshyd and Smita getting unlisted Godrej & Boyce and its affiliates as well as a land...
Patanjali Foods gets show cause notice for GST dues
Patanjali Foods has been served a show cause notice by the GST intelligence department, asking the company to explain why input tax credit worth Rs 27.46 crore should not be recovered from it. The Yoga guru Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved Group firm, which is mainly into the edible oil business, has received the notice from the...
Jio Cinema plan: Less than Rs 1 per day subscription? Mukesh Ambani’s company’s latest offer
Now stream as cheaply as possible, and that too without ads! Reliance Jio has launched JioCinema Premium, offering a wide range of premium content starting at just Rs 29 per month. Now, you can enjoy premium content for less than a rupee per day, including IPL, Game of Thrones, and a wide range of cartoons. Mukesh Ambani has made premium...
Power Grid shares surge 4% on winning transmission system projects
In early trade on April 18, the share price of Power Grid Corporation of India surged by nearly 4 percent following the company’s successful bid in tariff-based competitive bidding for establishing inter-State transmission systems. These projects will be executed on a build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) basis. The bid for transmission projects in Rajasthan and Gujarat....
Elon’s Starlink one step away from getting greenlit in India with in-principle govt nod
Days before his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India, Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture Starlink has received an in-principle approval from the telecom ministry. This approval clears a critical hurdle that the venture has been facing for almost three-and-a-half years. The approval process is now at the desk of communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, awaiting final vetting by the...
Sensex, Nifty tumble as conflict in West Asia spooks investors
Stock markets took a beating on Monday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty tumbling over 1 per cent as escalating conflict in the West Asia and weak trends from global markets unnerved investors. Falling for the second session in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 845.12 points or 1.14 per cent to settle at a...
Elon Musk’s India visit to last 48 hours, may unveil plans for Starlink service
Tesla Inc. chief Elon Musk’s much-awaited India visit will last around 48 hours during which the billionaire will make mega announcements, including plans to start Starlink services in India, sources told CNBC-TV18 on April 12. The channel reported that Musk will be in India on April 21 and 22 and the Tesla CEO and his team will...
HAL gets Rs 65K cr MoD tender for 97 more Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets
In what could be the government’s largest-ever purchase of indigenously-built military equipment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) a request for proposal (RfP) for 97 Tejas Mark 1A fighter aircraft. A HAL spokesperson has confirmed that the defence public-sector undertaking (DPSU) has been given three months to respond to the MoD’s...









