T E Narasimhan, Gireesh Babu &Amp;Amp; Surajeet Das Gupta

Stories by T E Narasimhan, Gireesh Babu &Amp;Amp; Surajeet Das Gupta

Airtel and Jio go head to head in battle for 5G

Airtel and Jio go head to head in battle for 5G

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2021

The Big Two telecom companies have accelerated their moves towards this next-gen technology, though they have chosen very different routes to getting there.

Why auto sales in January hit speed brake

Why auto sales in January hit speed brake

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2021

Shortage of semiconductors, price hikes pull January auto sales into red. Dec had seen sales grow for 1st time this FY, which dealers called a one-off.

TVS group all set for mega restructuring

TVS group all set for mega restructuring

Rediff.com   28 Jan 2021

The restructuring, which will involve nine listed companies, including TVS Motor, Sundaram Clayton, Sundram Fasteners, TVS Electronics and TVS Srichakra, among others, will give each family group complete ownership of businesses they manage while scrapping the holding company.

Pegatron to assemble Apple iPhones in Tamil Nadu, after Foxconn

Pegatron to assemble Apple iPhones in Tamil Nadu, after Foxconn

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2021

The company is planning to invest Rs 1,100 crore in the new mobile phone manufacturing facility.

Isro all set to launch space-themed merchandise

Isro all set to launch space-themed merchandise

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2021

Isro will rope in industry to manufacture customised Isro-theme T-shirts, coffee mugs, posters, key chains, games, jigsaw puzzle and so on.

How Sunil Vachani plans to take Dixon Tech global

How Sunil Vachani plans to take Dixon Tech global

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2021

Today, Vachani's public-listed company, Dixon Technologies, has gone beyond manufacturing just television sets. Armed with private equity funding from Motilal Oswal eight years ago, it has transformed itself into a Rs 4,400 crore electronic manufacturing services major, which now straddles lighting products, home appliances, feature phones, LED bulbs, amongst others. A two-part series looks at how two home-grown manufacturers are leveraging the govt's production-linked incentive scheme.

Post Covid, 2-wheeler EV firms see steady growth

Post Covid, 2-wheeler EV firms see steady growth

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2021

EV players suggest a reduction in the goods and services tax on batteries from 18 to 5 per cent as it would help push demand.

TTK Prestige,India's kitchen 'king' aims to double capacity by FY21

TTK Prestige,India's kitchen 'king' aims to double capacity by FY21

Rediff.com   28 Dec 2020

The company has also set a target of achieving Rs 5,000 crore in the next four years, while for the current fiscal the company expect around 15-18 per cent growth in revenue.

Is Reliance Jio's 5G plan realistic?

Is Reliance Jio's 5G plan realistic?

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2020

Surajeet Das Gupta explains why Mukesh Ambani's target is by no means impossible.

New rules will make Ola, Uber's life tougher

New rules will make Ola, Uber's life tougher

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2020

Just a few weeks ago, the Centre has come out with the long-awaited Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, which have drawn a dismayed response from the companies concerned.

Wistron: 'We made mistakes as we expanded'

Wistron: 'We made mistakes as we expanded'

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2020

iPhone SE 2020 is one of the popular phones like Apple 11, which is the biggest seller in the domestic market.

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2020

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.

Sovereign fund flow: India replaces China as most sought-after destination

Sovereign fund flow: India replaces China as most sought-after destination

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2020

In the year 2020 to date, these funds deployed capital worth a record $14.8 billion in India, which is nearly three times more than what they have put in China - $4.5 billion.

Will Reliance be real estate's new disruptor?

Will Reliance be real estate's new disruptor?

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2020

A stake sale of Reliance's real estate portfolio would help it raise anything between $1-5 billion and could be one of the triggers for the company's shares to break out.

COVID-19 infects IIT-Madras; forces shutdown

COVID-19 infects IIT-Madras; forces shutdown

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2020

A total of 774 students are on the campus and most of those who were infected were residents of Krishna and Jamuna hostels.

How family-owned TVS group's ownership model will change

How family-owned TVS group's ownership model will change

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2020

The TVS family has been engaged, for more than a century, in a diverse range of businesses through various entities in which the branches of the TVS family have invested in or through T V Sundaram Iyengar & Sons, Sundaram Industries, and Southern Roadways - collectively referred to as the TVS Holding Companies.

Sunil Mittal's son Shravin ups his reputation as VC investor

Sunil Mittal's son Shravin ups his reputation as VC investor

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2020

Shravin Mittal's venture capital firm, Unbound Advisors, has made investments worth over $500 million so far

Next gen from Apollo Tyres family floats trucking start-up

Next gen from Apollo Tyres family floats trucking start-up

Rediff.com   10 Dec 2020

The solution works on the pricing and scheduling algorithms that define key parameters necessary for most efficiently matching the supply and demand of freight and trucks.

Nokia starts manufacturing next generation 5G equipment at Chennai facility

Nokia starts manufacturing next generation 5G equipment at Chennai facility

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2020

Nokia said it was the first to manufacture the 5G New Radio in India, and it is now producing Nokia AirScale massive Multiple Input Multiple Output solution at the facility.

US-China trade war a silver lining for India's garment exporters

US-China trade war a silver lining for India's garment exporters

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2020

Exporters say their capacity utilisation has reached almost 70 per cent and that big firms have brought it up to as high as 85 per cent.