Krishna Kant, Ram Prasad Sahu

Stories by Krishna Kant, Ram Prasad Sahu

How India's pharma growth story fizzled out

How India's pharma growth story fizzled out

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2017

Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.

Watch out for these stocks this monsoon

Watch out for these stocks this monsoon

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2017

What stocks will gain from a normal monsoon?

Jio could slash telcos' FY18 operating profit

Jio could slash telcos' FY18 operating profit

Rediff.com   19 Apr 2017

Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse

Can Idea investors make money?

Can Idea investors make money?

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2017

While UltraTech Cement has been the biggest value creator adding nearly Rs 99,000 crore to its market capitalisation, Grasim Industries has added around Rs 27,000 crore to its market cap.

Move over Swift Dzire, Tata Tigor is here!

Move over Swift Dzire, Tata Tigor is here!

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2017

At Rs 470,000 for the base petrol variant, Tigor is now the cheapest compact sedan in the country

Rs 156,000 crore: Shareholders earned this last year

Rs 156,000 crore: Shareholders earned this last year

Rediff.com   27 Mar 2017

Wonder why corporate India is showering dividends?

Jio's new plans will add to Airtel, Voda's woes

Jio's new plans will add to Airtel, Voda's woes

Rediff.com   22 Feb 2017

Revenues of Airtel and Idea have been hit by falling realisation and analysts said margins would be affected by higher costs.

Karachi, Dhaka bourses set to beat BSE again

Karachi, Dhaka bourses set to beat BSE again

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2016

Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.

Modi govt yet to match UPA's economic record

Modi govt yet to match UPA's economic record

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2016

Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.

India Inc more vulnerable to slowdown than in 2008

India Inc more vulnerable to slowdown than in 2008

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2016

Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2016

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Smaller Tata companies sparkled under Cyrus

Smaller Tata companies sparkled under Cyrus

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2016

Small- and mid-size companies where Cyrus was the chairman did better on bourses than large Tata group companies

Tata saw faster dividend growth under Mistry

Tata saw faster dividend growth under Mistry

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2016

Dividend pay-out by the group companies grew at a compounded annual rate of 15.7% under Cyrus, sharply up from 2.5% in the previous three years

Equity support to Tata group firms slows

Equity support to Tata group firms slows

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2016

There was virtually no incremental equity investment by Tata Sons during Mistry's first two years

Q2 results may not light up the markets this festive season

Q2 results may not light up the markets this festive season

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2016

Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.

Partnership with Jio a virtual merger: Anil Ambani

Partnership with Jio a virtual merger: Anil Ambani

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2016

Ambani said, in the telecom space, the focus will be on debt reduction, and the virtual merger did away with the need for major capex and will help towards this

Shree Cement: Compelling but expensive growth story

Shree Cement: Compelling but expensive growth story

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2016

Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors

Pay bonanza for India Inc's promoters and top managers

Pay bonanza for India Inc's promoters and top managers

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2016

The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years

Why Jio may not bring down your mobile bill

Why Jio may not bring down your mobile bill

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2016

A typical consumer will have to opt for Jio's Rs 499 plan, which is a steep 2.5 times more than what the average user pays at present.

In India, 15 of the top 20 business groups are family-owned!

In India, 15 of the top 20 business groups are family-owned!

Rediff.com   18 Aug 2016

Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.