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New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday ordered an investigation against Asian Paints for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market for manufacturing and sale of decorative paints. The direction follows a complaint filed by Grasim Industries (Birla Paints Division), which allegedly accused Asian Paints of engaging in exclusionary practices aimed at stifling its entry and growth in the Indian decorative paints segment. "The Commission is of the op ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 1 (PTI) JSW Paints aims to significantly increase its market share in decorative and industrial coating segments, following the acquisition of Akzo Nobel India Ltd, the makers of Dulux paints, a top company official said. Last week, JSW Paints announced the acquisition of 74.76 per cent stake from the Dutch promoters of Akzo Nobel India Ltd (ANIL) for a consideration of Rs 8,986 crore and announced an open offer of up to Rs 3,929.06 crore. JSW Paints, part of Sajjan Jindal-led USD ...Read More >
BENGALURU: B2B marketplace and new retail platform for food and grocery Jumbotail, has raised $120 million in a funding round led by SC Ventures, the investment arm of Standard Chartered. Existing investors including Artal Asia participated in the round. With this, the start-up has raised $263 million. The company will invest the capital to build AI-native solutions and capabilities. Jumbotail also completed its acquisition of Solv India, a B2B commerce and financial services platform incubated ...Read More >
Hyderabad: International Asteroid Day (IAD) is observed on June 30 every year to raise public awareness of asteroids and the importance of defending Earth against potential threats from the asteroid belts. This day has been sanctioned by the United Nations. Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Even though these rocky remnants are the leftovers from the formation of our solar system that occurred about 4.6 billion years ago, they still orbit around the sun like planets. There a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Torrent Pharmaceuticals expects the Rs 19,500-crore deal to acquire majority stake in Mumbai-based J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals to complete over the next 15-18 months. As per the deal, which is the second largest in the domestic pharmaceutical space behind Sun Pharma's 2015 acquisition of Ranbaxy, Torrent will acquire 46.39 per cent stake from promoters Tau Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (a unit of global investment firm) for about Rs 11,917 crore. It would additional ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Torrent Pharmaceuticals expects the ₹19,500-crore deal to acquire majority stake in Mumbai-based J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals to complete over the next 15-18 months. As per the deal, which is the second largest in the domestic pharmaceutical space behind Sun Pharma's 2015 acquisition of Ranbaxy, Torrent will acquire 46.39 per cent stake from promoters Tau Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (a unit of global investment firm) for about ₹11,917 crore. It would additionally b ...Read More >
New Delhi: Torrent Pharmaceuticals on Sunday announced the acquisition of majority stake in J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in a Rs 19,500-crore deal that will make it India's second most valued pharma company. Torrent will acquire 46.39 per cent stake from promoters Tau Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (a unit of global investment firm) for about Rs 11,917 crore. It would additionally buy another 2.80 per cent from certain employees of JB Chemicals at the same acquisition price of Rs 1,600 per sh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Torrent Pharmaceuticals on Sunday announced the acquisition of majority stake in J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in a Rs 19,500-crore deal that will make it India's second most valued pharma company. Torrent will acquire 46.39 per cent stake from promoters Tau Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (a unit of global investment firm) for about Rs 11,917 crore. It would additionally buy another 2.80 per cent from certain employees of JB Chemicals at the same acquisition price of Rs ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Sajjan Jindal's JSW Paints on Friday announced acquisition of Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel's India unit in a Rs 12,915-crore deal to become the fourth-largest player in the paint industry in the country. JSW Paints will buy a 74.76 per cent stake in Dulux paint-maker Akzo Nobel India for Rs 8,986 crore and launch an open offer to buy another 25 per cent from open market for up to Rs 3,929.06 crore. "JSW Paints today (Friday) entered into definitive agreements to acquire ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): JSW Paints Limited, on Friday, entered into definitive agreements to acquire up to 74.76 per cent stake in Akzo Nobel India Limited (ANIL) from Akzo Nobel NV and its affiliates, for a maximum consideration under the Share Purchase Agreement of up to Rs 8,986 crores, subject to certain closing adjustments (Proposed Transaction). The Proposed Transaction is subject to approval from the Competition Commission of India and the completion of a mandatory t ...Read More >
Mumbai: JSW Paints has agreed to acquire Akzo Nobel's India business, valuing the company at Rs 12,000 crore (approximately $1.1 billion). This will make the paint-maker the fourth-largest in the now highly competitive domestic paints market. Ending months of negotiations, JSW has agreed to pick up 74.76% stake in the Akzo Nobel India for Rs 8,986 crore, an over 17% discount to Thursday's price. ET in its May 26th edition was the first to report that JSW had agreed for the billion dollar acquis ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) JSW Paints, part of USD 23 billion JSW Group, on Friday said it will acquire majority controlling stake in Akzo Nobel India Ltd (ANIL), the maker of Dulux paints, for Rs 8,986 crore. It will acquire 74.76 per cent stake from its Dutch promoters/holding entities -- namely Imperial Chemical Industries and Akzo Nobel Coatings International BV -- for a consideration of Rs 8,986 crore, according to a statement from the JSW Group firm. "JSW Paints today (Friday) entered into ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): JSW Paints Limited, on Friday, entered into definitive agreements to acquire up to 74.76 per cent stake in Akzo Nobel India Limited (ANIL) from Akzo Nobel NV and its affiliates, for a maximum consideration under the Share Purchase Agreement of up to Rs 8,986 crores, subject to certain closing adjustments (Proposed Transaction). The Proposed Transaction is subject to approval from the Competition Commission of India and the completion of a mandatory t ...Read More >
CCI has also approved a 25.18 per cent equity stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Ltd (FGILICL) through a bid/resolution plan submitted by Central Bank of India | Image: Wikimedia Commons State-owned Central Bank of India on Thursday said it has acquired a 25.18 per cent stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited (FGILICL) for a cash consideration of Rs 57 crore as part of the insolvency process. With the acquisition of 65,43,80,439 shares on Wednesday (Jun ...Read More >
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has urged the Supreme Court to transfer 24 writ petitions related to alleged anti-competitive practices by Amazon and Flipkart to a single High Court, preferably Delhi High Court, to expedite hearings and avoid conflicting rulings. The Supreme Court has agreed to list the matter early, with a likely hearing on Friday.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to transfer a batch of 24 writ petitions pertaining to allege ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, India: India's antitrust body has asked the Supreme Court to hear legal challenges to an investigation of Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart e-commerce platforms. The body says those challenges, filed by Samsung, Vivo, and others at Indian high courts, aim to scuttle the probe. On December 3, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) asked the court to consolidate 23 lawsuits filed by Samsung, Vivo, and several Amazon and Flipkart vendors to speed up the resolution of an ongoing investig ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- Samsung has accused India's competition watchdog of unlawfully detaining its employees and seizing data in a raid carried out in connection with an antitrust investigation on Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, a legal filing shows. Samsung is embroiled in the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigation that in August concluded that the South Korean giant and other smartphone companies broke antitrust laws by colluding with Amazon and Flipkart to exclusively launch p ...Read More >
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has levied a fine of 25.4 million U.S. dollars for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp's controversial 2021 privacy policy, TechCrunch reported Monday. It also ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years. The CCI began the investigation in 2021, found that WhatsApp's "take-it-or-leave-it" privacy update constituted an abuse of Meta's dominant position b ...Read More >
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