The added burden on manufacturers for recycling e-waste is expected to impact their margins, which may further lead them towards hiking prices of other items.
'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".' 'He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific timing of his decision was dictated entirely by political exigency -- his government was threatened.' 'It also turned out to be a game changer in Indian politics.'
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Aiming the top position in the home appliances segment, Whirpool India will invest up to Rs 160 crore (Rs 1.6 billion) for intensifying operations in the next one and half years.
>Gadgets that make kitchen work easier and faster have gained momentum in the lockdown.
Haier Appliances (India) Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese white goods major Haier Technology, is planning to enter the Indian market in a big way by launching models across various product categories.
Party says that on one hand, the Maharashtra government was offering full security to Ghulam Ali and on the other, BJP leaders are asking Shah Rukh to go to Pakistan.
While e-commerce operations for these firms are small at the moment, it is slated to grow in the next 3 to 4 years.
Sales of refrigerators were higher this year versus last year.
'There are more young people in Assam who are unemployed than possibly anywhere else.'
Top companies across sectors -- automobile maker Maruti Suzuki, consumer electronics giant Samsung to IT giant Infosys -- have reopened factories and offices as India took its first steps towards resuming economic activity after weeks under a near-total coronavirus lockdown.
Steel, cement, aluminum, fertilisers, tractors, two-wheelers, beverages and carbonated drinks, tyres and FMCG could see demand back to near normal levels by the third or the fourth quarter of the financial year, or even earlier.
'Crores are spent on Martyrs Day and on lighting candles, but people don't respect living soldiers who are heroes.'
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Who is to take their place? Will a new generation of entrepreneurs start up with better business sense, or at least better luck? But the so-called unicorns are mostly copy-cat entrepreneurs whose cash flow is funded by overseas (including Chinese) money, notes T N Ninan.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
Makers of air conditioners, beverage and ice-cream are hopeful of a boost in sales
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The defence minister has to correct a major asymmetry. Will his discipline come in the way?
Fridge, washing machine, and paint makers are expected to cut prices shortly, while TV, aircon, and sanitary napkin makers are a disappointed lot
'The government's principal aim should be to reduce the volume of cash transactions.' 'That would bring more of the Indian economy within the purview of taxation.' 'The current downturn in economic activity due to a lack of adequate cash is likely to be limited to a year,'
The rupee's slide to a two-year low will impact consumer durables and electronics companies, as the import content in their products tends to be high
Markets extended gains for the fourth consecutive day tracking gains in banks, capital goods and oil and gas majors.
Rajinikanth gave a realistic portrayal in his 2016 release Kabali.
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Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association Consumer has also welcomed the move saying the it would improve the sentiments and strengthen the growth.
As the rupee continues its freefall against the dollar, cars, TVs, washing machines and other home appliances are set to cost more with companies set to hike prices to offset impact on their margins.
In over two decades that it has been gleaning into the cosmos, NASA's Hubble telescope has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers alike.
There is a hidden hand behind the political developments in Tamil Nadu...
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Whirlpool Corporation, Pearson and Qualcomm Incorporated.
The Drifting Canvas, a multimedia art exposition that is coming to India for the first time with digitised and animated works of 19th and 20th century artists, is offering a unique, immersive experience of art.
The prayer, Sarvejana Sukhinobhavantu, or let the whole universe of living beings be well, helps. So do profound and relevant Ancient Wise Words and aphorisms: Vasudaiva Kutumbakam, or the whole world is one big family, interconnected, interdependent. And a sense of humour, jokes, pranks, writing, conversations. And, last but definitely not least, the rippling waves of inner realisation on the background mind-track -- about the insignificance of ego, the importance of humility, the wasted opportunities in life, the wrong moves, the strokes of luck, the past 'sins', the what-ifs.
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Good pay hikes, positive macroeconomic factors and the taming of inflation have had a positive effect on purchases
