Hyundai India agrees to new wage pact

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) and United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE), the recognised union of the company, have announced the “successful conclusion and signing of a mutually beneficial wage settlement agreement” for the period 2024–2027, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The long-term wage settlement is effective from April 1, 2024, through…

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Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India victims’ kin sue Boeing, Honeywell; blame fuel cutoff switches that FAA cleared as ‘safe’

The families of four victims of the June 12 crash of Air India Flight AI171 have filed a lawsuit against US planemaker Boeing and aerospace supplier Honeywell, alleging that faulty cockpit fuel switches caused the deadly accident that killed 260 people.The complaint, lodged in Delaware Superior Court on Tuesday, claims the accident occurred seconds after…

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Private capex jump unlikely in FY26: S&P

MUMBAI: While a jump in capital expenditure is unlikely this fiscal year, the prospects for the economic growth catalyst are much better over a medium-to-long term, an arm of global rating agency S&P said on Wednesday. Companies are likely to invest upward of $800 billion over the next five years, S&P Global said. “There is…

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Vedanta demerger: Final hearing on October 8

MUMBAI: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday deferred the hearing on Vedanta’s ambitious demerger proposal to Oct 8, as the ministry of petroleum and natural gas objected to the scheme, citing a lack of necessary disclosures. The Mumbai bench of NCLT also directed Vedanta and the ministry to file written submissions in five…

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Banks, insurance companies may get Sebi nod for non-agriculture trades

MUMBAI: Sebi will engage with the government to allow banks, insurance companies and pension funds to invest in non-agriculture commodity derivative markets, its chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Wednesday.He said the capital markets regulator is also looking at a proposal to allow foreign portfolio investors to trade in non-cash settled, non-agricultural commodity derivative contracts….

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