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iPhone's rise in India: How Apple is taking on Android in premium segment

While Android continues to be the more popular smartphone platform in the country, iPhone has gained a stronger foothold among premium buyers

Apple to build hostel facilities for 100,000 women workers across India

Foxconn, Apple's largest iPhone vendor in India, is nearing completion of a hostel facility with 18,720 units in Chennai

India's path to becoming high-income nation: Escaping 'middle-income trap'

Five key course corrections for India to become an advanced country and set a better path for others

Trump becomes 47th US President, returns to White House after 4-yr hiatus

Stunning victory raises the stakes for stability and peace

Supreme Court redefines balance between private property and state power

Supreme Court gives a boost to private property rights

Governance failures, poly-crisis highlight limits of global economic models

Economics must move out of the mathematical measurement boxes in which it has entrapped itself

Lal Chowk: Unveiling Kashmir's realities amid nationalistic narratives

Article 370 is often portrayed as the root of Jammu & Kashmir's woes, but reality is a complex mix of possibilities, not perception

High-growth segments, Tier II, III cities to drive long-term gains for ABB

Some large orders were postponed and government capex has seen delays

Savings, credit, jewellery major focus for Jar amid evolving finance needs

Amid growing financial uncertainty, Jar enables Indians to save in digital gold, offering small daily investments and options for jewellery conversion through its platform

AI, GenAI, most talked-about tech, still far from full enterprise adoption

Lack of frameworks in strategy, data, and tech slows AI adoption, says a latest report by Infosys Knowledge Institute

Jio IPO may be pegged at over $6 bn; listing expected in Q2 or Q3 of 2025

Reliance Retail could be valued between $125 bn and $150 bn at the time of IPO

Will launch 3 biosimilars globally in 2-3 years: Biocon Biologics CEO & MD

Shreehas Tambe, MD & CEO, Biocon Biologics talks about refinancing, upcoming launches, and future roadmap, in a virtual interaction

Upper-teens EPS growth likely for Gland Pharma in next two financial years

Analysts are downgrading optimistic EPS estimates for FY25 and FY26, due to continuing slowdown in US sales and a temporary issue at Cenexi's site in Belgium

Apple iPhone 16 takes bite out of iPhone 15's sales, dials 8% growth

This increase has been led by the top-end iPhone 16 Pro series (Pro and Pro Max), which was initially imported but is now being assembled in India by Foxconn

Ocean freight rates increase for first time since July, shows data

Drewry World Container Index up 4% ahead of Christmas, New Year rush

How the carbon debt issue places an unjust burden on Global South

The unfairness in the allocation of responsibility for controlling CO2 emissions is evident in the shifting of the burden of emission reductions from consumers to producers

MPLAD schemes: Detractors warn of eroded separation of powers in governance

Critics point out that rarely are questions asked and probes ordered on the utilisation of public money under these schemes, or when done, it is mostly to settle political scores around election time

Underwhelming economics Nobel: Winners reveal little we didn't already know

Conclusion of laureates Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson - that prosperity depends on good (non-extractive) institutions, inclusion, rule of law - seems underwhelming, as these values are self-explanatory

In landmark ruling, SC strikes down State's power to seize private property

The ruling calls into question the doctrine of eminent domain, where state could summarily acquire private property, particularly land, for public use, and redefines the economic powers of the state

Employment by contract: Contractualisation is affecting employment quality

Indian firms' increasing reliance on contract workers for factory units could be attributed to various factors, including the need for greater flexibility