Laptop Cashback Frenzy Ignites India’s Festive Market: HP and Dell Lead the Charge As Diwali lights up e-commerce, cashback offers on laptops are stealing the spotlight, with Google Trends showing a 55% surge in “laptop cashback offers India” searches this month. X chatter exceeds 18,000 posts, dominated by unboxings of HP Omen and Dell Inspiron … Read more
iPhone 16 Hits Indian Shelves with EMI Buzz: What Shoppers Are Saying Apple’s iPhone 16 series, launched amid much fanfare last month, is now the talk of the town in India, not just for its AI-powered features but for the slew of EMI offers making it accessible to middle-class buyers. With festive sales kicking off … Read more
Nifty pierced 82,000 Oct 10, +2.5% weekly adding ₹5.5L Cr cap, anchored by TCS’s ₹12,075 Cr Q2 profit (1% up). “Domestics dodge global gloom,” per Morgan Stanley’s 7% GDP tweak, with #TCSRally 1.8M posts. Revenue ₹65,799 Cr (+2%); deal wins $8.5B. Vs. 2024’s flat Q2, AI hires (5K) tipped scales. FIIs out ₹8L Cr YTD, … Read more
Tech’s IPO party peaked: LG Electronics India’s ₹11,607 Cr offering closed at 34x subscribe, topping 2025’s mainboard charts and fueling a ₹30K Cr weekly haul with Tata Capital/WeWork. “Valuations met viral vibe,” says JM Financial’s analyst, as #LGIPO storms 2.5M X shares from Gen Z buyers. Allotted Oct 10, it priced at ₹500-₹550, drawing 60% … Read more
As U.S. shutdown ripples threaten $25B export hits, CBIC’s 90% provisional refunds for inverted duty structures (IDS) are a clutch play. Kicked off Oct 1, it targets ₹25,000 Cr in jammed claims, fast-tracking 90% in 10-15 days. “This flips cash crunches to opportunities,” notes FIEO’s Ashwani Kumar, amid 120K #GSTBlitz X cheers from Tirupur mills. … Read more
Eco-bonds bloom: Issuances +52% to ₹20,000 Cr H1, drawing $4.3B FDI as solar doubles by 2030 (IEA). IREDA‘s $1B lead; GreenBonds 300K X amps “net-zero now.” Vs. 2024’s $2.8B, ties 300MT steel green push. FDI Firepower: RE Realities Office absorption 16.3 msf Q3; household wealth +14.5%. Activist Alerts Eco-threads viral; 15% EM CAGR. Policy Prop: … Read more
In August 2025, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) notched 20.01 billion transactions—a staggering 34% year-on-year leap—worth $281 billion. That figure represents 80% of all digital transactions in the country, solidifying India’s place as the global leader in cashless payments. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) even joined the celebration with viral “Cashless Raja” memes, racking up more … Read more
She invests: Zerodha’s women folios climb 30% in a decade, fueling SIPs to ₹2.89T (+45% YoY) and AUM ₹65.7T. Equity folios 16.38 Cr (+33%); AMFI’s Venkat Chalasani: “Literacy lifts all.” #WomenInWealth 600K shares celebrate. Penetration 19.9% GDP; 5-year holds triple to 33%. SIP Staying Power: Long-Haul Wins ₹13.35T assets; vs. debt’s stability, equity’s 23% growth. … Read more
Tier-2 tills ring louder: Spends hit ₹16,911/card Q3 (+25% YoY, TransUnion), with HDFC’s Swiggy/Infinia cards luring 2M via 5% UPI rewards. Non-metros claim 35% of 109M cards; #Tier2Cards X debates (80K) hail “aspirational shift.” Delinquencies 1.8% (RBI); inflation 3.3% strains. Vs. China’s 50% penetration, India’s 8% grows 15% May spends. Spend Spectrum: Data and Drivers … Read more
Policyholders win big: Budget 2025’s 100% FDI auto-route floods insurers with capital, targeting 45% penetration from 37%. Premiums ₹37,528 Cr Mar (+16% YoY); “Bima Trinity” subsidies trim costs 12%, per IRDAI’s Debasish Panda. InsuranceReform X posts: 75K cheers for “family shields unlocked.” Life new biz ₹2.5L Cr; health riders boom 20%. Vs. U.S. 90%, India’s … Read more