Festive sales kick off with strong demand from smaller towns, premium buys gain traction
Business Lineby BL Bengaluru Bureau·2d ago
India’s festive shopping season opened on a strong note across e-commerce platforms, with Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and Meesho reporting a sharp increase in orders, customer participation and demand...
Phones, ACs, fridges in demand as festive shoppers plan big-ticket upgrades on Flipkart's TBBD
Business Lineby PTI·2d ago
Festive sales have long been the time Indian households plan their big-ticket purchases, and the opening hours of Flipkart's Big Billion Days (TBBD) show shoppers doing exactly that, with mobiles...
Apple set to debut touch-screen MacBook and new iPad mini in late October
Business Lineby Bloomberg·2d ago
Apple Inc., already set to introduce a revamped smart home strategy next week, is planning a second launch in October to introduce its first touch-screen MacBook and a new iPad mini.
Nat Habit raises ₹142 crore in a Series C funding round led by Trident Growth Partners
Business Lineby BL Bengaluru Bureau·2d ago
Nat Habit, personal care brand, has raised ₹142 crore in a Series C funding round led by Trident Growth Partners, with participation from existing investors Bertelsmann India Investments, Mirabilis...
NSE cash market ADTV dips to six month low on bearish market sentiments
Business Lineby Suresh P Iyengar·2d ago
The average daily trading volume in the cash segment on NSE dipped 4 per cent in September to six month low at ₹1.15 lakh crore against ₹1.20 lakh crore logged in August on the back of bearish...
Anthropic restricts internet access in internal AI evaluations after Claude bypasses safeguards
Business Lineby ANI·2d ago
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has restricted live internet access across its internal evaluations after discovering instances of its Claude models bypassing safeguards, exploiting...
Over 2,000 detained as Delhi Police crack down on protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau·2d ago
More than 2,000 protesters were detained across Delhi on Saturday as police stepped up a crackdown on a demonstration planned at Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Chief Election...
Small, mid-cap firms to outpace large caps in Q2FY27 earnings growth: Report
Business Lineby ANI·2d ago
Domestic small- and mid-cap companies are expected to outperform large-cap firms in earnings growth during the September quarter, supported by capital expenditure, modern manufacturing and...
"High-level crisis team under PM needed": Seafarers’ Union petitions Govt after Sharjah tanker attack
Business Lineby ANI·2d ago
Following the drone attack on Panama-flagged crude oil tanker MT GEM NO. 2 at Sharjah Anchorage, Federation of Seafarers’ Unions of India (FSUI) General Secretary Manoj Yadav on Saturday called for...
Airlines ask Mumbai airport for terminal 1 structural safety reports
Business Lineby PTI·2d ago
Airlines have asked Mumbai airport to share structural safety reports of terminal 1 (T1) ahead of October 13 meeting to firm up reduction of flights.
Net office leasing down 20% in Jan-Sep across top 8 cities on supply constraints: Cushman
Business Lineby PTI·2d ago
Net leasing of office spaces fell 20 per cent annually in the January-September period to 36.7 million sq ft across eight major cities on limited fresh supply of quality workspaces and high base...
Gujarat to release water from Kadana Dam to protect Kharif crops amid rainfall deficit
Business Lineby Avinash Nair·2d ago
The Gujarat government will release 198 million cubic metres (MCM) of water from the Kadana Dam to irrigate standing Kharif crops across approximately 80,000 hectares in the Mahi command area...
RBI tightens forex derivatives framework to ensure orderly functioning of market
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·2d ago
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday announced a host of restrictive measures relating specifically to foreign exchange (forex) derivatives contracts even as it opened a special window to...
India remains key market for global smartphone makers amid evolving demand, component price pressure
Business Lineby ANI·2d ago
Global smartphone manufacturers view India as an essential, high-growth market that continues to sustain demand despite escalating prices of core components like memory and storage.
The next phase of farm electrification: Tillers, weeders and the machines around the tractor
Business Lineby Abhilash Maurya·2d ago
When India talks about clean farm power, the electric tractor gets most of the attention, and with good reason.
How can lift irrigation projects help India take water to more farms?
Business Lineby Kavita Shirvaikar·2d ago
India’s irrigation challenge is increasingly becoming a question of water distribution and accessibility, rather than only water availability.
From ‘no’ to the Yellow Revolution
Business Lineby Nasim Ali·2d ago
A five-year-old boy was selling packets outside a Costco store in Seattle for a Scouts charity fundraiser.
From commodity to value: Can India move up the global spice value chain?
Business Lineby Ramkumar Menon·2d ago
India has been the leading producer, exporter and consumer of spices in the world. Our country exports over 1.7 million tonne annually, valued at $4.43 billion, catering to about 26–28 per cent of...
A comfortable Diwali, an uncomfortable 2027: India’s sugar balance sheet is running thin
Business Lineby Shekhar Gaikwad; Dilip S Patil·2d ago
India enters the 2026-27 sugar season in an unusual position. Near-term availability is comfortable, festive demand is fully covered and ex-mill prices are set to soften before Diwali.
EC caps Form 7 applications to prevent bulk voter deletions
Business Lineby PTI·2d ago
To prevent bulk or malicious attempts to remove legitimate voters from electoral rolls, the Election Commission on Friday introduced specific caps on how many Form 7 applications a single...
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