Strong case to hike coal prices, could happen soon: CIL chairman

Strong case to hike coal prices, could happen soon: CIL chairman

Representational file image of a coal loading point at an underground coal mine. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Coal India Chairman Pramod Agrawal on March 20 said there is a “strong case” for increasing coal prices, and the hike could be effected “very soon” as discussions are underway with stakeholders. Mr. Agrawal also said he … Read more

India’s first mission to study the Sun will be launched by June-July: ISRO chairman 

India’s first mission to study the Sun will be launched by June-July: ISRO chairman 

Visible Line Emission Coronagraph, the primary payload on board Aditya-L1, was handed over to ISRO by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru on January 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch the Aditya-L1 mission by June or July this year. Aditya-L1 is the first … Read more

Urinating incident | Air India’s response should have been much swifter: Tata Sons chairman

Urinating incident | Air India’s response should have been much swifter: Tata Sons chairman

“We fell short of addressing this situation the way it should have been,” Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran said in a statement, on January 8, 2023. File  | Photo Credit: The Hindu photo library Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran on January 8 said the urinating incident on November 26 aboard an Air India flight from … Read more

Pepperfry rejigs structure for IPO

Pepperfry rejigs structure for IPO

(This story originally appeared in on Jul 29, 2022) Mumbai: Furniture retailer Pepperfry has begun to overhaul its business structure as it plans to debut on India’s stock exchanges. To start with, the founders Ambareesh Murty and Ashish Shah have redomiciled Pepperfry from Cayman Islands to Mumbai. They had registered Pepperfry in Cayman Islands as … Read more

Industry to Sebi: Defer rule that bars Chairman, MD from being related

Industry to Sebi: Defer rule that bars Chairman, MD from being related

Corporate India has renewed its demand that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) stay the implementation of the provision that makes it mandatory for the chairman and managing director of a large listed company to not be related to each other. It has asked the capital markets regulator to either make this provision, … Read more

CBDT chairman PC Mody retires, CBDT member Jagannath Mohapatra to discharge duties of chairman for 3 months

CBDT chairman PC Mody retires, CBDT member Jagannath Mohapatra to discharge duties of chairman for 3 months

Central Board of Direct Taxes member Jagannath Mohapatra will officiate as the chairman of the Board for three months or till the time a new chairman is appointed, the finance ministry said in a notification Monday. Present chairman Prakash Chandra Mody, a 1982-batch Indian revenue services officer, will retire today. Mody was appointed chairman in … Read more

Every decision of government needn’t be a big reform: Anand Mahindra

Every decision of government needn’t be a big reform: Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra can’t wait to get back home from the US because all the action is happening in India with a new, stable government led by Narendra Modi in place. Hours after chairing a board meeting of Mahindra & Mahindra at midnight US time, the company’s chairman and MD spoke on Saturday to Satish John … Read more