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Bajaj Auto pips TVS in October to top electric two-wheeler market

At the third spot is Ather Energy, which is in a fierce battle with the incumbent competitors to challenge their position

US halving China fentanyl tariff may prompt Apple to rethink India plans

US tariff cut on Chinese goods renders India's higher production costs unsustainable, threatening the recent surge in iPhone exports

Smartphone exports hit a new record of $1.8 billion in September

In fact, September this year saw a jump not just over the same month last year but across last three years when India averaged approximately $900 million each year in the month since 2022-23 (FY23)

Rapido's disruptive ride: Taking on bigger rivals with a bold playbook

Rapido, new kid on the cab aggregator block, is shaking up the market -Rapido

Our eventual aim is to serve a billion people: Lenskart's Peyush Bansal

Bansal said that as a consumer brand, Lenskart has to be an internationally renowned brand because it raises the quality bar

After a dream run, Zoho-run Arattai loses traction on app stores in India

Zoho's messaging app loses momentum after a strong patriotic push, while AI-powered Perplexity sustains top rankings across Google Play and challenges ChatGPT in India

Apple shipped 4.9 mn iPhones to India in Jul-Sep 2025, most in a quarter

What's more, the Cupertino-based technology giant's India shipments accounted for 9 per cent of its global iPhone volumes in the quarter, another record

India surpasses $20 bn in cumulative, new investment commitments in AI

Stanford AI Index Report in 2025 said India's cumulative private investment in AI from 2013 to 2024 was at $11.1 billion in 2024 (adding the government's, it is $12.3 billion)

iPhone fever spills into India's second-hand market: Counterpoint Research

Refurbished iPhone sales in India surged 19 per cent year-on-year in H1CY25, driven by consumer appetite for premium models such as the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 series

Rapido cofounder: Subscription model has halved customer acquisition cost

Ride-hailing company aims to become profitable in a year, says cofounder

Epsilon to set up 30K tonne per annum graphite anode plant in 1st phase

The move will help in tiding over the new stringent restrictions imposed by China on transfer of technology and processes of making battery materials

Betting big on Nothing: Smartphone maker enters India with new JV

The top three brands - Vivo, Samsung, and Oppo - account for half the smartphone volumes, and the top four, with Realme, over 60 per cent

Electronics sector calls for PE tax parity with China and Vietnam

India's electronics production is worth $135 billion, of which smartphones comprise $64 billion, according to ICEA. Smartphone production has grown 20-fold in the last decade

Tesla, VinFast make quiet start in India's electric vehicle market

By comparison, total electric passenger car sales in September stood at 15,247 units, while 5,538 electric cars have been registered to date in October.

India to power global fixed wireless growth: Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden

Telecom gearmaker's CTO says 6G to unlock smart glasses revolution

Behind the electronics surprise: India's path to $500 billion by 2030

India's one Achilles heel in electronics production has been its heavy dependence on smartphones, that too a lot on exports

India dials up record smartphone exports; shipments touch $13.4 bn in H1

Shipments touch $13.4 bn in H1FY26, powered by iPhone; September exports to US treble

Homegrown Arattai tops India app charts, outshines ChatGPT, Gemini

Corporate leaders, including Anand Mahindra, also pitched for Arattai's adoption, lending the platform further visibility

Dixon to Amber: Homegrown giants lead charge in electronics component plan

Dixon, Amber, Kaynes, Samvardhana Motherson among key applicants

India, China airlines to vie for bigger market share as skies open

In September 2019, IndiGo entered the fray with a Delhi-Chengdu flight, and then added another from Kolkata to Guangzhou the next month, soon grabbing 16.8 per cent of the overall market