Samsung may ‘kill’ one of its most popular smartphones

It has been in the works for a while now and won’t come as a surprise but it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note series of smartphones will soon fade into oblivion. Samsung didn’t launch a new Galaxy Note smartphone this year and officially confirmed it had no plans to do so and now a … Read more

JSW Energy separates Green and Grey businesses

In line with the ongoing industry trends, JSW Energy too separates it’s Green (Renewables) from Grey (Thermal) business into a separate 100% owned subsidiary – JSW Energy Neo. Key Points to note: The Company targets to reach a power generation capacity of 20GW by 2030 compared with 4.5GW currently. Of the current capacity 30% is … Read more

India Inc to show significant EBITDA growth in next 12-18 months: Moody’s

Benefiting from strong consumer demand and high commodity prices, Indian companies will show significant growth in EBITDA over next 12-18 months, according to Moody’s. The rating agency, which has 22 Indian corporates under its scanner, said growing government spending on infrastructure will support the demand for steel and cement. Also, rising consumption, push for domestic … Read more

Niti Aayog floats idea of full-stack digital banks

Government think-tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday proposed setting up of full-stack ‘digital banks‘, which would principally rely on the internet and other proximate channels to offer their services and not physical branches, to mitigate the financial deepening challenges being faced in the country. The Aayog, in a discussion paper titled ‘Digital Banks: A Proposal for … Read more

The Hinduja family feud puts a century-old business empire in jeopardy

As a child in London, one of Karam Hinduja’s favorite pastimes was watching Bollywood movies with his grandfather Srichand , the patriarch of a sprawling global business empire. “He and I, without fail, once a week, whatever was new, whether it was good or bad,” Karam said in a recent interview in Geneva. “That’s a … Read more