Nivedita Mookerji And Dev Chatterjee

Stories by Nivedita Mookerji And Dev Chatterjee

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.

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.

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.

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.

'Corona is a wake up call for all of us'

'Corona is a wake up call for all of us'

Rediff.com   23 May 2020

'I'm not surprised with what's happening in India,' 'Tiger' Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji.

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.

What Telecom Man reveals about India's business-politics links

What Telecom Man reveals about India's business-politics links

Rediff.com   16 May 2020

'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man.

Does Modi have a coronavirus war room?

Does Modi have a coronavirus war room?

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2020

Nivedita Mookerji goes in search of the elusive war room to track and respond to the coronavirus threat.

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.

Weak Rs to make India Inc's foreign debt repayment costly

Weak Rs to make India Inc's foreign debt repayment costly

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2020

RBI is expecting the rupee to stay close to Rs 75 to a dollar, as COVID-19 forces foreign funds to withdraw from emerging markets.

Why did e-commerce services get choked in India?

Why did e-commerce services get choked in India?

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2020

A single format and simpler, uniform rules would have kept the service going. In other parts of the world including in the US, managing demand and capacities along with ensuring preventive measures were an issue, but there was hardly any administrative hurdle anywhere.

India's retail king in BIG trouble

India's retail king in BIG trouble

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2020

Though Kishore Biyani is selling stakes in group companies to pay off debt, a significant share price crash since January this year is making his task difficult.

To keep essentials flowing Centre widens grocery inclusions

To keep essentials flowing Centre widens grocery inclusions

Rediff.com   4 Apr 2020

In the last one week several companies have had to face the hurdle of making a distinction between what's essential and what's not. To help them the government has now clarified that grocery would include hygiene products such as hand wash, soaps, disinfectants, body wash, shampoo, surface cleaners, detergents, tissue paper, toothpaste, oral care, sanitary pads, diapers, chargers and battery cells, etc.

India Inc asks new recruits to 'stay home'

India Inc asks new recruits to 'stay home'

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2020

Many firms have asked those joining on April 1 to delay their on-boarding by 2-3 months. The outlook for the airline, tourism, hotel, and media industries is bleak too.

India Post calls to say you've got mail

India Post calls to say you've got mail

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2020

Changing with the times and in compliance with social distancing norms, customers are now picking up their parcels, speed posts and registered letters within the city themselves after they are informed on phone.

Rupee crash, Covid-19 to make India Inc's overseas debt repayments costlier

Rupee crash, Covid-19 to make India Inc's overseas debt repayments costlier

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2020

Indian companies will have to repay overseas debt worth $7.5 billion in the June quarter.

L&T plans to cut debt by Rs 30,000 crore

L&T plans to cut debt by Rs 30,000 crore

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2020

To sell off L&T IDPL, Nabha Power; transfer Hyderabad Metro to an InvIT.

Adani group joins race to buy Air India, may submit EoI by March

Adani group joins race to buy Air India, may submit EoI by March

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2020

Apart from the Adani group, the Tata group, the Hinduja group, Indigo and a New York-based fund, Interups, are expected to submit EoIs.