Dev Chatterjee And Sachin P Mampatta

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India Inc's deal activity at 6-year low

India Inc's deal activity at 6-year low

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2020

Reliance Industries, which sold stake worth $21.7 billion in Jio Platforms, kept the league tables moving in spite of the pandemic.

Ratan Tata to India Inc on layoffs: 'Your definition of ethics?'

Ratan Tata to India Inc on layoffs: 'Your definition of ethics?'

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2020

'These are the people that have worked for you. These are the people who have served you all their careers. You send them out to live in the rain. Is that your definition of ethics when you treat your labour force that way?' the titan asks.

Debt resolution process: Bankers fret over spike in consultants' bills

Debt resolution process: Bankers fret over spike in consultants' bills

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2020

Bankers say debt resolution bills are coming high as resolution professionals are giving the human resources and audit/legal consulting to outside firms to plug all the loopholes.

Number of wilful defaulters was on rise even before lockdown

Number of wilful defaulters was on rise even before lockdown

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2020

Lenders had filed 1,251 cases to recover Rs 24,765.5 crore. Wilful defaulters are the entities that do not pay back money despite the ability to do so. Defaulters above Rs 1 crore were considered for this exercise.

GVK default may singe group firms

GVK default may singe group firms

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2020

The rating was downgraded despite 25 per cent held by stronger partner Indian Hotels, which operates the company's seven properties in India.

Covid-19 impact: Six of the top 10 family-owned businesses in the red

Covid-19 impact: Six of the top 10 family-owned businesses in the red

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2020

Together, the top 10 business groups reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 19,342 crore during the January-March 2020 quarter, as against a profit before tax of around Rs 48,500 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 39,600 crore during the December quarter. While Vedanta was the worst hit. others included Aditya Birla, Bharti, Adani, Mahindra, and Tata.

Expertspeak: How Hinduja fracas can be resolved

Expertspeak: How Hinduja fracas can be resolved

Rediff.com   3 Jul 2020

While the Hinduja brothers - Gopichand, Prakash, and Ashok Hinduja - did not indicate any move to begin talks with Vinoo Hinduja, top Indian lawyers said mediation would help both sides considering that the letter signed by the four brothers cannot trump other legal documents and challenge the validity of a registered will of SP Hinduja.

India Inc on war footing to cut costs, conserve cash

India Inc on war footing to cut costs, conserve cash

Rediff.com   29 Jun 2020

The first spending item on the chopping block is capital expenditure, followed by operating costs and overheads, including sales and marketing expenses.

After 1962 China war stock markets fell 16%, gold 30%

After 1962 China war stock markets fell 16%, gold 30%

Rediff.com   18 Jun 2020

The government was also faced with problems on its balance of payments. It took steps to conserve declining foreign exchange reserves, and began to regulate the production, supply and distribution of gold. It banned forward trading in the yellow metal in November 1962, and introduced gold bonds as well, reveals the RBI's annual report for the year ending June 1963.

A glimpse of how economic activity is picking up

A glimpse of how economic activity is picking up

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2020

While freight traffic has gone up, the Google location data shows more people are stepping out of their homes.

Chinese banks face SBI hurdle in recovering Anil Ambani dues

Chinese banks face SBI hurdle in recovering Anil Ambani dues

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2020

With the State Bank of India moving the National Company Law Tribunal's Delhi bench to enforce the personal guarantees of Ambani, it will delay the recovery of dues by the Chinese banks which won a UK court order in May this year.

How 1996 World Cup is back to haunt FPIs

How 1996 World Cup is back to haunt FPIs

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2020

The ruling mean FPIs cannot seek treaty protection against the new withholding tax that companies are required to deduct at source. The apex court order pertains to when the cricketing bodies of Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka formed a joint committee to conduct the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Google's Rs 836 crore lifeline for Vodafone Idea

Google's Rs 836 crore lifeline for Vodafone Idea

Rediff.com   29 May 2020

Though Google's investment is minuscule and will not move the needle, it will attract other investors to the company and be a morale booster. Pursuing Vodafone Idea would potentially pit Google against Facebook and an increasingly dominant Jio.

Algo traders find relief as volumes stabilise

Algo traders find relief as volumes stabilise

Rediff.com   28 May 2020

The volume of shares traded in the stock market had fallen 28 per cent in April. Turnover, or the value of securities changing hands, fell 12.6 per cent. This trend of falling volumes seems to have stabilised in May.

How the loan default case against Anil Ambani is unfolding

How the loan default case against Anil Ambani is unfolding

Rediff.com   25 May 2020

The dispute between RCom and Chinese banks led by ICBC started after Anil Ambani led company defaulted on its loans to Indian as well as Chinese banks. A British court on May 22 asked Ambani to pay nearly $717 million to three Chinese banks within 21 days.

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

Rediff.com   21 May 2020

Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality". Dev Chatterjee and Raghavendra Kamath report.

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

Rediff.com   21 May 2020

India's biggest firm, Reliance Industries, has decided to cut salaries by 10 per cent in its oil and refining divisions. Several smaller companies like Kajaria Ceramics have followed suit with cuts as high as 40 per cent for those earning more than Rs 50 lakh.

Mumbai gears up as Covid-19 overwhelms health system

Mumbai gears up as Covid-19 overwhelms health system

Rediff.com   19 May 2020

With projections suggesting the number of cases in the city will touch 75,000 by the end of May, civic authorities are working overtime to add to the number of beds.

The businessman who got richer during the lockdown

The businessman who got richer during the lockdown

Rediff.com   8 May 2020

Radhakishan Damani is the only billionaire to see his wealth grow by around 20% during the lockdown.

COVID-19: India Inc asks RBI for one-time loan recast

COVID-19: India Inc asks RBI for one-time loan recast

Rediff.com   21 Apr 2020

The one-time restructuring of loans will help every firm and prevent cost-cutting measures such as lay-offs.