Auto sales, a key indicator of the macro economy, showed significant growth in July, with passenger vehicle volumes improving on the back of a healthy order book and an uptick in enquiries and bookings in urban and rural areas. The wage revisions for government employees have also likely aided demand. India’s largest carmaker, Maruti … Read more
Chinese electric-vehicle startup Xpeng revealed the pricing for its new electric sedan, the P5, last week – and it’s undercutting Tesla’s Model 3 in China by more than a third. Xpeng Sources: Insider, Xpeng Xpeng will sell six versions of its upcoming P5, priced between 160,000 yuan ($24,670) and 230,000 yuan ($38,550) after subsidies. Xpeng The names … Read more
Adani Enterprises informed the regulators that it has incorporated Adani Petrochemicals Ltd (APL) as a wholly-owned subsidiary. This new unit will put marks the entry of Adani group into petrochemicals sector, which is a legacy business of Reliance Industries. “We would like to inform you that the Company has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary namely, ‘Adani … Read more
Global smartphone market grew 19 per cent (year-over-year) but declined by 7 per cent quarter-over-quarter as 329 million units were shipped led by Samsung, a report said on Thursday. Samsung retained the number one spot with shipments reaching 58 million units in Q2 2021, however, its market share declined to 18 per cent as compared … Read more
In the past too, Apple has highlighted that it sees growth opportunities in the Indian market. Technology giant Apple witnessed strong double-digit growth in emerging markets, including India, aiding the US-headquartered firm to post record third quarter revenues of $81.4 billion in April-June, 2020, quarter. “We set a new June quarter revenue record of $81.4 … Read more
Six banks – State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Indian Bank, Yes Bank, IDBI Bank, and ICICI Bank – on Tuesday said they have bought equity stakes in financial technology platform IBBIC. SBI, Axis Bank, Indian Bank, Yes Bank and IDBI Bank picked up 5.55 per cent stake each, representing 50,000 shares in IBBIC, for … Read more
What Happened: China has announced a set of regulations that effectively ban the operation of for-profit education companies in the country. The new rules will no longer allow companies that teach school subjects to accept overseas investment, which could include capital from offshore registered entities of Chinese firms, according to a notice released by the … Read more
Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal said India is a tough market to operate in but the company will not focus on short term profits at the cost of long term success of the food delivery company. “India is a tough market to operate in, but if you are building to succeed in India, you are already … Read more
We asked hundreds of top venture capitalists to name the most promising startups of 2021. VCs were asked to name companies inside and outside of their portfolios. They delivered an exciting list across industries like fintech, healthcare, adtech and beyond. See more stories on Insider’s business page. These 46 companies are some of the most … Read more