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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicEssar Steel

Topic: Essar Steel

Homecoming costs Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal $7 billion after a year of legal drama

Challenges from rival bidders & creditors have seen Mittal's firm make dozens of trips to court since an initial bid in Feb 2018 to acquire Essar Steel.

India’s bankruptcy law will exist—with dentures in place of teeth

India’s two-year-old bankruptcy regime has been brought to the brink of irrelevance by the strain of resolving its most high-profile case -- Essar...

Lakshmi Mittal on the verge of getting control of Essar Steel and entering India

ArcelorMittal will now begin final negotiations with creditors of Essar Steel under India’s bankruptcy laws.

SC allows ArcelorMittal & NuMetal to bid for Essar provided they clear their dues in 2 weeks

The top court held both firms ineligible under amended Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code but granted them a fresh opportunity.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.