Category: Government News

Yesterday was the first day of Cannes Lions 2025. This week-long festival of creativity brings together some of the finest marketing and advertising minds from across the globe, to discuss topics which are both urgent and important. This year, I am watching Cannes Lions digitally, from the comfort of my home in Bengaluru. So I…

Backed by steady financial performance in recent years, Granules India is now stepping up strategic initiatives, particularly its focus on enhancing the product mix by prioritising high margin offerings and expanding its portfolio of non-legacy molecules. The ₹4,500 crore company is also augmenting its production capacity. businessline spoke to its Executive Director Priyanka Chigurupati on the road ahead…

Meesho is expected to file its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the  SEBI soon | Photo Credit: REUTERS E-commerce firm Meesho is set to shell out $288 million (approx. ₹2,400 crore) in taxes as it redomiciles from Delaware, US, to India, people familiar with the matter said. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has…

A mobile user checks his WhatsApp messages | Photo Credit: SHAILENDRA BHOJAK WhatsApp will roll out ads on statuses and channels on its updates tab over the next few months globally. Businesses will soon have an option to select WhatsApp status for ads as they would for other Meta campaigns on Facebook or Instagram. “It’s…

Ramesh Dugar, Founder & MD of Dugar Finance Dugar Finance & Investments Ltd, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) having significant presence in the solar and MSME segments, has raised $3 million in debt from the $75-million Green Basket Bond issued by the Swiss-based impact investment firm Symbiotics Investments. The bond, which is the second of its kind, was issued…

Puri emphasised that the scenario in the West Asia is being reviewed constantly | Photo Credit: ANINDITO MUKHERJEE Our Bureau Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday assuaged fears of India’s crude oil supply being impacted due to the Iran-Israel war adding that the country has “sufficient” stocks. He also emphasised…

A group of solar prosumers in Kerala has filed a writ petition in the Kerala High Court against the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), challenging the imposition of fixed charges on electricity generated and consumed on-site through their own solar systems.  | Photo Credit: KK Mustafah/businessline A group of solar prosumers in Kerala has filed…

NTPC Group is working on pumped storage projects totalling 20 GW capacity at multiple sites across the country, a senior company official has said. The company plans to commission 3-5 GW of such projects by 2031-32 fiscal. “…NTPC Group is working on pipeline of pumped storage projects to the tune of 20 GW in NTPC…