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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicAuto industry slump

Topic: Auto industry slump

Never been a better time to buy a car—even models that never gave discounts seeing price cuts

Car manufacturers are now realigning production, with a possible decline in the coming months across the board as they and dealers clear excess inventory.

Bosch India plans to cut thousands of jobs in next 4 years as auto sales shrink

Bosch India MD, Soumitra Bhattacharya said the German company will cut about 10% of 3,700 white-collar jobs and a slightly higher percentage of 6,300 blue-collar jobs.

Maruti Suzuki, hit by automobile sector slowdown, reports lowest profits in 4 years

The festive season sales may not be enough to overcome the 39% slump in profit Maruti Suzuki India has suffered since last year.

Is sinking Indian economy beginning to chip away Modi’s larger-than-life image?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the US this week to meet Donald Trump and global business leaders amid growing worries over economic slowdown.

Maruti contradicts Sitharaman’s millennial remark, says cabs not a factor in auto slowdown

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has attributed the auto industry slowdown to millennials preferring use of Ola and Uber cabs over owning cars.

Nirmala Sitharaman right to point at millennials’ Uber-Ola use and EMI fear for auto slump?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the automobile sector, facing its worst slowdown, has been ‘affected by the mindset of millennials’ who don’t want to pay EMIs for a vehicle and prefer Ola and Uber rides.

Truck drivers to contract engineers, lakhs are jobless in Gurgaon-Manesar auto hub

At Maruti, Hero, Honda facilities in the Gurugram-Manesar belt, young employees are being let go, others are worried they’ll follow.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.