There is a rise in concern for uninsured Indian women. Despite increased participation of this financially vulnerable section, a major section still lacks coverage for critical treatment. Nearly 80% of women in India do not have a health insurance over Rs 20 lakh which is often required for chronic cases like Cancer or cardiac problems.
The National Company Law Tribunal, Bangalore bench approved Quess Corp Limited India’s largest business services company of the Composite Scheme of Arrangement for the demerger on the March 4 leading to the creation of three public listed entities. Following this, Quess Corp will continue to house India’s largest workforce management company with a headcount of over
Larsen and Toubro is back in news, but this time for the right reasons. The company’s chairman, SN Subrahmanyan, faced severe backlash a few months ago for endorsing the 90-hour work week culture. However, netizens are now hailing his latest move as on Thursday, he announced a one-day menstrual leave for the women employees. The
The Delhi High Court has ruled in favour of the government in a gas migration dispute between ONGC and a Reliance Industries-led consortium. The ruling could impact India’s oil and gas sector and influence future contractual obligations for shared reservoirs, explains Arunima Bharadwaj ALSO READBritannia CEO Rajneet Singh Kohli resigns, stock dips 0.6% post announcement
Birla Opus, the paints venture of the Aditya Birla group, is offering nearly double the amount of price-offs or discounts on products, at 6-7%, compared to rivals such as Asian Paints and Berger, whose price discounts are at about 3-4% on its products, trade and industry sources have told FE. The pricing action by Birla
The Kalyani family dispute about their mother’s samadhi is back in court. Sugandha Hiremath, the sister of Baba Kalyani, informed the Pune Civil Court at the hearing held on Thursday that she travelled to Kashi to pay her respects at her mother Sulochana Kalyani’s Samadhi, only to discover that no such memorial existed, which left her
Nestle’s subsidiary, Nespresso, on Thursday opened its first boutique store in India at the Select Citywalk Mall in Delhi’s Saket. Nespresso and Nestle India have entered into a distribution arrangement with Thakral Innovations. It will be the official distribution partner and will cover the full range of Nespresso coffee products across B2B channels. ALSO READPunit
Family members of Punit Goenka, CEO of Zee Entertainment, have acquired 0.29% shares of Zee Entertainment for Rs 27 crore, the company disclosed to the stock exchanges on Thursday. Goenka’s wife Sheyasi bought 13,83,500 securities worth around Rs 13.46 crore (0.14% of shareholding), while Goenka’s son Udayan bought 14,15,450 securities also worth around Rs 13.46
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, adding to the biggest selloff in months, as investors worried about the impact of the latest tariff threats on the global economy. Trading was volatile, following conflicting tariff updates, while progress toward a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia briefly lifted equities. The S&P 500 index dropped as low as 5,528.41
Shares of property developer Lodha, listed as Macrotech Developers, surged 6.72% in intra-day trade on reports that the company has acquired a land parcel in Mumbai for Rs 279 crore. According to reports, the company has signed a deal to acquire a 3.4-acre land parcel in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari West from Unichem Laboratories for over Rs
The launch of Zomato Nugget might seem similar to Amazon’s opening up of Amazon Web Services but it will not be easy for the former to make a big mark in the space, say experts. Last month, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced the launch of Nugget as an AI-native, no-code customer support platform designed to
India’s top central public sector enterprises with “maharatna” and “navratna” tags reported mixed picture in their efforts to improve corporate governance, going by the fourth edition of the survey by Excellence Enablers. The survey, which covers the four years through FY24 reveals these companies (38 at last count) witnessed an increase in audit committee meetings
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will acquire Bengaluru-based Darshita Southern India Happy Homes, a commercial real estate firm, for Rs 2,250 crore, the IT services major said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. The building and the land owned by Darshita Southern India Happy Homes will serve as a delivery centre, it added. The deal will
