Several companies across sectors like finance, healthcare, wellness, retail technology, and asset management are bracing up to hit the D-street. With an unprecedented 1.7 lakh crore raised in 2025, the momentum is likely to sustain in 2026.
Hero Motors on Thursday announced an agreement with the Austria-based Bombardier-Rotax, which will provide 125-175cc engines for the upcoming Hero Aprilia range of scooters entailing an initial investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
India's largest motorcycle firm Hero Motors said on Wednesday that it has tied up with Europe's second largest producer of motorcycles and scooters, Aprilia of Italy.
Auto components-maker Hero Motors on Monday said it has sold a 17.6 per cent stake in Munjal Kiriu Industries, a joint venture with Japan's Kiriu Corp, to the co-promoter, thus becoming a minority shareholder.
Hero Motors will invest Rs 250 crore to set up a new factory and launch two motoscooters and one 125cc motorcycle in the next 15 months as part of an alliance with Italian two-wheeler major Aprilia, a top company official said.
'We operate in 16 countries already, and therefore adding the UK to it, and beginning a chapter in the European continent is the next step.'
Which entrepreneur would willingly part with her or his hard-earned money for grasping, self-serving politicians? asks Debashis Basu.
The broader markets gained mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.3-0.4% on the BSE.
Nifty50's earnings growth, estimated at 20 per cent by global research and brokerage firm Jefferies for financial year 2023-24 (FY24), will be amongst the top three in the Asian region, and is likely to outperform peers. Asean 40 index with 29.1 per cent estimated earnings growth and Straits Times Index (STI) with 29.1 per cent estimated earnings growth are the only two other indices in the Asian region that are likely to outperform India, suggests the recent Jefferies report, coauthored by Mahesh Nandurkar, their managing director along with Abhinav Sinha and Nishant Poddar.
Johnson, 56, a known cycling enthusiast, was seen riding on a Hero Viking Pro bike to Canalside Heritage Centre at Beeston in Nottingham, central England, on Tuesday when he unveiled plans for thousands of miles of new protected bike lanes, cycle training for everyone and bikes available on prescription as part of a new fitness strategy.
Since the Covid pandemic, bicycle sales have surged, orders are pouring in, and stores are already feeling a shortage. 'I have not seen this kind of excitement around bicycles and you are talking to a 57-year-old man,' said Pankaj M Munjal, chairman and managing director, Hero Motors Company (HMC), the largest Indian bicycle producer;
Hero MotoCorp has launched the bike in four colors: white, red, blue and black. The price tag put up by the company is different for each variant. While the drum brake avatar costs Rs 55,900, the disc brake variant will cost Rs 57,900.
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Maruti Suzuki, riding on the success of models like Swift, Estillo and Dzire, posted a growth of 3.4 per cent over the same period in the previous fiscal.
While Hero Honda is ramping up capacity by 50 per cent, HMSI is readying itself to launch a fourth product.
Kotak Bank was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, falling 3.71 per cent, followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC and ITC.
The company will start manufacturing commercial vehicles by 2010. The new company is aiming to achieve a localisation rate of up to 80 per cent. The production of commercial vehicle for export to other emerging markets will also be launched thereafter. The two companies signed a joint venture agreement on Monday to float a company Daimler Hero Motor Corporation, in which the German company will have 60 per cent stake and the rest with Hero.
Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhat all turned up at the 13th edition of the gala car fair.
Industry watchers attribute a lot of the current successes of the $6 billion Hero Group to how B M Munjal planned and executed succession in HeroCorp, balancing the interests of other family-owned businesses.
Most of the leading vehicle manufacturers were before the court, though their stand was not identical and sometimes contradictory.
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The India-Australia series comes at the end of the calendar year, in a quarter when most brands are close to the end of their advertising budgets.
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The girl lending the helping hand won her hearts and accolades, with Hero Cyles taking special note.
Hero today sells its products in 19 countries across Asia, South and Central America and Africa.
Biggest contribution came from Bharti group-led Satya Electoral Trust.
Honda cars has strengthend market share in India in the past five years.
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