India’s Life Insurance Corp. Files IPO Papers to Potentially Raise $8 Billion February 14, 2022 By Nupur Anand, Aftab Ahmed and Sudarshan Varadhan State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has filed draft papers with the market regulator to sell 5% of its...
Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests January 13, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said,...
Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official January 4, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a...
Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began. January 3, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan, A. Ananthalakshmi and Ahmed Farhatha SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets...
Ford Halts Production at Southern India Plant as COVID-19 Cases Surge May 28, 2021 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Ford Motor Co. said it will halt production at its car plant in India’s southern state of Tamil...
Renault-Nissan Shuts South India Plant Until May 30 on COVID Safety Concerns May 26, 2021 By Sudarshan Varadhan and Aditi Shah CHENNAI – Automaker Renault-Nissan will shut its plant in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state until May 30, according to an...
Renault-Nissan, Hyundai Face Factory Closures in India over Workers’ COVID-19 Fears May 25, 2021 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI, India – Automakers Renault, its alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. face temporary factory closures in...
Fire at Indian Firecracker Factory Kills at Least 12, Police Report February 16, 2021 By Sudarshan Varadhan At least 12 people were killed in a fire at a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil...
India Investigator Recommends Moving S. Korea-Owned Plant After Gas Leak July 7, 2020 By Sudarshan Varadhan and Jane Chung CHENNAI/SEOUL – An investigation into a deadly gas leak at a South Korean-owned chemical plant in southern India that killed...
Sulphuric Acid Leak at Vedanta India Copper Smelter Could Damage Environment June 20, 2018 By Sudarshan Varadhan Vedanta Ltd. said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its southern Indian copper smelter was severe...