HCL Tech inaugurates swanky new office in Colombo with 10 floors, 4k seats

HCL Tech, one of the top five IT services providers based out of India, announced the opening of its largest delivery center in Sri Lanka. Located in a newly built complex known as Cinnamon Life in Colombo, the 10-storey center will accommodate 4,000 workers — four times the number of Sri Lankans employed by the […]

Maruti Suzuki, Toyota’s scrapping factory starts operations

Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Group’s have created the first major, scientific auto-scrapping unit in India at NOIDA near Delhi. The factory can disassemble and recycle 24,000 vehicles per year, and has been constructed at a cost Rs 44 cr. ““Till now there was no scientific, clean and healthy way to dispose a car at its […]

BEL gets biggest ever export order as part of IAF’s Airbus C-295 order

Government of India-controlled Bharat Electronics Ltd, a manufacturer of defence electronics, said it received its largest ever export order in the form of a Make in India offset-contract from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Defence & Space. In September this year, Indian Air Force had signed a Rs 20,000 cr contract with Airbus Defence and Space […]

Revolt bike network to expand to 75 cities by early 2022

RattanIndia Enterprises, led by IndiaBulls founder Rajiv Rattan, has announced plans to open Revolt electric bike showrooms in 60 new cities by early next year, which will take the total number of showrooms to 75. These new cities include Kolkata, Chandigarh, Lucknow and the national capital. The current crop of showrooms are located in Bangalore, […]

Sabu Jacob’s Kitex Garments starts Telangana unit

Kitex Garments has incorporated a new company in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, with an initial capital of Rs 100 cr, in keeping with the company’s earlier announcement of shifting some of its expansion to the new South Indian state. The Kerala-based company had created controversy in its home state several months ago due to political statements […]

Hero MotoCorp to stick to scooters in major EV push in March

Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest maker of motorized two-wheelers, said it will start its EV journey in March with a scooter developed fully in-house, but said current technology and battery prices prohibit the launch of electric motorcycles aimed at the mass market. The company has already announced that it would launch an electric vehicle in […]

Dixon starts making fully automatic washing machines for BOSCH

Dixon Technologies, one of the rare success stories of India in electronics manufacturing, said it has started making fully automatic washing machines. The appliances are being made for BSH Household Appliances Private Ltd, the local unit of the global giant that owns brands such as Bosch. Manufacturing has been started at Dixon’s Tirupati factory. Before […]

V2 Retail says 2021 festival sales above pre-COVID levels

V2 Retail, one of India’s largest value retail chains specializing in fashion and items of daily use, reported strong sales growth for July-September, and said the festival season this year has so far been better than pre-pandemic levels. Outside travel, tourism and entertainment sectors, the company had been one of the worst hit by the […]

Dish TV to hold AGM this month as YES Bank fight lingers

In an unexpected announcement, Dish TV India Ltd, one of India’s largest TV channel distribution platforms, said its board of directors have called the company’s annual general meeting on the last day of this month. The announcement is unexpected given that the board had, a week ago, decided to seek government approval to postpone the […]

Dish TV says YES Bank cannot sell Dish shares

Adding another dimension to the legal battle over the impending extraordinary general meeting called by Dish TV’s largest shareholder YES Bank, the DTH operator said a local office of Uttar Pradesh Police has asked the company to ensure that YES Bank does not deal in or liquidate its Dish TV shares, pending an investigation by […]

Polycab sells copper plant to Hindalco for Rs 168 cr plus debt

Polycab India Limited, one of the best performing mid-sized companies in India and a maker of electrical goods, said it has decided to sell its copper rod manufacturing business to metal refiner Hindalco Industries, part of the Aditya Birla group of companies. Polycab said it decided to take this step as Hindalco would be better […]

Parag Milk says derivates back to growth, milk vols yet to reach pre-pandemic levels

Parag Milk Foods Ltd, India’s largest dairy-focused consumer goods brand, said sales of some of its key products has reached pre-pandemic levels, but sales of liquid milk are half their regular volume. The company, which was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic both because of logistical disruptions as well as a dip in consumer demand, reported […]

Rising costs dampen Exide’s revenue out-performance

Exide Industries, one of India’s oldest automotive battery companies, reported a strong increase in revenue for the September quarter, but an equally significant jump in the cost of key raw materials prevented any benefit of the higher sales from flowing to the company’s bottom line. The company’s operating revenue jumped Rs 4,758 cr from Rs […]

L&T to build ministry offices under central vista project

Larsen & Toubro, India’s largest construction company, said it won a contract from the union government to build three 10-storeyed buildings that form part of the new central secretariat. The union government is current redeveloping the central vista — the hub of administration in India that houses most of the major ministries and departments of […]