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Topic: Essar

Supreme Court clears way for ArcelorMittal to acquire Essar Steel

The Supreme Court allowed ArcelorMittal to complete its acquisition of Essar Steel India Ltd. by setting aside NCLAT’s order that gave secured and unsecured creditors equal right over sale proceeds.

Allowing new players to sell petrol, diesel needs more reforms to succeed

Modi govt has taken a major step towards liberalising its policy on petroleum retail. Now, refinery pricing needs to be made more transparent.

ArcelorMittal plans to bid for Essar power plant in MP along with Resurgent

Arcelor and Resurgent have held preliminary talks on a potential joint bid for the 1,200-megawatt Essar power plant in Madhya Pradesh.

India turns a bad-loan tragedy into a bankruptcy farce

It'll be unfortunate if India's next steel king is decided not on the wrestling mat  — but via walkovers.

ArcelorMittal heads to court in battle over India’s steel market

Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal will challenge the eligibility of the VTB-led Numetal Ltd. group in bidding for Essar Steel India Ltd. 

Russia’s top bank willing to buy out India’s sick Essar in a $6 billion race

The VTB-led consortium’s bid will be in contest with that of Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal, which submitted a higher offer than the VTB investor group last month.

2G scam judgment tells India the judicial system won’t hold the influential accountable

I don’t know on what basis the court said there was no evidence. In at least 40 pages of the judgment, the court has reproduced the evidence.

Paradise Papers: Parking money in tax havens biggest threat to democracy in the world

In most cases, funds were siphoned from domestic companies to offshore tax havens by over-invoicing and under-invoicing, through intermediary shell companies .

On Camera

What India can learn from Israel about atmanirbharta in defence

India’s fledgling defence industry has struggled to translate capacity into mass production or compete globally, resulting in continued reliance on imports.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.