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Sri Lanka to renegotiate wind power purchase pact with Adani Green Energy

The Sri Lanka government will renegotiate the power purchasing agreement with Adani Green Energy for a 484 MW wind power project to bring the cost under USD 0.06 per unit, an official said on Tuesday. "We would want it to be below 6 cents US," government spokesman Nalinda Jayathissa told reporters here. The previous government's decision to sign a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 484MW wind plants at 8.2 cents US was disputed as local bidders had offered lower unit prices. Jayathissa's NPP had earlier vowed to annul the Adani green energy project. The new government in December decided not to sign an agreement at the purchase prices agreed by the previous government in 2023. The government refuted news reports that the Adani Green Energy projects in the northeastern regions of Mannar and Pooneryn projects are to be cancelled. However, the government-appointed committee would review the whole project. Adani Green Energy had also earlier rejected reports that the project h

Adani Group commits Rs 2.3 trillion investment in Odisha over next 5 years

Adani Group on Tuesday committed to investing Rs 2.3 lakh crore over the next five years across power, cement, industrial parks, aluminium and city gas expansion in Odisha. According to a statement by the group, the investment commitment was made during Utkarsh Odisha 2025 - the state's investor meeting. Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and SEZ Limited (APSEZ), met state Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majgi and exchanged MoUs for investment in Odisha over the next five years, it added. "The Adani Group committed to invest Rs 2.3 lakh crore over the next five years across power, cement, industrial parks, aluminium, city Gas etc," the statement said. It, however, did not give details. "This is the biggest investment intent by any group in Utkarsh Odisha 2025." Also, the first test flight landed at Dhamra Airstrip successfully on Tuesday. Additionally, on the occasion of Utkarsh Odisha, six projects of ATGL in Odisha were commissioned. These include an EV charging station

No change in strategy, focus: Adani Wilmar Deputy CEO & CFO, and MD & CEO

We are considering a couple of options for the name change. And of course, when Adani exists, they would certainly not like to have Adani name being associated with the company, Shrikant Kanhere said

Adani Wilmar Q3 results: Net profit more than doubles to Rs 411 crore

Adani Wilmar on Monday posted over twofold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 410.93 crore for December quarter 2024-25 on strong edible oil sales. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 200.89 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 16,926 crore during the quarter from Rs 12,887.21 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from edible oil segment increased to Rs 13,386.71 crore from Rs 9,710.82 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from 'food and FMCG' segment rose to Rs 1,558 crore from Rs 1,273 crore, while revenue from 'industry essentials' increased to Rs 1,914.59 crore from Rs 1,844.12 crore. Expenses remained higher at Rs 16,379.76 crore as against Rs 12,606.26 crore. Adani Wilmar Managing Director and CEO Angshu Mallick said: "The company has been delivering strong profits over the last five quarters. We have delivered record profits during the quarter, with EBITDA at Rs 792 crore and PAT at Rs 41

Sri Lanka power project not cancelled, tariff is being re-evaluated: Adani

"Reports that Adani's 484 megawatt (MW) wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn have been cancelled are false and misleading," Adani Group spokesperson said

Adani Wilmar starts Rs 1,300-cr food processing plant in Haryana's Sonepat

Edible oil firm Adani Wilmar Ltd has commenced operation of its food processing plant at Sonepat, Haryana, which it has established with an investment of nearly Rs 1,300 crore. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Adani Wilmar said the company has commenced operations at its integrated food processing plant in Gohana, District Sonepat. "This food complex is one of the largest in the country built with a capital outlay of Rs 1,298 crore coming from IPO proceeds," the company said. The plant will help generate 2,000 direct and indirect employment in Haryana. The facility spread across 85 acres, has a total annual production capacity of 6.27 lakh tonnes. The plant will manufacture 4,50,000 tonnes of food products including rice, wheat flour, suji, rawa, and maida, along with 2 lakh tonnes of edible oils such as mustard oil, rice bran oil, and cottonseed oil, apart from Mustard DOC and Ricebran DOC for animal feed. Last month, business conglomerate Adani Group announced its exit from A

Sri Lanka revokes Adani wind power deal; Group denies cancellation claims

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake began investigations into Adani's local projects after founder Gautam Adani faced bribery allegations from the United States last year

Adani Energy Solutions Q3 results: Net profit jumps 73% to Rs 561 crore

Segment-wise, AESL said the under-construction transmission pipeline increased to Rs 54,761 crore in Q3FY25 from Rs 17,000 crore earlier

Adani Green Energy Q3FY25 results: Net profit jumps 85% to Rs 474 cr

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Thursday posted over 85 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 474 crore for December quarter on the back of higher revenues from power supply. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 256 crore in the year-ago period, according to a BSE filing. Revenue from power supply rose to Rs 1,993 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,765 crore in the same period year ago. "We are steadily developing the world's largest RE plant in Khavda, Gujarat as well as large-scale plants in Rajasthan and other sites, supported by well-aligned transmission planning." "Our updated strategy now includes largescale deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), given significant cost declines in last few quarters," CEO Amit Singh said in a statement. BESS can be deployed relatively quickly and will be crucial in grid integration, supporting rapid renewable growth and complementing the company's existing solar, wind and hydro pumped storage projects, Singh ...

Adani seeks partial de-notification of its multi-product SEZ at Mundra

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd has approached the Centre for partial de-notification of its multi-product SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat, and the proposal will be taken up by the commerce ministry on Friday. The proposal will be discussed in the meeting of the Board of Approval, the highest decision-making body for special economic zones (SEZs). The board, headed by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal, will meet here tomorrow. "Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd has requested for partial de-notification of 333.7396 out of 8282.7670 Ha. As regards reasons, the developer has submitted that due to stiff competition in the solar market and severe dumping of solar equipment into India, the units in EMC (Electronics Manufacturing Cluster) are becoming economically unviable within the SEZ," according to the agenda of the meeting. To survive in this difficult market, it has become essential for these units to exit from SEZ, it noted. "In view of this, the constituent units

Adani Infra to acquire key stake in PSP Projects, CCI approval pending

Adani Infra seeks CCI clearance to acquire a significant stake in PSP Projects in a Rs 685.36 crore deal, aiming to enhance construction sector synergies

Adani Energy Solutions Q3 results: Net profit jumps 80% to Rs 625 crore

Adani Energy Solutions on Thursday posted a nearly 80 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 625.30 crore in December quarter compared to a year ago on the back of higher revenues. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 348.25 crore in the quarter ended on December 31, 2023, a BSE filing showed. Total income rose to Rs 6,000.39 crore in the quarter from Rs 4,824.42 crore in the same period a year ago.

Meet Diva Shah, daughter of diamond tycoon, set to wed Adani's youngest son

On February 7, 2025, Gautam Adani's son Jeet Adani is set to marry Diva Jaimin Shah. Diva Shah is the daughter of diamond trader Jaimin Shah, owner of C Dinesh & Co. Pvt. Ltd

From Adani to Vedanta, global giants drop anchor in Thoothukudi Port race

Adani, Vedanta, DP World among key players vying for Rs 7K crore project; bids to open on February 11, first phase set to sail by 2028

Will increase investment in UP: Adani after participating in Maha Kumbh

Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, visited the Maha Kumbh on Tuesday along with his wife Preeti Adani and said that his group is committed to increasing investment in Uttar Pradesh. "There are immense opportunities in Uttar Pradesh, and the state government is working in the right direction for development. The Adani Group will continue to contribute to this progress. We are committed to making further investments in Uttar Pradesh," he told the media. About his experience at the Maha Kumbh, he said, "I would like to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on behalf of the citizens of the country, for the grandeur and the arrangements here." He further added, "Millions of people come to this fair, and the cleanliness and other arrangements here are a subject of study for management institutes and corporate houses. It has been an amazing experience to be here." An official from the company informed that Gautam Adani along with his wife and Adani

Adani made Rs 10,000 commission from first trade in 1981 at the age of 19

Billionaire Gautam Adani, a college dropout who built a multi-billion dollar infrastructure empire spanning ports to energy, on Monday revealed that he made a commission of Rs 10,000 from his first trade at the age of 19. Born in Ahmedabad, Adani, 62, moved to Mumbai at the age of 16 and joined a diamond assortment company. He quickly picked up trade and in about three years, started his own diamond trading brokerage in Mumbai's Zaveri Bazar. "I still recall the day I did my first trade with a Japanese buyer. I made a commission of Rs 10,000. I was 19 years old, and this was the start of my journey as an entrepreneur," he said while speaking at the Adani International School here. This was in the year 1981. He soon returned to Gujarat to help his elder brother Mahasukhbhai run a small-scale PVC film factory the family had acquired in Ahmedabad. In 1988, he set up a commodities trading venture under Adani Exports and listed it on the bourses in 1994. The firm is now called Adani ...

Two of the world's largest law firms to defend Adani in US indictment case

These law firms are the Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis and Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP which specialises on business litigations

Adani Energy Solutions' order book grows to Rs 54,700 cr with new projects

Adani Energy Solutions Ltd, India's largest electricity transmission and distribution company, has won two new transmission projects, helping swell its order book to Rs 54,700 crore -- more than three times of the work order it had at the start of current fiscal in April 2024. In October-December 2024 -- the third quarter of the fiscal year April 2024 to March 2025 (FY25), won two new transmission projects worth Rs 28,455 crore in Rajasthan, related to the renewable energy park, Jefferies said in a report. The orders include the 25,000-crore Bhadla-Fatehpur HVDC project, which is AESL's largest order win till date. These order wins have pushed up the company's market share in TBCB (tariff-based competitive bidding) orders to 24 per cent, from 17 per cent in the second quarter. AESL's current order book now stands at Rs 54,700 crore, as compared to Rs 17,000 crore in the beginning of the current financial year. This is the highest order book amongst all private sector transmission .

Iskcon, Adani Group tie up to give meals to nearly 100k daily at Maha Kumbh

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in partnership with the Adani Group, is providing meals to nearly one lakh people daily at the ongoing Maha Kumbh, a spiritual organisation's official said. At a camp on Harshvardhan Marg here, ISKCON's one kitchen prepares food for 30,000 - 35,000 people in one session, and more than one lakh people are served food in three sessions a day, its Director (CSR) Madhukant Das told PTI. ISKCON's food -- which includes dal, chole or rajma, vegetables and roti and rice, and halwa or boondi laddu in sweets-- is completely balanced. These meals are prepared on a clay stove over a fire of wood and cow dung cakes, which makes them taste amazing, he added. Das said meals are being distributed at 40 centres across Prayagraj, including bus stands, railway stations and several holding areas, where the crowd of devotees are halted on the main bathing days. He also informed that the food is also being distributed to 15,000 employees ...

Dubai's Emaar confirms stake sale talks with Adani Group for Indian ops

Dubai's Emaar confirms it's in talks with Adani Group to sell a stake in its Indian subsidiary. The deal, valued at Rs 40-50 billion, is still being finalised