During the quarter, exceptional items stood at Rs 1,899.64 crore, which includes an actuarial gain of Rs 1,850.25 crore on funds for employee benefits. Total income zoomed 425 per cent to Rs 32,535.15 crore from Rs 6,192.95 crore. Total expenditure, however, jumped 551 per cent to Rs 28,803.59 crore as well.
This will be over and above a Rs 3,655-crore domestic rights issue and a Rs 4,350 crore convertible preference share issue the company announced last month.
From the 30-share Sensex pack, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, NTPC, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finserv, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank and Reliance Industries were the major laggards. Tata Steel, Hindustan Unilever, Mahindra & Mahindra, Nestle and State Bank of India were among the gainers.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen secured a remarkable double victory at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament, winning both the rapid and blitz titles.
Hit by weak demand and prices in its main European market.
Investors lost Rs 24.69 lakh crore in market valuation in the last four days of severe drubbing in the equity market. Spike in global crude prices, unabated foreign fund outflows, a strong US jobs data diminishing early rate cut expectations, and the rupee logging its steepest single-day fall in nearly two years dampened investors' sentiment.
Steel firms brace for good times on the back of better demand.
Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand played out a draw againt Peter Svidler of Russia in the eighth round of Tata Steel Masters underway, in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Sunday.
Gukesh was in control with his white pieces giving nothing away to Keymer, one of his seconds, in a Nimzo-Indian defense game.
Gujrathi had won the Azerbaijan event last year after outperforming compatriot Arjun Erigaisi.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen recorded a flawless performance, securing victories against S L Narayanan
Overriding stiff global competition, India's private sector steel giant Tata Iron and Steel Company has attained recognition as the "best steel company" in the world.
Tata Steel's global footprint is spreading at a furious pace.
Tata group has been a constant in India's sporting landscape and the conglomerate's involvement only grew under Ratan Tata.
'It is notable how humble he was and didn't want anything different just because he was a Tata.'
Investors' wealth eroded by a whopping Rs 7.15 lakh crore during the morning trade on Friday as equity markets tumbled, driven by sharp fall in IndusInd Bank shares and unabated foreign fund outflows. The BSE Sensex tanked 708.69 points to 79,356.47 and the NSE Nifty plunged 286.35 points to 24,113.05. Tracking the weak trend in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms tumbled Rs 715,739.19 crore to Rs 4,36,63,565.73 crore ($5.19 trillion) during the morning trade.
With global major Mittal Steel likely to foray into India with its proposal to set up a five million tonne steel plant in Jharkhand, Tata Steel has asked the government to check its track record before inviting the company.
Credited with turning around Tata Steel in the 1990s, J J Irani has stepped down on turning 75, from the company Board, bringing to an end his 43 years of association with the world's seventh largest steel making company.
Tata Steel constitutes committee headed by Ishaat Hussain to ascertain the facts
Anand played the Italian game with white pieces but could get little out of opening against Vituigov.
Chief ministers of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha on Wednesday evening condoled the demise of Tata Group's chairman emeritus and veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, and said his legacy will live on forever.
It was on move 21 that Giri thought he was out of trouble and proposed a draw.
The day produced four decisive games and it was again the youngsters who provided most of the entertainment.
A senior official of Tata Steel on Wednesday indicated that the steel major might provide a rehabilitation package for the 1,700 workers slated to lose their jobs due to the partial mothballing of its subsidiary, Corus' Teesside plant in Britain.
As part of restructuring, Tata Steel UK informed its lenders on Tuesday that it would prepay debt of over 200 million pounds to continue its objective of making its European operations debt-free. Non-recourse debt is a secured loan that is availed of by pledging collateral but there is no personal liability on the part of the borrower.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking last-round defeat against Wang Hao of China and had to be content with a joint third finish at the 75th Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
The 21-year-old stayed on course towards capturing his maiden professional title when he shot a two-under 68 in the second round to to open up a three-stroke lead over second placed Zai Kipgen and Mukesh Kumar.\n\n
Earlier this week, Tata Steel vice-president (safety and long products) Hridayeshwar Jha had said that there was scope for a 'correction in prices of the long steel products depending on market conditions and the monsoon season." Leading domestic steel producers, including SAIL, JSW Steel, have already announced a reduction in prices of the long steel products by up to Rs 2,000 per tonne effective August 1.
The CAG report had alleged the government had passed on financial gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to private companies by not auctioning the coal blocks.
The profit of the company before exceptional item and tax stood at Rs 1,302 crore (Rs 13.02 billion), from Rs 1,398 crore (Rs 13.98 billion).
India's Pentala Harikrishna secured two wins on the last day but could only finish second, half a point behind Japanese-American wizard Hikaru Nakamura who lived up to his top billing to clinch the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Three Indian companies Wipro, Tata Steel and Tata Power have been named among the World's Most Ethical Companies.
The assurance was given by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung when India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called on him in Hanoi.
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