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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
TopicMergers and acquisitions

Topic: Mergers and acquisitions

In poll-bound Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar’s mergers & acquisitions spree is bleeding BJP

Leaders who have been with BJP for long ‘do not like this power-hungry version of their party,’ quips spokesperson of Sharad Pawar-led NCP; BJP calls it ‘part & parcel of politics’.

Ultratech & Ambuja acquisitions are just the latest in a larger consolidation of the cement industry

The cement industry has been consolidating since FY18, with the larger players looking to not only increase their capacities but also widen their geographical reach.

Competition Commission is Indian startups’ bugbear. It’s also causing global embarrassment

The DSM-Firmenich merger was just one of the 20-odd deals worth $1.5 billion pending before the CCI last year. Some experts blame the commission for trying to be too 'industry friendly'.

India records best-ever mergers & acquisitions quarter, $82.3 billion pending & completed deals

The spike was led by HDFC Bank's $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Housing Development Finance Corp. in April, which combined India's leading bank and largest mortgage lender.

Mergers & acquisitions in India cross a blockbuster $100 billion in 2018

With more deal-making expected, the tally is likely to surpass $100 billion in 2019 too.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.