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Modern trade gets quick commerce check as users pivot online; grocery chains’ volume growth falls to 4% in July-Aug

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

Companies make a beeline to set up RE storage capacities

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

RE targets can swell solar import bill to $30 billion a year

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

Rajasthan shines as India’s solar power hub

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 seeks critical mineral pact with US

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 reports 5% rise in standalone net profit

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 beats Street estimates, profit gets boost by other income

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 CEOs set their sights on Mexico as key trade hub in landmark talks

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
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