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Smartphone exports beat estimates, cross $21 billion in FY25 so far

Sprint past $20 billion target, beating projections

Now, tussle starts between Herbalife and Modiway in weight-loss market

The weight-loss market hit $25 billion in 2024 and is expected to expand to $55 billion by 2033, according to industry estimates

Starlink's tie-ups with Jio, Airtel to reshape India's satellite broadband

In a surprise move earlier this week, Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Airtel announced a partnership Musk-led SpaceX to offer the Starlink service in India

Harry Singh Banga's Caravel Group sets sail on a zero-carbon mission

Banga acknowledges that companies have no choice but to adapt, despite energy transition ships running on dual fuels costing up to 20 per cent more than conventional vessels

Reliance JioStar to garner Rs 6,000 crore in IPL advertising revenues

58 per cent increase over last year's IPL

Musk's Starlink to vie with Indian telcos in fixed wireless access space

The challenge of course for Starlink will be to price its product competitively against both Jio as well as Airtel in FWA and with Airtel in satellite broadband

Family offices, corporate venture capitals clinch a bigger deal slice

These two segments, however, focused on deals under $10 million, which accounted for 60-70 per cent of total deals in 2024

Over 2 million AI jobs in India with a 1 million talent gap: Bain & Company

In 2025, India's total AI talent pool will grow from 800,000 in 2024 to 940,000. However, the baseline demand for AI talent, which will be 1.5 million, could peak at 2 million.

India's auto parts companies eye a bigger share of the export market

An ACMA-BCG report has targeted Indian auto component exports to hit $100 billion - nearly a fivefold increase from $21 billion currently

India's cybersecurity firewall most breached by hacktivists, shows data

India has also emerged as the third-largest country for reported data leaks in the public domain globally, behind the United States (US) and Russia

Herbalife faces challenge from homegrown Modiway in weight-loss mkt

To put into perspective, the weight-loss market is big and, according to industry estimates, it hit $25 billion in 2024, and is expected to expand to $55 billion by 2033

BTA discussions: India eyes a bigger share of the US electronics market

In 2023, the share of US electronics imports from India was a mere 1.9 per cent of the $520 billion they imported. The total Indian electronics exports to the US was pegged at only $10 billion

IndiGo Airlines world's second fastest-growing airline in seat capacity

At 10.1% growth in 2024, it is only behind Qatar Airways, which grew 10.4%: OAG

Full market potential of digital space a long way to harness: Report

Geographical divide between urban and rural India far sharper than gender divide, it says

Nokia exporting up to 70% of India production, says Tarun Chhabra

The company in India saw its revenues in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024 hit Euro 463 million, up by 22 per cent from Euro 379 million in Q4 of 2023

TurboML plans to initiate $12 million AI foundational model in India

Bhatia says the investment cost accounts for the current commercial rate for one hour of GPU usage, though this could decrease under the Meity subsidy scheme to $1 per hour

Investment firm Prosus may turn to artificial intelligence to shape biz

In India, Prosus has investments in Swiggy and owns payment technology (tech) company PayU, Rapido, a ride-hailing aggregator, and ecommerce platform Meesho

The Applecart upset: US reciprocal tariffs bite into India growth plans

Apple's rapid India pivot now faces a Trump-sized tariff pothole

Indian trade group asks govt to partly shift gold, silver imports to US

Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council says step will balance trade deficit with the US

India's top 4 business families anchor for a fifth of CSR contributions

Despite the substantial CSR investments made by family-run businesses, contributions from high networth individuals (HNIs) and ultra high networth individuals (UHNIs) fell marginally in FY24