NEW DELHI: Millions of CNG and domestic PNG users across India could pay less for gas as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) simplifies transportation tariffs under its “One Nation, One Grid, One Tariff” vision. The regulator has reduced the number of tariff zones from three to two—up to 300 km and beyond…
Podcasts are increasingly popular in India, but their advertising revenue remains modest. The number of monthly podcast listeners rose to 177 million in 2024, according to a report by global professional services network PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), from 154 million in 2023. This figure is expected to rise to 267 million by 2029, at a CAGR of…
Last November, when Vistara merged with Air India, there was a change in market leadership on certain domestic routes. Vistara, which had aggressively expanded after the fall of Jet Airways, was neck-and-neck with its erstwhile rival Air India on a few routes, after IndiGo had gained market leadership from Jet. Overnight, the tables turned post-merger,…
Together, these shifts are unlocking investments of up to ₹1.4 trillion by 2030, as energy companies, developers and manufacturers bet on large-scale storage to stabilize renewable power, support grid reliability and back India’s rapid expansion of solar and wind capacity. Energy storage systems address a key shortcoming of renewable energy, which is intermittency. Having reliable…
India’s infrastructure sector is at an inflection point. After four years of significant public capital expenditure, the discussion has moved from debating if spending should continue to determining how it should evolve. This is a decisive move from a spending-led approach to a systems-driven strategy, based on execution reforms, asset monetization, and corridor-based planning. The…
Mumbai: Global headwinds, including trade and policy uncertainties, continued to weigh on the Indian economy in the ongoing quarter, leading to foreign portfolio outflows. However, economic growth has been resilient on the back of domestic policy and regulatory support, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As such, global volatility and uncertainty eased slightly…
Latest data from TAM AdEx shows a 149% surge in digital ad impressions from January to September 2025 compared to the same period last year. This marks a sharp turnaround from the relatively stagnant growth of just 7% seen throughout 2024. In contrast, television advertising is experiencing a decline, with ad volumes dropping by 10%…
Emcure Pharmaceuticals launched weight loss drug Poviztra on Monday under its exclusive partnership with Novo Nordisk. This marks the company’s entry into the fast-growing obesity segment in the country. Poviztra is a semaglutide injection, and comes as a once-weekly pen device in five strengths of 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1.0 mg, 1.7 mg and a…
While Akhanda 2 did manage to arrive in cinemas a week later, among other instances, the Delhi High Court and Madras High Court had earlier restrained release of the Tamil films Veera Dheera Sooran and Vaa Vaathiyar, respectively, over similar issues. The Akhanda 2 delay is less an outlier than a reminder of how exposed…
Mumbai: As the world’s consumer artificial intelligence (AI) race is heating up, Big Tech contenders have been plying us with ads on how their generative AI tools can ease our lives, from handling to-do lists, to conjuring up clever comebacks to cleaning up family photos, answering questions and becoming a long-term guide as we go…