Not just kiranas, but quick commerce is beginning to hurt organised grocery retailers in urban centres as consumers seek instant gratification and convenience. While DMart, a popular grocery chain, admitted last week that online formats were hurting sales in metro stores, NielsenIQ data sourced from the industry corroborates this trend. Sales volume growth in modern
As the government looks to set up 500 gigawatt (GW) of green capacity by 2030, a key challenge is to ensure its seamless access to the Grid. This is because RE by nature is intermittent, which undermines its optimal use unless stored efficiently. Private companies such as ReNew, JSW Energy, Avaada Energy, Serentica Renewables, Gensol
India’s renewable energy RE) ambitions could increase the country’s annual solar import bill to $ 30 billion from $ 7 billion currently with most of it coming from China and as the entire world faces the same issue in its efforts to decarbonise key countries need to unite to global scale solar manufacturing facilities, according
By Dr Mohit Tantia Rajasthan has emerged as a prime destination for solar energy investment, not just in India, but globally. With an impressive installed capacity of 22,860 MW, the state now ranks first in the country in solar energy production. As India pushes toward its ambitious goal of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil fuel
India has proposed to the United States to convert their memorandum of understanding in critical minerals into a critical minerals agreement (CMA) that will give the benefits of a free trade agreement to the trade of electric vehicles. “I have suggested that our critical minerals MoU should be converted to critical minerals partnership agreement and
Kotak Mahindra Bank’s standalone profit rose 5% to Rs 3,344 crore in the second quarter of current fiscal from Rs 3,191 crore in the same quarter previous year, helped by healthy growth in net interest income and improvement in asset quality. The net profit was below expectations as Bloomberg analysts expected the lender to post
Tech Mahindra reported a higher-than-expected earnings in the September quarter on the back of improved revenue growth in communications, hi-tech and media, and banking, financial services and insurance verticals. The consolidated revenue rose over 2% sequentially to Rs 13,313.2 crore in July-September against Rs 13,005.5 crore reported in the June quarter. The topline also beat
Indian business leaders have launched a promising round of discussions in Mexico, aiming to unlock fresh trade and investment opportunities. The high-profile meeting, organized by the India México Business Chamber under the leadership of Amparo Kushelevich, signals a deeper alignment between the two nations as they explore ways to boost economic ties across sectors such
Bengaluru-based developer Puravankara is expecting about a fifth of revenues coming from western part of the country including Mumbai and Pune in FY25. The company is expecting a topline of Rs 900 crore from the region across six projects in FY25, said Rajat Rastogi, chief executive -West at Puravankara. ALSO READBlackstone to acquire 40% stake
The blistering heat may be inconvenient for people, but durable firms are cheering the early onset of summer this year. The west, east and parts of the north are seeing daily temperatures of 34-35 degree Celsius, prompting consumers to turn on their air conditioners, coolers and fans. Firms are expecting around 35-40% year-on-year growth in
Bull markets spawn many cock-and-bull stories. Finfluencer Asmita Patel, who called herself the She-Wolf of the stock market, is a great example. The so-called ‘options queen’ used to run a school, Asmita Patel Global School of Trading, which despite claiming to manage a portfolio of Rs 140 crore and handling funds worth Rs 283 crore
Managed ATM services provider CMS Info Systems, is expanding the scope of its machine learning tech solutions beyond ATM management to sectors like multi-brand retail, and quick commerce, as it attempts to position itself as a business solutions company, a senior executive told FE. The applications it has deployed so far span inventory management at
A day after announcing plans to increase its investment in India to $100 billion, global private equity giant Blackstone has announced that it will acquire 40% stake in Pune-based Kolte Patil Developers (KDPL). Through its subsidiary BREP Asia III Holding Company, Blackstone will acquire a 14.3% stake (12.6 million shares) in KDPL at Rs 329