Arundhuti Dasgupta And Amritha Pillay

Stories by Arundhuti Dasgupta And Amritha Pillay

Adani Power looks at debt refinance to reduce cost

Adani Power looks at debt refinance to reduce cost

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2019

Adani Power expects to reduce its annual interest cost to Rs 1,900 crore, from the current Rs 3,800 crore through low cost funding.

India's manufacturing capacity utilisation declines to the lowest ever

India's manufacturing capacity utilisation declines to the lowest ever

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2019

Industry players said they were indeed seeing a serious fall in capacity usage, though some sectors were seeming to prevent further fall in the overall capacity utilisation.

Infra developers in wait and watch mode in new Uddhav-led coalition govt

Infra developers in wait and watch mode in new Uddhav-led coalition govt

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2019

Shiv Sena has so far expressed concerns over car shed for the city's planned metro network, the bullet train and the West Coast refinery projects.

India Inc is hiring more contract workers these days

India Inc is hiring more contract workers these days

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2019

Lower cost and easier termination may well be among the reasons that companies seek to have employees on contract. The share of employees on contract has increased to 57.3 per cent of the total workforce this year as compared to 53.7 per cent in the previous year.

Why India Inc is unwilling to hire women

Why India Inc is unwilling to hire women

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2019

The lack of a strong diversity policy on the part of companies, a limited pool of women candidates as well as socio-cultural factors contribute to their low numbers.

Refining margins may boost RIL's earnings

Refining margins may boost RIL's earnings

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2019

10 analysts estimated RIL's consolidated net profit at Rs 11,256 crore and nine analysts estimated revenue at Rs 1.5 trillion.

How brands are fighting back as global crises hit home

How brands are fighting back as global crises hit home

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2019

Trust today means more than the belief that a brands' products will work as advertised; consumers want to believe that the company truly cares for its customers.

Gautam Thapar, three others banned from markets over CG Power fraud

Gautam Thapar, three others banned from markets over CG Power fraud

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2019

Sebi said Thapar-promoted and -related entities owed Rs 1,723.19 crore as receivables to the company, while connected parties owed another Rs 462.74 crore.

Why the cosmos fascinates us

Why the cosmos fascinates us

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2019

The fascination for the skies and what lies beyond has fathered an expansive stockpile of astronomical myths and legends and in India, also an elaborate astrological system, notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.

Credit Suisse downgrades RIL to underperform

Credit Suisse downgrades RIL to underperform

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2019

The brokerage reduced its target price for the company to Rs 995 per share from Rs 1,350 apiece. Credit Suisse said RIL's liabilities increased from $19 billion to $65 billion in four years.

RIL looks to revive upstream biz

RIL looks to revive upstream biz

Rediff.com   5 Aug 2019

With two of its clusters - R-Series and Satellite Series - likely to start production in the next two years, the company looks to turn around production from this business.

MDs on 'forced' leave, but its business as usual for ICRA and Care Ratings

MDs on 'forced' leave, but its business as usual for ICRA and Care Ratings

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2019

The reason for both the officials being sent on leave is the same - an anonymous complaint received by the market regulator against the agency.

Anil Ambani's RInfra staring at yet another legal hurdle

Anil Ambani's RInfra staring at yet another legal hurdle

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2019

RInfra's plan to lease out headquarters property may face legal hurdle. Moreover, PE players with balance sheets that can take on Reliance Centre Office in Santacruz would be limited and include a handful of players such as Blackstone group, GIC, Brookfield Asset Management and Maplewood Investments.

Anil Ambani on why there's sharp fall in his group firm shares

Anil Ambani on why there's sharp fall in his group firm shares

Rediff.com   19 Jun 2019

He said unwarranted rumour-mongering, speculation, and bear hammering of all Reliance Group companies shares over the last few weeks had caused grave damage to all our stakeholders.

Why infra firms in Andhra are staring at a bleak future

Why infra firms in Andhra are staring at a bleak future

Rediff.com   4 Jun 2019

Bhogapuram international airport, Ramayapatnam and Bandar ports, the Muktyala lift irrigation scheme and a bridge across the Krishna river are some of the projects likely to be hit.

Plan to make Maharashtra drought-free by 2019 fails miserably

Plan to make Maharashtra drought-free by 2019 fails miserably

Rediff.com   30 May 2019

Despite Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' ambitious plan, 40 per cent of the state is reeling from drought and its water tanker economy is booming. As of February 2019, the state government declared drought in 151 of the 358 talukas.

What our leaders need to learn from the epics

What our leaders need to learn from the epics

Rediff.com   18 May 2019

'Gods are deceitful too and villains can be upright upholders of the law.' 'Perhaps political leaders of all shades would benefit from these lessons instead of declaring themselves upholders of a dharma that means different things to different people,' points out Arundhuti Dasgupta.

India's 13 biggest cos saw 121 deaths due to accidents

India's 13 biggest cos saw 121 deaths due to accidents

Rediff.com   1 May 2019

The 13 firms under consideration had nearly a million employees as of March 2018, including contractual and temporary workforce.

Why FY19 was the busiest for RIL's M&A team in 10 years

Why FY19 was the busiest for RIL's M&A team in 10 years

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2019

Reflective of the conglomerate's ambition to turn into a consumer-driven business, most of the 33 acquisitions in the last financial year were for its digital, retail, or related verticals.

RIL-Aramco deal fits well for both their future strategies

RIL-Aramco deal fits well for both their future strategies

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

Aramco also plans to invest in building India's largest oil refinery on the country's west coast.