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Vedanta Ltd on Monday said it has rebranded its copper and nickel businesses as Vedanta Copper and Vedanta Nickel, respectively, as part of the diversified multinational group's strategy to create sector-focused identities. The company said that all copper operations will be unified under Vedanta Copper, including Sterlite Copper, Fujairah Gold and Vedanta Copper International (VCI). VCI will be the international wing of Vedanta Copper, representing operations at Faujairah and Saudi Arabia. Vedanta Nico, renamed as Vedanta Nickel, will sharpen its focus on building a domestic nickel ecosystem and supporting the country's demand for critical minerals. The new brand identities will be rolled out across business operations and stakeholder touchpoints in a phased manner. Both businesses will continue to operate under Vedanta Ltd. "Vedanta's copper and nickel businesses announced their transition to unified sector-focused brand identities Vedanta Copper and Vedanta Nickel as part of t
General licence fees (royalty) paid by FMCG major Nestle India to its Switzerland-based group entity Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. were up 13.91 per cent to Rs 1,024.5 crore in FY26, according to the company's latest annual report. Besides, Nestle India also paid a 'withholding tax on general licence fees' of 102.47 crore for the financial year ended March 2026. In the preceding year of FY25, Nestle India paid a general licence fee of Rs 899.41 crore and Rs 89.71 crore as 'withholding tax on general licence fees'. Nestle India obtains access to the Nestle Group's technology and intellectual property through General Licence Agreements for manufacturing and marketing its products, while continuously benefiting from technological advancements and innovations across the product categories it produces and sells. It pays a royalty of 4.5 per cent of net sales to its parent firm. Promoter entities Nestle S.A. and Maggi Enterprises Ltd together hold a 62.76 per cent stake in Nestle Ind
Emergency fire crews on Thursday continued to battle a blaze at Tata Steel UK's steelworks at Port Talbot in south Wales, which a workers' union said had caused "substantial damage". The Mid and West Wales Fire Service rushed several firefighters to the site on Wednesday evening and soon confirmed that on-site workers had all been accounted for and safely evacuated. The company said emergency services remain on site and are working with local teams to completely "extinguish the fire". "The incident is not related to the safe and successful demolition of the empty, redundant Gas Holder earlier yesterday (Wednesday) evening," reads a Tata Steel UK statement. "We would like to thank local site teams and the emergency services for their prompt and professional action," it adds. Unite workers' union general secretary Sharon Graham confirmed that no one was injured in the fire after workers were evacuated safely. "The fire did cause substantial damage to a vital production line. Measur
Global financial services firm Goldman Sachs on Thursday bought more than 1.13 crore shares of Billionbrains Garage Ventures, the parent company of Groww, from venture capital firm Friale for Rs 210 crore through an open market transaction. Goldman Sachs, through its affiliate Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, purchased 1,13,43,750 equity shares, representing a 0.18 per cent stake in the Bengaluru-based trading platform, according to block deal data available on the BSE. The shares were picked up at an average price of Rs 185.50 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 210.43 crore. Meanwhile, Friale offloaded the same number of shares, as per the data. Shares of Groww rose 0.64 per cent to close at Rs 190.05 apiece on the BSE. On Monday, markets regulator Sebi approved US-based State Street Global Advisors' (SSGA) proposed stake acquisition in Groww Asset Management (Groww AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Billionbrains Garage Ventures. Following the proposed transaction, SSGA will acqu
Betting big on domestic supply chain boom, warehousing and industrial real estate platform Welspun One on Tuesday announced plans to lease over 10 million sq ft over the next three years, nearly double its current operational footprint. The deals include a 5.9 lakh sq ft single-box facility for Amazon India, a 20-metre-high warehouse for AAJ Supply Chain, the company said. A controlled-environment facility of over 2 lakh sq ft built-to-the-precise specifications of a leading medical equipment manufacturer, a signal of how the sector is moving well beyond commodity storage, forms the part of the 10-million sq ft land deal, it said. As part of its next growth phase, Welspun One said it is also expanding beyond large-format warehousing into adjacent segments, including in-city distribution, retail and commercial infrastructure. Key projects under construction are the country's largest free trade warehousing zone (FTWZ) development at Nhava Sheva with over 4.5-million sq ft of space, o
Adani group companies reported a record capital expenditure of Rs 1.53 lakh crore (USD 16.1 billion) and an all-time high EBITDA of Rs 94,834 crore (USD 10 billion) in the 2025-26 fiscal year, underscoring an accelerating infrastructure expansion cycle while maintaining leverage below its stated target. The investment programme -- the largest annual capex undertaken by an Indian corporate group -- lifted the portfolio's gross asset base to Rs 7.85 lakh crore (USD 82.8 billion), with nearly 80 per cent of spending directed towards energy, utilities, transport, and logistics businesses. Consolidated EBITDA rose 5.6 per cent year-on-year, according to the group's annual results and credit compendium released on Tuesday. Nearly 80 per cent of FY26 investments were directed toward core infrastructure businesses, including energy, utilities, transport, and logistics, underscoring the group's continued focus on sectors linked to India's infrastructure build-out. The investment cycle comes