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Why Havells India stock is likely to lose spark

Why Havells India stock is likely to lose spark

Rediff.com29 Jan 2025

Havells India, the country's largest listed consumer electrical company, reported a mixed performance in the 2024-25 (FY25) October-December quarter (Q3). While the top line benefited from festival demand, lower margins impacted operational performance.

HC orders attachment of Delhi's Himachal Bhawan over Rs 150cr dues

HC orders attachment of Delhi's Himachal Bhawan over Rs 150cr dues

Rediff.com19 Nov 2024

The case pertains to the 340 MW Seli Hydropower Electric Project on the Chenab river in Lahaul and Spiti district.

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

Rediff.com21 Oct 2024

Here stood a man who embodied the legacy of whatever Brand Tata stood for, embellished it, and departed into the long night, leaving the brand legacy for others to further enrich, notes R Gopalakrishnan.

Biggest electricity companies in India

Biggest electricity companies in India

Rediff.com9 May 2012

Electricity sector in India had an installed capacity of 199.6 Gigawatt as of March 2012.

4th T20I Raipur Stadium Has No Power

4th T20I Raipur Stadium Has No Power

Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

Three international cricket matches have been organised in the stadium since the power connection was cut in 2018. Most recently, India had hosted New Zealand in Raipur on January 21, 2023.

Rahul Gandhi opens up mind on his ideal life partner

Rahul Gandhi opens up mind on his ideal life partner

Rediff.com28 Dec 2022

He termed his grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi as "the love of my life and my second mother".

Maharashtra invokes law to bar electricity employees from joining bandh

Maharashtra invokes law to bar electricity employees from joining bandh

Rediff.com28 Mar 2022

The Maharashtra government has invoked the MESMA barring employees of state-run electricity companies from joining the protest.

Maha says no move to privatise power firms, employees call off strike

Maha says no move to privatise power firms, employees call off strike

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the energy portfolio, held a meeting with trade union representatives and later said the government had no intention to privatise state-run power utilities.

Can Bhagwant Mann stop Punjab from going the Sri Lanka way?

Can Bhagwant Mann stop Punjab from going the Sri Lanka way?

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

Mann stares at a twin-headed monster: Resuscitating the state's debilitated public-sector enterprises and controlling the spiralling debt to keep the state machinery and his poll-fuelled populist schemes running.

FC Kohli, father of India's technology revolution, passes away

FC Kohli, father of India's technology revolution, passes away

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

Father of the Indian software industry and the first CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, Faqir Chand Kohli, passed away on Thursday. He was 96 years old.

How Taliban's funding continued over 20 years

How Taliban's funding continued over 20 years

Rediff.com9 Sep 2021

In fact, the Taliban apparently collects about 10 per cent as cultivation tax from opium farmers and 15 per cent as heroin tax from laboratories and smugglers that smuggle narcotics into Pakistan. This, by itself, is a revenue stream estimated at USD 250-300 million.

What India needs to do at COP26, Glasgow

What India needs to do at COP26, Glasgow

Rediff.com1 Nov 2021

Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate envoys need to start thinking bigger, says Mihir S Sharma.

Of power, privatisation and politics

Of power, privatisation and politics

Rediff.com26 Aug 2021

As the Centre pushes reforms in the power sector, especially for the beleaguered electricity distribution segment, several states, especially those ruled by Opposition parties, are clamouring against it. Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerela have voiced their reservations against the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003. The irony is the states opposing the amendments on the ground of threat of privatisation already have private partnerships in power supply. The proposed Bill was slated to be placed on the floor of Parliament in the Monsoon session. But it still awaits Cabinet approval amid several states complaining that they have been not consulted on the issue.

Why tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains are cancelled

Why tender for 44 Vande Bharat trains are cancelled

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

Sources said the railways is keen to ensure that a purely domestic entity bags the tender and once it was felt that the Chinese JV was a frontrunner for the project, it was scrapped.

Westinghouse files bankruptcy: Future uncertain for Andhra nuclear reactors

Westinghouse files bankruptcy: Future uncertain for Andhra nuclear reactors

Rediff.com29 Mar 2017

The move by Westinghouse, which is to build six reactors in India under the Indo-US civil nuclear deal inked in 2008, has raised uncertainties over the future of the implementation of the historic pact.

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.

Ask Ajit: Stocks to BUY, HOLD, SELL

Ask Ajit: Stocks to BUY, HOLD, SELL

Rediff.com27 Jul 2021

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

'Insertion of MSP in three farm laws is no solution'

'Insertion of MSP in three farm laws is no solution'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2021

'Will you declare MSP for 100 odd crops that the farmers of India grow?'

Will ensure power supply to remote areas: Scindia

Will ensure power supply to remote areas: Scindia

Rediff.com28 Oct 2012

Newly appointed Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said that his priorities will be to ensure proper electricity supply in the country.Scindia, a young Congress member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh, has been appointed as minister of state (independent charge) for power.

O! The careers Anushka's screen hubbies have had!

O! The careers Anushka's screen hubbies have had!

Rediff.com5 Sep 2018

Whether it's real life or reel, Anushka Sharma makes sure her man has a unique job!

R-Power plans a manufacturing JV

R-Power plans a manufacturing JV

Rediff.com29 Oct 2010

Anil Ambani's Reliance Power will set up a joint venture with Shanghai Electric Company to manufacture thermal power equipment in India. The Chinese company will also supply $10-billion (Rs 44,000-crore) worth of boiler-turbine-generator (BTG) packages for Reliance Power's proposed coal-based domestic power plants.

India, a top investment hotspot for Alstom

India, a top investment hotspot for Alstom

Rediff.com13 Apr 2011

Started in 1857, Alstom is one of the grand old companies of Europe.

GE Healthcare eyes $1-bn sales from S Asia

GE Healthcare eyes $1-bn sales from S Asia

Rediff.com6 Jul 2010

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, is eyeing $1-billion sales in the South Asian market over the next five-years, a top company official said.

GE global chairman on 3-day visit to India

GE global chairman on 3-day visit to India

Rediff.com30 Jan 2009

Jeffrey R Immelt, global chairman of General Electric Company was in New Delhi on Thursday as part of his three-day visit to India

GE Healthcare bullish on growth in India

GE Healthcare bullish on growth in India

Rediff.com18 Sep 2009

Price becomes a challenge in a country like India and, hence, we are trying to halve the cost and give higher outcome, says V Raja, CEO, GE Healthcare India.

NPC, Westinghouse deal on N-power plants

NPC, Westinghouse deal on N-power plants

Rediff.com2 Jun 2009

Westinghouse Electric Company is set to begin discussions with India's Nuclear Power Corporation to reach an agreement on the deployment of Westinghouse AP1000 (TM) nuclear power plants in India.

Non-IT firms hiring for in-house R&D

Non-IT firms hiring for in-house R&D

Rediff.com8 May 2009

A spokesperson attached to GE's Jack Welch Research Center in Bangalore said after the new people join, employee numbers in Bangalore would cross the 4,500-mark. GE's technology product research and development team is currently 3,800-people strong, with an additional 350 people employed in global research.

Westinghouse plans 6 N-power plants in India

Westinghouse plans 6 N-power plants in India

Rediff.com18 Dec 2008

"We believe that India is a very important market for us. There is need for electricity in India, and with the opening up of nuclear trade between the United States and India, we can really help India strengthen its nuclear infrastructure with our technology," Meena Mutyala, the newly appointed vice president and business leader for India at Westinghouse, told rediff.com ahead of her trip to India in January.

New York bombing suspect charged with supporting terrorism

New York bombing suspect charged with supporting terrorism

Rediff.com12 Dec 2017

Akayed Ullah had no criminal record back home, a police official said, even as Dhaka vowed "zero tolerance" against terrorism.

GE Healthcare has big plans for India

GE Healthcare has big plans for India

Rediff.com16 Mar 2007

GE Healthcare, a $15 billion segment of General Electric company, will continue to invest aggressively in India, where it's logging double digit growth, a top company official said on Friday.

Security snag blocks port projects

Security snag blocks port projects

Rediff.com4 Aug 2006

GE Money in talks with Bharti, Rel Retail

GE Money in talks with Bharti, Rel Retail

Rediff.com23 Jul 2007

GE Money India said on Monday it is talking to big retailers including Bharti-Wal-Mart and Reliance for offering credit programmes such as the private label credit card it has provided to Tata Group.

Bajaj Electricals looking for acquisitions

Bajaj Electricals looking for acquisitions

Rediff.com17 Feb 2007

Bajaj Electricals is eyeing companies that are strong in manufacturing and has a good product line, but are weak in financials.

Chinese turned away from ports

Chinese turned away from ports

Rediff.com5 Aug 2006

India-US Roller Coaster Reaches New High

India-US Roller Coaster Reaches New High

Rediff.com26 Feb 2020

'Many said his visit was very risky. But mercifully, Air Force One has taken off from Delhi without Mr Trump stepping on anybody's toes,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

L&T's 1st electrical manufacturing JV in China

L&T's 1st electrical manufacturing JV in China

Rediff.com30 Oct 2006

Indian engineering and technology conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd on Monday opened its first-ever electrical manufacturing facility abroad in the Chinese city of Wuxi.

GE eyes $250-mn HAL deal

GE eyes $250-mn HAL deal

Rediff.com3 Feb 2006

NTPC bids for Saudi project

NTPC bids for Saudi project

Rediff.com31 Jan 2005

US testing quake warning system

US testing quake warning system

Rediff.com10 Nov 2005

The system's early warnings will come after a quake rupture has already begun but before the shaking is felt tens of miles from the epicentre.

Will nuclear liability dilution be Manmohan's gift to Obama?

Will nuclear liability dilution be Manmohan's gift to Obama?

Rediff.com19 Sep 2013

Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the United States, a controversy has broken out over the nuclear liability law with reports suggesting that an agreement will be signed which may not be in tune with the law.