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India Inc getting back in biz with no-jab-no-entry, thrust on vaccine drive

Companies gear up to protect employees after second wave disrupts operations

Steel companies negotiate 10-16% price increase for auto manufacturers

While some mills have finalised contracts, others hope to close by month-end. Deals are for April-June quarter

Emami ups stake to 46% from 33% in male grooming company Helios Lifestyle

Emami said the investment was in line with its strategy of leveraging emerging online opportunities brought about by rapid digitisation

With massive investment plans, steel leads India Inc's capacity expansion

Several top companies, led by steel majors ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Hindalco, are planning to expand capacity in the next few quarters

Eveready powers up for life after debt, but the question of control remains

After hefty provisioning for inter-group loans, the Khaitan-managed company says it is back on track. But who will be in control from here on remains an open question

One-time provisioning on ICDs drags Eveready to Rs 443 crore loss

The Eveready stock, however, moved up 6.11% to close at Rs 333.35 on BSE

Steel firms expect pick-up in domestic demand from July, led by auto sector

Housing sector demand yet to get back with construction activity being impacted by lockdowns and migration of workers

GST Council becoming authoritarian and majoritarian: Bengal FM Amit Mitra

Mitra said that the GST Council was the only federalist institution, but in the last few years, an omnipotent, authoritarian and majoritarian approach was creeping into the GST Council.

A new era begins: Abhishek Banerjee has national plans for Trinamool

The rise of Abhishek Banerjee aka Bhaipo in the ranks of the party and Bengal politics was a foregone conclusion after the election in West Bengal

ITC bets big on non-cigarette FMCG biz, but Street differs on smoke signals

Its non-cigarette FMCG business has been restructured and positioned as the next growth engine but the market still considers the conglomerate a tobacco player

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel charts out 5-millon-tonne expansion in 3 years

The two phases of expansion at Hazira, Gujarat, along with downstream, are expected to cost Rs 50,000 crore

Meet Alapan Bandyopadhyay, a 'good boy' in the Centre's bad books

Bandyopadhyay was recently in the midst of a political storm. At the heart of the controversy is a review meeting by PM Modi for which Bandyopadhyay and CM Mamata Banerjee arrived late

Swraj Paul's Bull Moose Tube Co to build 350,000-tonne pipe mill in the US

The mill will be set up at an investment of $200-250 million

ITC adjusted PAT rises 6.5% in Q4, declares final dividend of Rs 5.75

The board has recommended a final dividend of Rs 5.75 per share; cigarette revenues rose 13.1% at Rs 6,508.43 crore

Steel stocks rally on possible price hike, SAIL tops with 4.6% spike

Rebound in Chinese steel futures fuels positive sentiment

Champagne of teas loses fizz amid scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea

Steel companies likely to add 29 million tonnes capacity in five years

With a better financial health, leading companies are now better placed to undertake expansion projects than they were in the past several years

Rural pulse: In long queue for vax after a relentless second Covid-19 wave

The third part of the series looks at the state of vaccination in parts of rural Bengal

This is the right time to make investment: Seshagiri Rao, JSW Steel

Demand will be robust and India will quickly recover from Covid impact, he says

Tata Steel bulks up for growth without compromising its deleveraging target

The upturn in the steel cycle has allowed it to reconsider overseas asset sales and plan domestic expansion and acquisitions