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Thursday, October 2, 2025
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Topic: Sales

Traders pin hope on festive season sales, focus on cars, home appliances, low-value gold

Production and inventory levels are up. However, traders expect this season to see change in purchase patterns amid the pandemic and missing Chinese goods.

India’s rural consumption down 15%, growth reduces to less than half of 2018, says Nielsen

The Nielsen report found that the economic slowdown is worse in northern India, which has a higher dependency on the rural segment and has seen a surge in unemployment.

Maruti Suzuki’s car sales in India drop to lowest in seven years

Maruti Suzuki suffers from a stale portfolio, but the drop also indicates that the slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy may be worsening.

Netflix isn’t the world’s most valuable media company any more

With its current market cap of $153.8 billion, Netflix again provokes concerns that it has become an investment bubble.

On Camera

Jane Goodall—no formal degree, no laboratory, only passion for the wild

She showed that chimpanzees have emotions, personalities, and complex social lives. She gave them names instead of numbers.

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.