Ranji Trophy champions Uttar Pradesh were 269 for 7 in the first innings against Pakistan domestic champions Sialkot, on day 1.
Kant, an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur, was managing director of the company before being promoted as vice-chairman five years ago.
After the takeover of Daewoo's truck division in South Korea, Tata group has changed its name to Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd and nominated Ravi Kant as chairman even as it introduced a heavy-duty truck model for the Korean market.
Ravi Kant, who joined the company in July 2000 as executive director (commercial vehicle business unit), was appointed as managing director on July 29, 2005.
Kant's projection of the Tata Group as an integral part of the British industrial landscape comes at a time when Tata Motors' owned Jaguar Land Rover had faced some challenges in convincing the UK government to lend support in raising money.
Indian realty developers are contemplating price increases for ongoing and upcoming projects to offset margin pressures caused by rising input costs and supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by the West Asia conflict. Input and labour costs have surged by 5-12%, directly impacting developer margins, especially for under-construction projects.
Ranji champions Uttar Pradesh swelled their lead to 416 against Sialkot on the penultimate day of the four-day match.
'We expect inbound numbers in 2025 to come close to pre-pandemic levels -- if not fully match them -- by early 2026.'
The Supreme Court's opinion on the presidential reference can impact on any number of cases if and when governors, if not the President, take a literary view of the Supreme Court's 'ppinion' on their 'discretionary powers' without reference to the rider on 'reasonable time', points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has spent $13 billion on acquisitions in the past five years across new energy, telecom, retail and media business to script a pivot away from core oil and petrochemicals business to clean energy and consumer facing verticals. Last week, Reliance bought oncology platform Karkinos Healthcare for Rs 375 crore, adding another stack to its diagnostic and digital healthcare ecosystem, Morgan Stanley said in a report.
Tata Indica, the Tata Group's big passenger car bet, was not delivering expected returns a year into its launch. Desperate, the Tata Motors brass, led by Ratan Tata, acceded to a meeting request from Ford Motors for a possible sale of the passenger vehicles division to the American auto major. Some people had advised Tata to sell the business, and the Ford officials came to Bombay House to hold talks.
The son revealed that he wanted to migrate to Canada but his family wanted him to marry first.
After facing flak from the Supreme Court, the government has re-appointed senior Indian Police Service officer Ravi Kant in the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete the probe in the high-profile coal blocks allocation case.
Gurindervir, Kujur, Manikanta, Amlan set new 4x100m relay national record
The Delhi high court will pronounce its verdict on Friday on whether to admit the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) appeal challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, firms and others in the 2G spectrum allocation 'scam' case.
Briefing the media after a three-hour tour at the project site, Ravi Kant said the trial production would commence in June-July and after a month or two, regular production would begin. "Commercial production, that is the real thing, will start in October, around the Durga Puja time," he said.
Ravi Kant Shukla of Uttar Pradesh will lead India Under-19 team against Australia in a five-match ODI series
"Karthik Pandey, a student leader, came to me and started hurling abuses and casteist slurs at me and hit me," Professor Ravi Kant Chandan of the university's Hindi department said.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Saturday said that China's ambitions and aspirations to global power presented an 'omnipresent danger' to stability in South Asia.
Company MD Ravi Kant meets Chief Minister Buddhadeb, discusses plan.
Tata Motors on Tuesday said it is looking to offload stake in its finance arm, Tata Motors Finance Ltd, amid report that the country's largest lender SBI may be buying into it.
As it makes inroads into the quality-conscious global markets, Tata Motors on Wednesday said it was in the process of "shrinking" vendor base as part of a "strategy" to rationalise supplier chain.
Speaking to Business Standard a day after the company announced indifferent results for 2007-08, Kant said this year is going to be the toughest for the auto industry in a long time because of soaring input costs and crude oil prices. But the credit squeeze could have a far-reaching impact on the industry's fortunes.
The top slots at three Tata companies -- Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services -- will be up for grabs in two years with incumbents Ravi Kant, B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai due to retire in 2009.
Tata Motors on Monday said it would spend over Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in its different plant locations in the next five years for development of its products and assets.
Tata Motors said on Thursday it will invest Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 100 billion Rs 120 billion) in India over the next three to four years and was looking at Russia and China for vehicle sales and component sourcing.
Tata Motors has set up a separate team at its plant in Pune to examine ways to cut manufacturing costs on the Nano, the small car scheduled for an October launch, to bring the ex-showroom price down to the psychological Rs 1 lakh mark, managing director Ravi Kant said.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday on appeals by former senior police officer R K Sharma and three others challenging their conviction and life sentence for having killed journalist Shivani Bhatnagar over a decade ago.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of suspended IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma and others in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.
Maoists blew up a school building at Manjiladih in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Monday night, the police said.
The Tata group is strengthening the management super-structure within its group companies by extending the post of vice-chairman to three more companies - Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services.
Tata Sons cuts retirement age of non-executive directors from 75 years to 70.
Indian Police Service Officer R K Sharma, the prime suspect in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, has been found guilty by a Delhi court. Five others also have been found guilty for murdering the journalist.
Managing Director Ravi Kant said that 75 per cent of the company's purchases from vendors were covered by a tripartite arrangement, between vendors who had chosen to be covered by the scheme, Tata Motors and banks. As per the scheme, the bank paid the vendor and Tata Motors paid the bank, he said. "For the remaining 25 per cent purchases, there could be some delays," Kant said, without giving details about the outstanding debt or when payments will be made.
India should focus on producing cheap, efficient and small electric cars over the next five years. "This will boost energy conservation and help cut down carbon emissions," said Ravi Kant, chief executive officer, Tata Motors.
Jaguar and Land Rover, the UK based carmakers, are to set up dealership networks in India soon as they seek to use ties with Tata Motors, their new owner, to find new markets.
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