'India needs at least 70,000 to 80,000 eyewear stores; our 2,000 stores are just a drop in the ocean.'
'Reinvention is not a hugely difficult task. With technology as available today, you can reinvent yourself pretty quickly.'
'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk, compliance, taxation, speed, and cost.'
At an estimated 1.9 billion in losses and over 5,000 UK organisations affected, the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack has been labelled the most economically damaging cyber incident in UK history, exposing the deep vulnerability of interconnected supply chains.
In September, Tesla and VinFast accounted for less than 0.5 per cent of all EV registrations.
The principal problem lies in lack of training infrastructure and relatively lax safety standards.
GenAI smartphones are mobile devices that leverage large-scale, pre-trained GenAI models to create original content or perform contextually aware tasks.
Smartphone exports for the first six months (April to September) of 2025-26 (FY26) surged to $13.4 billion, based on industry estimates. Driven by the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, this marks a 59 per cent jump over the $8.5 billion exported during the same period of the previous financial year (2024-25/FY25).
'The frenzy for gold is primarily due to the uncertainty surrounding the tariff war.'
Qualcomm is partnering with Indian firms like Lenskart to make smart glasses nearly as affordable as regular eyewear.
Electric two-wheeler (e2W) companies are upset with some of their suppliers of heavy rare-earth magnet-powered electric motors, who have objected to their proposal - under consideration by the government - that would allow e2W original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) an exemption from localisation norms on electric motors, thereby enabling them to continue receiving the 5,000-per-vehicle subsidy.V
India is slowly expanding its share as the third-largest market for smartphones globally in terms of value, even as countries like China, at the top, and the UK, at fifth, have seen declines, according to global data from Counterpoint Research.
'We are increasing our footprint, but other markets also compete - like Indonesia or Vietnam.'
'GST reduction will help larger and high-end cars too.'
India has become Apple's main export hub to the US, which consumes over $40 billion worth of iPhones annually.
'The world now realises that semiconductors are not just important for national security, but also for economic prosperity.'
Challans worth Rs 10,298 crore were issued, but collections have been a weak 20 per cent.
...on par with oil, power, and defence, and to restrict its storage under foreign control.
A Pakistan that is more secure in its relations with the US is also one that might well wish to indulge in another cross-border misadventure.
Fresher hiring grew by 8 per cent driven by non-IT services oil and gas, real estate, and education sectors.
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