Take One: Big story of the day
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Will El Nino further heat up Indian macro and markets?
Depleting water levels, combined with an erratic monsoon and high heat may aggravate the economic situation, which is already grappling with inflation and growth slowdown concerns
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How HSBC India is gunning for growth and a bigger share
The bank is aggressively seeking to expand across various banking businesses in India, including the much-awaited re-entry into private banking, in its quest to acquire more customers in what is one of its biggest priority markets
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Reading the fine print: How Vick Rana built a high-quality, affordable toy and stationery brand with Skoodle
From trading of commodities in the 90s to building a sizeable contract manufacturing business over the next two decades, the entrepreneur from Vadodara expanded his global footprint in toys, craft and stationery business across Hong Kong, China and the US. Now he is aggressively scaling his own brand. Can Skoodle make a mark in India?
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Go First has flown into heavy turbulence. Can it fly out of it now?
The airline declared bankruptcy by filing an application with the National Company Law Tribunal. It claims it was forced to do so after Pratt & Whitney refused to comply with an award issued by an emergency arbitrator to repair/replace engines. Experts say all eyes will now be on deliberations between the creditors
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Is the worst over for India's rural economy?
Lower inflation, a good harvest, and continued government spending on rural infrastructure will see demand pick up in India's villages in FY24
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Apple's retail plan for India: The iPhone maker can no longer ignore world's 2nd largest smartphone market
As it celebrated 25 years of the products being available in the country, Apple finally opened its first retail outlets in India. With localised manufacturing already in place, here's why Apple can no longer not have official physical stores here
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Made in China to Make in India: Apple's new big bet
Apple has been eyeing expanding in India since 2016. Now, with three contract manufacturers, two retail stores and several other manufacturing plants in the wings, Apple is all set to make the most of India's lower costs of production and rising demand
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How SwitchOn automates quality check on the factory floor
With a powerful edge-AI solution, SwitchOn solves the quality inspection problem for large manufacturers
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India's trillion-dollar opportunity
India has set itself out to be a manufacturing exporting powerhouse and with a reorientation in exports, over the next few years a bulk of the growth in export numbers could come from sectors like electronics, chemicals, and pharma
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How metals are forging a recovery
Global macro headwinds and lacklustre demand will put a lid on prices this year. But can China reset the cycle?
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Right to Repair: When can we stop shopping and start repairing?
Right to Repair will only have teeth if there is a law. But there's still a long way to go because the government is currently working on the tall order of getting manufacturers on board