NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s Tata Steel Ltd (TISC.NS) expects lower steel prices in the July-September quarter in India and Europe, aided by a fall in the prices of coking coal, a key raw material, its chief executive and managing director said on Tuesday. “In India, the Q2 …
Read More »IMF: India’s rice restrictions could fuel food price inflation
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s move to restrict exports of certain types of rice could help exacerbate food price inflation and should be reversed, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Tuesday. Gourinchas told a news conference that India’s restriction would have a similar effect of the …
Read More »India’s Larsen & Toubro posts Q1 profit beat, approves $1.22 bln share buyback
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s Larsen & Toubro (LART.NS) reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday, boosted by strong performance at its core engineering and construction business, and approved buyback of shares worth up to 100 billion rupees ($1.22 billion). L&T’s consolidated net profit after tax surged 46.5% to …
Read More »India suspends another drugmaker’s license over tainted cough syrup
[1/2]The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – India has suspended a drugmaker’s manufacturing license after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found in the Marshall Islands and …
Read More »Tata Motors to cancel ‘A’ ordinary shares in latest securities rejig
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) will cancel its ‘A’ ordinary shares, currently trading at a steep discount to the ordinary shares, reducing its overall share count by 4.2%, the automaker said on Tuesday, in its latest move to simplify its securities structure. Tata Motors is the only …
Read More »India’s Tata Motors posts Q1 profit
[1/2]Visitors look at a Tata Motors’ sub-compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) Tata Nexon, after its launch in Mumbai, India September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File Photo BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), India’s largest automaker by revenue, reported a third consecutive quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by price hikes …
Read More »India’s Bajaj Auto posts Q1 profit beat on commercial vehicle strength
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s Bajaj Auto (BAJA.NS) beat expectations on Tuesday, reporting a nearly 42% increase in first-quarter profit on the back of robust demand for its commercial vehicles. Demand pick-up in rural areas and a prolonged wedding season in the country amid some ease in inflation helped …
Read More »India’s RBL Bank sees margins expanding above 5% for FY24 – CEO
MUMBAI, July 25 (Reuters) – Indian private lender RBL Bank (RATB.NS) has the scope to expand its net interest margin (NIM) to above 5% in 2023-24, leaning on more low-cost deposits and a favorable loan book mix, its managing director and CEO told Reuters on Monday. “Our NIMs will not …
Read More »Prosus says India’s Byju’s ‘regularly disregarded’ former director’s advice
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Prosus NV (PRX.AS), an investor in Indian educational technology startup Byju’s, said on Tuesday that the troubled company’s directors “regularly disregarded advice” despite repeated efforts by the Dutch-listed technology firm’s former director. Prosus, which this year slashed its valuation of Byju’s to $5.1 billion from …
Read More »India’s test transition begins smoothly in the West Indies
July 25 (Reuters) – India would be reasonably pleased with the smooth start to the transition of their test team against the West Indies, even if a 1-0 series victory against a side seven rungs below them in the official rankings may not sound impressive. Persistent rain in Port of …
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