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Audio is high-quality, detailed and balanced
The earbuds have unique design & long battery life
Promoters pick up ₹1.5 L cr through share sales in 2024
A conducive \"EXIT environment\" didn't just help promoters looking to offload shares.
Affordable EVs sport features available in high-end models
Affordable EVs sport features available in high-end models
AI is changing how we search, play game & create
Taiwanese PC maker Asus is confident that AI will drive the next laptop innovation and it will be useful for all kind of user scenarios — content creation, professional working or gaming. Bullish on the India opportunity, Arnold Su, VP, Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, Asus India, speaks to Sudhir Chowdhary on the market trends in the PC industry and the business strategy deployed by the brand to promote its AI PCs in India. Excerpts:
Where comfort finds its space
NEW AUDI Q7
The Big Themes of 2024
LOOKING BACK
TVS champ now eyes Dakar Rally
One of India's finest woman rally riders is targeting the world's toughest race
Rising capital intensity
NAS DATA ON INFORMAL SECTOR DOESN'T REFLECT POLICY FALLOUT BETWEEN 2015-16 & 2019-20
A Breakout Year for Renewable Energy
The sector saw several milestones in 2024, govt focus on grid modernisation and ramping up transmission connectivity critical ahead
Slow lane
Govt should consider recalibrating auto PLI scheme's design and provide more support
Learning from no-detention policy
Why revocation of NDP is a thoughtful recalibration, and not a hasty retreat
'Stick with diversified equity funds, avoid sectoral funds now'
If investors have excessive allocation towards small- and mid-cap funds, it may be a good time for some reallocation towards large-cap funds. Rajeev Thakkar, chief investment officer, PPFAS Mutual Fund, in an interview to Saikat Neogi, advises investors to stick with diversified equity funds rather than trying to pick one or two sectors or themes for investments in the equity space.
Navigating market drawdowns
Keep a cash buffer to enter the market at lower prices
GenAI drafts a good report; human brain a great report
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is embroiled in a caste discrimination row, with a professor alleging denial of equal opportunity.
Banks stare at higher costs, slower credit growth
BANKS ARE PREPARING for a challenging 2025, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moves closer to implementing stringent guidelines on the expected credit loss (ECL) framework, liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) norms and project finance requirements.
Analysts Predict Crypto Boom in 2025
Supply cuts, and Trump's crypto push drove 2024's surge
Santa fails to turn up on Dalal Street
I couldn't have been more wrong last fortnight, as Santa played truant. I had expected the markets to soar, as the Nifty had rebounded from the neckline of the inverse Head & Shoulders pattern on December 13 and recorded its highest close since October 21.
179 Die as Plane Crashes in Worst-Ever Accident in S. Korea
FLIGHT OPERATED BY JEJU AIR CRASHES AND CATCHES FIRE AFTER SKIDDING DOWN RUNWAY; NATION DECLARES 1 WEEK OF MOURNING
Trump Backs H-1B...
Trump's support for the H-1B visa program has sparked debate, with some criticizing it as a betrayal of his \"America First\" principles while others see it as a more nuanced approach to immigration, particularly for skilled workers.
In e-scooter race, legacy brands are inching ahead
Total E2W sales, however, have surged, crossing one million units in the January-November period, up 37% y-o-y.
Real estate firms ride the luxury home wave
LUXURY PROPERTY DEVELOPERS in the country had a robust 2024, eclipsing the combined sales value of total residential sales in top cities during the previous year.
Zetwerk's Make in India playbook
WITH SEVERAL BLUE-CHIP CLIENTS, CONTRACT MANUFACTURER ON A GROWTH PATH
Route Mobile targets digital identity solutions for q-comm to fuel growth
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS provider Route Mobile is developing security solutions under its digital identity vertical to service up and coming sectors like quick commerce.
Rentomojo set to file DRHP by mid-2025
Inset
Beauty Startups Trim Losses Amid Cost-Cutting Drive
BEAUTY AND PERSONAL care startups, including Sugar Cosmetics, mCaffeine, Wow Skin Sciences, and online retailer Purplle have successfully reduced their losses in FY24 by tightening their advertising and promotional expenses.
Public capex growth hits a plateau
Overall growth in govt capital spending for FY26 seen at 8%
Brazil offers expertise to boost India's dairy cattle productivity
BRAZIL, A MAJOR global producer of dairy products, has offered its expertise in the genetic improvement of dairy cattle through several technologies, such as insemination and embryo transfer, aimed at boosting the productivity of India's cattle.
25% Attrition in Private Banks Risks Operations, Says RBI Report
Employee attrition in private sector banks has witnessed an increase to about 25%, and this high turnover rate poses significant operational risk, according to the latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24.
Market gets ₹1,600 cr FPI inflows in 2024
The year 2024 saw a sharp slowdown in foreign portfolio investor (FPI) activity, with foreign investors pumping in just over ₹1,600 crore on a net basis into the domestic equity market, a steep fall of 99% from the robust inflows of ₹1.71 lakh crore in the previous year.
Plans to boost railway receipts likely in FY26
Vande Bharat sleeper trains, revival of PPP on the cards