External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to hold separate bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang and Russia's Sergey Lavrov at a beach resort in Goa on Thursday on the sidelines of a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) amid rapidly evolving regional security situation.
The annual shareholders' meet resembled a rock concert in an indoor stadium with associates cheering like crazy fans.
Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji on Monday said the pandemic has been a "magnifying glass" for structural inequities and injustices that exclude millions of citizens from a life of basic dignity, and has made clear the fundamental role of public systems.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
The team met with the newly-elected officials of the BCCI.
Cracking the whip, the BCCI terminated the contract of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for non-payment of bank guarantee, thus abruptly ending the controversial Kerala team's association with the cash-rich league after just one year.
Production has been severely hit at the first plant in Manesar since August 29 when the management prevented workers from entering the unit without signing a 'good conduct bond' after alleged 'sabotage' and deliberate quality compromise on cars.
The Editors Guild of India is 'deeply shocked' and 'seriously concerned' at the increasing number of reports detailing the pernicious practice of publishing 'paid news' by some newspapers and television channels, especially during recent elections.
Connor's nomination was announced by her predecessor, Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara, at the Annual General Meeting last year but she had to wait for a year to take charge due to COVID-19.
The crowd at the Confederation of Indian Industry's annual general meeting and national conference 2012 merely issued a round of half-hearted applause, though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had earlier hinted a rate cut was in the offing in the next 'half an hour'.
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is working on a fresh business plan that could alter its funding requirements. Addressing shareholder queries at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, Vi chairman Himanshu Kapania said the exact amount will be worked out upon submission of a new business plan. "The management is working on a new business plan and will come to the board with the funding requirements," Kapania told shareholders in his first AGM as chairman.
Exuding confidence that India will be able to come out of every difficult situation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the country needs to be ever ready to respond to external shocks on real time basis.
The government is proposing to ban distribution of gifts and food coupons at the Annual General Meetings of companies, as these activities distract shareholders from serious business.
Videocon VCR recommends Dividend of Rs 0.50 per share for FY-02.
Taking over from Avishek Dalmiya as the CAB president, Snehasish said they still share a "cordial relationship" as he hoped the 38-year-old veteran returns to his homeland.
Amid media reports that Sunil Gavaskar is dropped from the Indian Premier League's Governing council, BCCI president Shashank Manohar clarified that a decision on the former India captain being retained is yet to be taken.
Lalit Modi's fall from grace was complete on Wednesday when he was ousted from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which revealed more financial irregularities by him.
Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan on Tuesday retained unopposed their posts of Cricket Board president and secretary respectively with the closing of nominations ahead of Wednesday's 81st AGM.
The BCCI has called an Emergent Working Committee Meeting on November 18 to discuss the scheduling of its Annual General Meeting which has been postponed by four weeks after President-in-exile N Srinivasan was named by the Supreme Court in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Tata Sons, believes that the Digital India Act is a necessity. "The Digital India Act is a necessity because so much has changed over the decades since the original Information Technology (IT) Act was put in place. I am glad the government is developing a participative approach to developing the Digital Act," he said, while answering shareholders at TCS' 27th annual general meeting. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar a few months ago had said that the government would shortly roll out the Digital India Act - a renewed policy for the digital ecosystem and cyberspace in the country.
Ratan Tata's comments come after another Indian automotive company, Mahindra & Mahindra, is in the process of taking over South Korean auto maker Ssangyong Motor Company, expected to be done by November.
Shareholders bid adieu to the co-founder and chairman who will retire in August.
In a dramatic turn of events in May 2019, an Emirates aircraft en-route to Dubai was asked to stop while it was taxiing for a take off in Mumbai. The pilot was given no reason and ordered to immediately return to the parking bay. As the aircraft returned to the terminal, two passengers from the first class - Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita - were offloaded by the immigration authorities, who said the duo cannot leave the country. Goyal, founder of Jet Airways, was stunned. The man, who ruled the aviation sector for two and a half decades with an iron hand, did not expect to be offloaded in this fashion.
Mukesh Ambani's AGM speeches indicate a trail of forgotten promises and projects that have not ended up as envisaged.
The ICC is planning to do away with the rotation policy for appointing presidents and cricket's world governing body is likely to deliberate on the proposal in its annual general meeting later this month in Hong Kong.
RIL had earlier decided not to pursue the cash-and-carry model due to a number of reasons, including a growing unrest towards organised retail.
In 2009, Reliance Communications' net worth exceeded Rs 37,000 crore (Rs 370 billion) making it one of the top three companies in India.
Strong macroeconomic headwinds causing turbulence in the $245-billion Indian IT industry are yet to calm down. Top Indian IT services companies are likely to post a decline or just marginal growth in sequential revenue in Q1FY24 because of a soft discretionary spending environment. Though the first quarter is seasonally strong for IT firms, "June 2023 will be an exception", according to analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities.
Ambani family truce unlocks RIL growth potential.
The government on Friday admitted that providing more and better jobs to the young still remained a challenge, even as the Indian economy was back on a high growth path after hit by the global financial crisis for two years.
M&M recently roared past Tata Motors in auto sales for the first time.
After steering the company for 21 years, Tata will pass on the leadership baton to his successor designate and present deputy chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry in December, when Tata turns 75.
It was a replay of the annual general meetings of the cable companies of the M P Birla group last month even as the Birla side raised "illegalities" in the latest poll results.
Giovanni Bisignani, CEO of International Air Transport Association, said Delhi and Mumbai airports were one of the worst contributors to the crisis, for their 207 per cent hike in charges. "There is no room for this nonsense in our future. When demand drops, suppliers cannot divide the same costs among fewer customers. The shape of everything must change," he declared.
"I don't think that it is government's view that the present inflation cannot be brought under control without FDI in multi-brand retail. We can bring inflation under control," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.
India Inc on Tuesday described Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as industry's Sachin Tendulkar saying the veteran leader was steering the economy "with ease of a seasoned player" in difficult times.
Analysts believe for each of its businesses, RIL has underlined triggers that could boost profitability.
Low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red will shut down in four months with the airline group chief Vijay Mallya on Wednesday saying several measures have been initiated to face financial problems caused by high interest burden and burgeoning fuel costs.
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