Reliance Jio’s major subscriber losses continued for the third straight month with 7.96 million users leaving the telecom operator in September, even as the state-owned BSNL stood out as the lone gainer, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed on Thursday. Market leader Jio’s subscriber loss has continued since July when the three private telecom operators – Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) – brought in a broad-based hike in tariffs.
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Ola Electric may lay off 500 staffers in major rejig (22-11-2024)
Ola Electric is conducting an restructuring exercise which is expected to affect over 500 employees across various roles within the organisation, according to sources. This would be over 12 per cent of staff at the firm which has about 4,000 people. “This is a restructuring exercise ongoing for the last few months and is expected to conclude by next month,” said a person familiar with the development.
‘Uncertainty related to inflation has not gone’ (22-11-2024)
‘In addition, we have geopolitics and politics and all the other things that will affect commodity prices.’
Vedanta slumps 15%: Is it a good entry point? (22-11-2024)
After climbing to a record high of Rs 523 on September 30, shares of commodity major Vedanta have come off over 15 per cent amid a fall in the overall markets. The Anil Agarwal-led firm’s latest slump comes after its stock price doubled over the past one year. Is it a blip or a trend reversal?
Domestic airlines’ fleet to touch 1,400 planes (21-11-2024)
Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam on Thursday said the number of planes with domestic airlines will increase to 1,400 in the next five years as he highlighted the growth potential of the country’s aviation space. Currently, the fleet is around 800 aircraft and leading carriers IndiGo and Air India have placed significant plane orders.
Ex-Lava MD Hari Om gets bail in money laundering case (21-11-2024)
The Delhi high court has granted bail to Hari Om Rai, the former MD of Lava International mobile company, in a money laundering case involving smartphone-maker Vivo. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri granted relief to the ex-Lava official, who was in custody since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October last year.
Sensex, Nifty tumble amid sharp fall in Adani stocks (21-11-2024)
State Bank of India, NTPC, ITC, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv were also among the major laggards. In contrast, Power Grid, UltraTech Cement, HCL Technologies and Axis Bank were among the gainers.
Bribery charges are credit negative for Adani: Moody’s (21-11-2024)
Moody’s Ratings on Thursday said it will look at Adani group’s governance practices when assessing the ports-to-energy conglomerate’s ability to access capital in the aftermath of indictment of the group head Gautam Adani on bribery charges. “The indictment of Adani Group’s chairman and other senior officials on bribery charges is credit negative for the group’s companies,” Moody’s Ratings said in a statement.
Adani Green scraps $600 mn bond sale after US charges (21-11-2024)
Adani Green Energy Ltd, the renewable energy arm of billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate, on Thursday scrapped a Rs 600 million bond issue after its promoter was charged in an alleged bribery case in the US. Hours before the US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani and associates with participating in a scheme to pay over Rs 250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts, the firm sold a 20-year green bond in the US-investment-grade market.
Charges baseless, compliant with all laws: Adani group (21-11-2024)
The Adani group on Thursday denied charges of paying bribe to secure favourable terms for solar power contracts, saying the allegations by US prosecutors are baseless and the conglomerate is compliant with all laws. It said all possible legal recourse will be sought.