Mahindra adds XUV700 luxury variants, delivery dates in 5 days

Mahindra & Mahindra today announced a new luxury variant for is recently unveiled XUV700 premium SUV diesel. The luxury variant, which will be available with both automatic transmission as well as manual transmission, will come with certain added features. These extra features include a new ‘immersive 3D sound” system by Sony, electrically deployed smart door […]

Max Healthcare wins two plots in HUDA auction, to add 1,000 beds

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd, one of India’s largest hostpital chains, said it has been allocated around 11.36 acres of land in the heart of Gurgaon city to set up two hospitals. The two plots, allocated by Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran, measure 6.11 acres and 5.26 acres. Both plots are in well populated areas of Gurgaon, […]

KPIT Tech to invest in “computer cars”

KPIT Technologies, an outsourced solutions provider primarily targeting automobile producers, said it has decided to boost investments in computer-controlled vehicle technology, given an increased demand from clients for such solutions. Most of the core aspects of vehicles on the road currently are controlled by mechanical methods, such as steering, suspension, braking and so on. However, […]

Vakrangee starts distribution of agricultural products and services

Vakrangee Ltd said it has tied up with BigHaat Agro Private Ltd to provide end-to-end Agri services, digital advisory as agri input products, including seeds and fertilizers. BigHaat is a digital agricultural platform that offers valuable inputs to farmers by using science, data and technology, such as end-to-end crop guidance and market linkages for various […]

Biocon launches cancer medicine in the US

Biopharmaceuticals manufacturer Biocon Ltd launched cancer medication Everolimus tablets in the US. The formulation, a generic version of Afinitor from Novartis, is a prescription medication that is used to treat certain types of cancers and tumours. The tablet has annual sales of around $675 mln in the US, which makes it among the larger drugs […]

Reliance Industries forms trading subsidiary in the UAE

Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company, has established a subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates. The company said it invested $1 mn to float Reliance International Ltd based in Abu Dhabi Global Market, UAE. The company will engage in trading of crude oil, petroleum products, petrochemicals and agricultural commodities, among others, said the Mukesh Ambani-led […]

Tata Motors, M&M report strong CV sales, PV sales fall

Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, the two primary home-grown auto makers in India, reported continued pick-up in the sales of heavy commercial vehicles, but their passenger vehicle sales showed a declining trend, though not as sharply as in case of market leader Maruti Suzuki. Passenger vehicle sales for M&M fell to 13,134 in September […]

Aurionpro selected as Haryana Roadways’ e-ticketing partner

IT services provider Aurionpro said it has won a “strategic order” from Haryana State Transport Department — the biggest operator of bus services in the state — to implement an automatic fare collection system on a revenue share basis. The system will be ‘open loop’, which means that it will not issue its own tokens, […]

TCS expands deal with Swedish pharma chain Apoteket

Tata Consultancy Services said it has expanded the scope of its existing support agreement with Swedish pharma retailer Apoteket as the latter prepares to diversify into new areas. “Apoteket stores draw 34 million customers annually, making it the leading pharmaceuticals retailer in Sweden. “The brand is looking to strengthen its leadership position in the region […]

Blue Star increases outlay for Sri City plant to Rs 550 cr, eyes Q2 completion

Air conditioning company Blue Star said it began construction work on its Rs 550 cr manufacturing plant in Sri City in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The plant will likely be included in the production-linked incentive scheme of government of India, under which companies are eligible to get around 5% of their sales as incentives […]

Anupam Rasayan gets Rs 145 cr order from European client

Specialty chemicals maker Anupam Rasayan said it has signed a preliminary, Rs 145 cr supply agreement with an existing European customer “which is one of the top ten multinational company across the globe”. The company did not name the client or the molecule to be supplied, but said the specialty chemical is related to life […]

Post COVID, Raymond cancels demerger of apparels, to monetize real estate

Mumbai-based Raymond Ltd said it has abandoned its two-year-old plan of splitting its garments, or lifestyle, business into a different company, and will instead focus on monetizing its engineering business. The company also said it will spin off its real estate business into a new company, but wholly owned by Raymond Ltd. In 2019, Raymond […]

Biocon Malaysia insulin aspart plant hit with 6 observations by US FDA

Six months after getting a VAI status from the US Food & Drug Administration for its insulin glargine manufacturing facility in Malaysia, Biocon — India’s largest biopharmaceuticals company — said the US FDA issued six observations after pre-approval inspections at its insulin aspart plant in that country. Insulin glargine is a long-acting insulin-substitute, while insulin […]

Zydus Cadila signs deal with Shipa Medicare for ZyCoV-D production

Cadila Healthcare, also known as Zydus Cadila, has taken one more step towards augmenting the production capacity for its DNA-based Covid vaccine known as ZyCoV-D by inking an agreement with Shilpa Medicare. Under the agreement, Shilpa Medicare Ltd will use its biologics manufacturing plant at Dharwad, Karnataka, to manufacture ZyCoV-D. ZyCoV-D is the world’s first […]

Indiabulls Housing repays Rs 7k cr NCDs, readies for paying back USD bonds

Indiabulls Housing Finance, which recently generated over Rs 800 cr from retail investors by the way of non-convertible debentures (a kind of corporate fixed deposit), said it paid back NCDs worth Rs 7,075.84 cr in September. It also said it was on track to pay back dollar bond holders by May. It said the NCDs […]

Yes Bank says Dish TV resorting to ‘dilatory tactics’, seeks EGM

Yes Bank, which holds around 26% of Dish TV India, accused the direct-to-home satellite provider of resorting to what it called dilatory tactics in seeking shareholder approval for its proposal to reorganize the company’s board of directors. As such, said Yes Bank, it was calling for an extraordinary general meeting under the relevant laws of […]

Bharti Airtel to expand fiber network in cities, selects Tejas Networks

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecom companies, has selected Tejas Networks, a provider network equipment and services, to expand its fiber network in major cities for 5G and broadband applications, the latter said. “Tejas will supply, install and support its state-of-the-art TJ1600 DWDM/OTN products for extending Airtel’s optical networks towards the edge, supporting 5G […]

Infosys to introduce Amazon’s Cobalt quantum computing service to clients

Infosys, a prominent supplier of IT services and products to enterprises, said it will explore the use of Amazon’s Cobalt ‘quantum computing’ platform to build quantum computing applications for clients. Quantum computing refers to the use of non-binary technologies to carry out computations. Traditional computers carry out all computations by reducing all data into a […]