Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings (RIIHL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has invested in New Emerging World of Journalism Private (NEWJ), a start-up that curates and produces video content for smartphone users. As initial tranche, RIIHL has subscribed to 30,000 equity shares and 125 compulsory convertible debentures for total cash aggregating to Rs 1.03 crore and consequently NEWJ has become a subsidiary of RIIHL and RIL, a company statement said.

Reliance Industries arm has acquired substantial stake in media startup New Emerging World of Journalism (NEWJ) with an initial investment of Rs 10.3 million.

As initial tranche, RIIHL (Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Limited) has subscribed to 30,000 equity shares and 125 compulsory convertible debentures for total cash aggregating to Rs 10.3 million and consequently NEWJ has become subsidiary of RIIHL and the company, RIL said in a late regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd. is considering a plan to boost its oil-refining capacity by about half, people with knowledge of the matter said. The proposed plant, to come up at the world’s biggest refining complex in Jamnagar, will be able to process as much as 30 million tons of crude a year, the people said asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. A Reliance spokesman didn’t reply to an email seeking comment.

New Delhi: Shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) Friday rose over 2% helping the oil-to-telecom major pip Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become the most-valued company in terms of market capitalisation.

Mumbai: Acquisitions were not its second nature. But when the yarn-to-telecom conglomerate, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) saw that it may be a tad lagging in building its new-age businesses, inorganic growth was the only route plausible. Over the past 11 months, RIL through its web of subsidiaries, has either acquired or struck partnerships with more than two dozen entities to expand Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Retail, spending nearly 10,000 crore.

Mumbai: In June 2015, when Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani said retail and telecom would be the sunrise sectors for the company, many investors were sceptical. Three years on, Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd have jointly crossed revenues of RIL’s petrochemicals business, for long its second-largest revenue generator after oil refining and marketing.

The billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd’s strategic partnership with Den Networks Limited and Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited might be a ‘win-win’ for all three companies, but it will have a negative impact on broadcasters and direct-to-home (DTH) players, India Ratings (Ind-Ra) said on Friday. The deal would lead to consolidation in the multiple system operators (MSOs) market, and this, in turn, could be negative for broadcasters by impacting their bargaining power to command higher subscription revenue, Ind-Ra said.

India Mobile Congress 2018: Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday showed confidence in India’s data-led growth and said digital revolution would help realise four ambitious goals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, namely – doubling farmers’ income, Ayushman Bharat Scheme, quality education and employment generation. “With world-class digital infrastructure in place… India is now ready to not only embrace… but actually lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

RIL share price: Snapping a three-day losing spree, RIL share price surged on Wednesday morning, after falling global crude oil prices lifted sentiments for the prospects of oil-telecom conglomerate. Reliance Industries share price gained as much as 2% to Rs 1075.95 in the morning trade, even as crude oil prices fell to a near two-month low.

Shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) has dipped 7% to Rs 1,073 on the BSE in early morning trade after a mixed bag results for the quarter ended September 2018 (Q2FY19) with its retail and digital services (telecom; Jio) businesses continuing to post strong growth, while its core refining business performance was a bit disappointing amid high expectations.

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