MUMBAI: Even as premiumisation is playing out in a big way and companies are latching on to the trend to spruce up growth, mass consumption continues to struggle. From apparel to jewellery and food, firms are finding it hard to get entry-level, middle class shoppers to spend more–in jewellery, of course, high prices of gold…
DHAKA: Tarique Rahman-led BNP was cruising to the halfway mark of 150 – winning 120 of the 300 parliamentary seats and leading in 55 more – leaving behind its rival and Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday, as counting was under way after Bangladeshis voted in the first national election since the 2024 ‘July…
Sunny Deol has once again reinforced his stronghold over patriotic cinema, proving that he remains a formidable force at the Indian box office. With ‘Border 2’ delivering a thunderous start over the Republic Day 2026 weekend and ‘Gadar 2’ having rewritten records during the Independence Day frame in 2023, the veteran actor has now powered…
PUNE: Bharatiya Janata Party led Mahayuti alliance is leading in the early trends of the counting for the high-stakes battle for the Pune local body polls.In the Pune municipal commission, 1,165 candidates are in the fray across 41 wards. According to Maharashtra state election commission, Pune civic polls recorded a low voter turnout of 54%.Pimpri…
As vote counting for the Maharashtra civic polls continues Friday, attention has turned to Nagpur’s 151 wards in the RSS stronghold.The Bharatiya Janata Party, part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the NCP, is leading comfortably in the city.The Congress is trailing far behind, while no other Maha Vikas Aghadi…
Apple Inc’s manufacturing push in India has resulted in a dramatic surge in iPhone exports, with shipments crossing the $50 billion mark under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme period. The milestone was achieved by December 2025, just four years after the world’s second-largest company by market capitalisation joined the smartphone PLI programme in FY22, according…
MUMBAI: Electricity, chemicals and metals accounted for 60% of the proposed investments in terms of sectors while in terms of geography, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra account for half of the total investments proposed in the country in the first nine months of FY26.According to a Bank of Baroda Economic Research note, new investment announcements…
In a surprising turn, James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ experienced a notable slowdown at the Indian box office after its second Sunday, raking in just Rs 5.25 crore on Day 12 and totalling Rs 148.15 crore. This figure pales in comparison to its predecessor, ‘Avatar 2’, which soared to Rs 274.95 crore within its…
NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in recent reports, flagged how railways failed to boost its non-fare revenue despite holding vast stretches of vacant land and how dues amounting to Rs 4,087 crore from 269 private siding owners remained unrecovered by different zones till March 2023, pointing to weak monitoring and enforcement mechanisms.CAG audit…
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s startup capital is undergoing a sharp funding reset even as Delhi-NCR and Maharashtra inch up, pointing to a more evenly balanced tech landscape across India’s three largest hubs in the first nine months of 2025.According to Tracxn’s geo funding trend report for the nine months of 2025, Karnataka-based tech companies raised $2.7 billion…