Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
The apex court questioned the Department of Telecommunications on the AGR demands raised against the public sector undertakings. The court said its order never dealt with PSUs.
Payment timeline for AGR dues would be critical
The AGR issue is a 14-year-old case that had mobile operators locked in a legal battle with the government over the definition of of the term
From SC directing telecom companies on AGR dues to the decline in May auto sales, here are the top headlines of the day
Among the major highlights of the hearing were Supreme Court's direction to the Department of Telecom to reconsider demands raised against the PSUs
A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah raised questions on the demand raised by the government from PSUs and said its verdict in the case had been misinterpreted
Telecom stocks are expected to remain active today as the Supreme Court will hear the AGR matter later in the day
From S&P retaining India's sovereign rating and outlook, SC relief to Amrapali homebuyers to HUL's crorepati club shrinking, here are top news of the day
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra will hear the matter tomorrow
The DoT also raised a demand of over Rs 3 trillion from non-telecom PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India
Revival of economic activity should overwhelm its agenda
Tata Sons infused about Rs 46,595 crore in Tata Teleservices between January 2014 and December 2019
COAI, whose members include Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, has written to Trai seeking an open house discussion on the issue "at the earliest"
Today, 18 companies, including Bajaj Finance, Apollo Tyre, and Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, are scheduled to announce their March quarter earnings
During the quarter, the company took an exceptional charge of Rs 7,004 crore mainly on account of the re-assessment of interest on licence fee, and spectrum usage charges (including interest on AGR).
Vodafone says its share in Vodafone Idea is worth zero
At the net profit level, aided by lower interest costs, the company recorded a growth of 73 per cent on a sequential basis and nearly trebled over the year-ago period.
Vodafone Idea, which is facing a financial crisis after the apex court ordered it to pay AGR dues and penalties totalling Rs 53,000 crore, will, however, have to wait for other refunds
'Longer term viability of VIL continues to remain under cloud,' noted Credit Suisse in a report