July 2026

MUMBAI: Tata Sons’ annual general meeting, scheduled for next month, faces a potential roadblock from a quorum requirement in its articles of association (AoA). A key item on the agenda is the reappointment of chairman N Chandrasekaran, who retires by rotation at the AGM.Article 86 of Tata Sons’ AoA requires at least five members to…

BENGALURU: French labour authorities fined Infosys €175,000 (around Rs 2 crore) because its employee time-recording system did not comply with local labour laws.In a stock exchange filing, the IT services company said it received a communication from DRIEETS Ile-de-France, the regional French labour authority, imposing the penalty.The regulator found that Infosys’ time-tracking system did not…

NEW DELHI: Coming month is likely to witness an IPO rush with more than a dozen companies, including Zepto, Truhome Finance and logistics platform Shiprocket, gearing up to launch their initial share-sale. The upcoming issues, expected to collectively raise over Rs 25,000 crore, include a mix of fresh equity issuances and offer for sale (OFS)…

MUMBAI: When SBI Life launched operations with the country’s first bancassurance-led business model, it was powered by its JV partner BNP Paribas’ insurance arm Cardif. Now the French insurer’s aim is to replicate the same model in IndiaFirst Life Insurance through its partners Bank of Baroda and Union Bank.Last weekend, BNP Paribas Cardif entered into…