economic growth: UN upgrades India’s 2024 growth forecast to 6.9% from 6.2%

The United Nations has revised upwards India’s growth projections for 2024, with the country’s economy now forecast to expand by close to seven per cent this year, mainly driven by strong public investment and resilient private consumption. The World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2024, released Thursday, said, “India’s economy is forecast to expand … Read more

Indegene listing: Indegene looking forward to enhancing EBITDA & PAT margins: Management

Manish Gupta, Chairman & CEO and Suhas Prabhu, CFO, Indegene, in conversation with ET Now. says: “The margin, especially at the EBITDA level, has consistently grown from 18.8% to 21.9%. We will look at sustaining and growing the margins as we go forward. Another aspect, given the proceeds from the IPO would be to go … Read more

Epic New Swift: Hisashi Takeuchi on why Maruti Suzuki is launching revamped premium hatchback while all car makes go for SUVs

Hisashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki, says: We are also focusing on SUVs and introduced a series of SUVs last year. But this year, we have to revamp this hatchback also because we cannot keep the same model for such a long time.” On launching a premium hatchback in times of SUVsHisashi Takeuchi: This … Read more

blue star share price: Blue Star has a very balanced growth in both B2B and B2C segments; Jan-July overall market growth to be 30-35%: Vir Advani

Vir Advani, CMD, Blue Star, says “room air conditioners had a fantastic Q4. April, of course, has been very strong for the industry as well as for us, as has our commercial refrigeration products, deep freezers, water coolers, etc. I think that the outlook for the summer is, of course, strong. In May and June, … Read more

market: After a lacklustre 2023, will 2024 be a year of mega-caps?

Similarly, HDFC Bank has one of the best credit underwriting matrices in the system and consistently gained market share over a long period. The stock is trading at 2.2 times of its book value compared with the long-term average of 3.7. Synopsis Mega stocks such as HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Infosys, TCS, Axis … Read more