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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicVedanta

Topic: Vedanta

3 yrs after its TN plant shut down, Vedanta plans to set up copper smelter in ‘coastal state’

Vedanta invites Expression of Interest, says the 'mega project' will provide direct and indirect employment to 10,000 people.

Rising interest rates are squeezing Anil Agarwal’s bid to take control of Vedanta

The billionaire's personal holding company, Vedanta Resources, has amassed about $7 billion of debt and faces a far less receptive bond market than it did in early 2020.

Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal seeks $5 billion for turnaround fund to invest in PSUs

Anil Agarwal plans to buy companies over a five-year period and then boost their profitability before seeking an exit.

‘In economy vs environment, latter reigns supreme’ — why HC upheld Vedanta plant closure

Madras HC dismisses Vedanta’s claims of being ‘victimised’ with the closure of its Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi.

Only concern is environment, Madras HC says & rejects Vedanta plea to reopen Sterlite plant

Vedanta's Tuticorin plant stopped operations for maintenance in March 2018 & later extended shutdown due to mounting opposition from villagers against it.

Bombardier, Vedanta & GMR among 16 companies interested in running private trains in India

These companies took part in the first pre-application conference for running private trains Tuesday. The Modi government has moved to privatise 151 trains.

Lockdown to slow stressed asset deals in India, says Vedanta’s M&A head

India intends to suspend new bankruptcy filings for a year while it cushions companies from fallout of Covid & lockdown further imperils sale of Air India.

Anil Agarwal is exploring buying out investors in his Vedanta and taking it private

Anil Agarwal & his family own 50.1% of Vedanta, whose shares have fallen more than 40% this year, giving the company a market value of about $4.4 billion.

Vedanta’s epic battle to restart iron ore mining in Goa to begin in Supreme Court next week

Vedanta’s plea to resume mining in Goa has support of Modi govt, which was concerned about an economic slump in Goa even before the virus.

Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal pledges Rs 100 cr to COVID-19 cause, says many face uncertainty

Agarwal joins Anand Mahindra, Bill Gates and Jack Ma in the list of billionaires who are donating millions of dollars towards fighting coronavirus.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.