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Upcoming cars in India)While a few companies, such as Honda, Toyota, and Jeep are yet to make their entry, the majority have already launched their electric vehicles. In upcoming months, more electric cars are set to debut in India, including models from the country’s largest passenger vehicle manufacturer Maruti Suzuki. Here's a list of electric vehicles that are debuting in India soon:Maruti Suzuki's e Vitara will be the brand's first electric car, having been unveiled in its production-ready form during the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025.

SBI Card, the second-largest credit card issuer in the country, has announced several revisions to its rewards program for credit cards, which will take effect from April 1, 2025. The upcoming changes will impact some of its popular credit cards, such as Club Vistara SBI Credit Cards, Club Vistara SBI PRIME Credit Cards, SimplyCLICK SBI Card, Air India SBI Platinum Credit Card, and Air India SBI Signature Credit Card.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In his book One Up on Wall Street, legendary fund manager Peter Lynch uses the term ‘diworsification’ to describe unbridled and often unrelated diversification by companies or investors into areas or assets they don't fully understand. The result, Lynch says, is mostly substantial capital misallocation and wealth destruction.

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In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said that as on date, reciprocal tariffs have not been applied by the US on India. He said that the government continues to engage with the US to achieve enhancement and broadening of bilateral trade ties in a mutually beneficial and fair manner. “Both countries plan to negotiate a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement. Both countries would focus on increasing market access, reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, enhancing supply chain integration and resolving bilateral trade issues,” Prasada said. In a separate reply, he said recently, the government has not taken any such steps to lift ban on import of certain prohibited and restricted products from USA, China and UK.

Mobility solutions and financial services provider ORIX Corporation India on Tuesday said it has secured Rs 300 crore in equity investment from its Japanese parent firm ORIX Corporation for growth and expansion. The strategic investment reinforces the group's long-term commitment to India's rapidly growing mobility and financial services sectors to further strengthen its footprint in the domestic market and accelerate the expansion of ORIX India's leasing, mobility, and financial services businesses, a statement said. The growth capital will help ORIX India scale its leasing and mobility solutions businesses under ORIX Corporation India Ltd while also driving the growth of its financial services portfolio under ORIX Leasing and Financial Services (OLFS), the wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX Corporation India Ltd, it said. The investment will also support key initiatives including digital transformation, infrastructure enhancement and sustainability-driven initiatives such as green mobility and EV leasing, the company said.

Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. The investment includes a new $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel plant in Louisiana that will produce over 2.7 million metric tons of steel annually, creating more than 1,400 jobs. The steel plant is expected to supply steel to auto plants in Alabama and Georgia. Of the total, Hyundai also plans to invest $9 billion by 2028 to boost U.S. production capacity to 1.2 million vehicles in the United States and $6 billion to expand strategic partnerships with U.S. companies in autonomous driving, robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced air mobility, the company said. Hyundai Motor plans to hold an opening ceremony for its new $7.59 billion car and battery factory in Georgia on Wednesday. The automaker has a factory in Alabama, while its affiliate Kia has a plant in Georgia. The two older plants can produce 700,000 vehicles a year and the new Georgia plant will have a 300,000-vehicle production capacity when fully operational. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry had travelled to South Korea in October and met with Hyundai to discuss the investment plan.

AI) is unlikely to have as much material impact on organised-sector headcount in India as in the West, a top government official said Monday, as far fewer white-collar jobs are potentially at risk here than in the advanced industrial economies. «The reason we don't see it as much of a threat in India is possibly because we don't have as many white-collar jobs at stake, and we don't see as many office jobs at stake,» S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), told delegates at the ETTelecom 5G Congress. «Today's generative AI mostly replaces manual, repetitive work.» Rather, Krishnan said, AI's assistance can enhance workforce productivity. «The application of AI into the real segments of the economy, like manufacturing and agriculture, is really possible when there's an interplay between sensors, IoT devices communicating along 5G and 6G networks, going into a central server, collecting the data and putting it all together, so that it can work,» Krishnan said.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, already under pressure due to increasing authoritarian measures, now faces mass boycotts involving more than 50 million people. The question is no longer whether a crisis is coming—but how fast it will hit.

Quick commerce platform Swiggy Instamart on Monday said it will now deliver smartphones in 10 major cities. According to the platform, these cities include Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Faridabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Pune, with plans to expand to more cities. The smartphone brands available include the iPhone 16e, Samsung M35, OnePlus Nord CE, and Redmi 14C. Quick commerce platforms have been continuously expanding their offerings by partnering with brands and introducing products that were previously sold on ecommerce platforms. Rivals Zomato-owned Blinkit and Zepto are also offering electronics and phones, in addition to items such as fashion, accessories, beauty, and personal care products.

This latest word game from The New York Times requires players to identify related words from a six-by-eight letter grid based on a given theme. However, solving it can be tricky, and that’s where today’s NYT Strands hints, answers, and Spangram for March 23, 2025, come in handy.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this month at MWC Barcelona, which took place between 3 March and 6 March, the tech showcased was not just about new smartphone launches, announcements related to mobile communications, and artificial intelligence. The show's real star is actually the multitude of prototypes and concept devices on display.

Dr. Stephen Williams, a cardiologist at NYU Langone, is issuing a stern warning: a sedentary lifestyle is just as dangerous as lighting up a cigarette. Many patients, he notes, come into his office boasting about how active they are, only to reveal that their version of “staying active” involves using a standing desk. But here’s the catch—standing still isn’t the same as moving. It still qualifies as a sedentary lifestyle, and the risks associated with it are staggering.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reliance Industries Ltd-backed JioStar is betting on “unprecedented viewing" for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off on Saturday night, as the newly merged media entity brings both TV and digital rights under one umbrella. The unified rights ownership marks a reset for IPL distribution, offering scale across platforms without internal competition, Kiran Mani, chief executive officer-digital, JioStar, said in an interview with Mint.

Trump administration and federal judges over immigration policies, funding disputes, and enforcement of court orders are pushing the U.S. toward a constitutional crisis. Recent defiance of judicial rulings—such as proceeding with deportations despite a judge’s intervention—has intensified fears about the erosion of checks and balances. Legal scholars emphasize that ignoring court mandates undermines the judiciary’s role, creating a volatile standoff between the executive branch and the rule of law.

IT stocks amid concerns over discretionary spending in the U.S. The BSE Sensex was down 114 points, or 0.15%, at 76,234, while the Nifty50 slipped 14 points, or 0.06%, to 23,176 around 9:19 am.

However, Trump indicated that those who choose to leave voluntarily may have a chance to re-enter the country legally in the future. «People in our country illegally can self-deport the easy way, or they can get deported the hard way, and that's not pleasant. The Biden administration exploited the CBP One app to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States. Now my administration is launching the CBP Home app to give people in our country illegally an easy way to leave now and self-deport voluntarily,» he said. He further added, «If they do, they could potentially have the opportunity to return legally at some point in the future. But if they do not avail themselves of this opportunity, then they will be found, they will be deported, and they will never be admitted again to the United States ever, ever again. You're never coming in.» Trump also mentioned that voluntary deportation through the app could help save government resources. He stated that the CBP Home app is now available for free on all mobile app stores.

Hero MotoCorp has approved an investment of up to Rs 525 crore in Euler Motors Private Limited, marking the company’s entry into the electric three-wheeler market. The investment will be made in one or more tranches and aims to provide Hero MotoCorp with a foothold in the growing electric vehicle sector, where electric three-wheelers are projected to account for 35% of total sales in the near future, the company said in an exchange filing on Thursday. «Our strategic investment in Euler is a bold step towards realizing our vision to 'Be the Future of Mobility.' This investment reinforces our commitment to accelerated growth through both organic and inorganic expansion, while highlighting the power of collaboration and adaptability in an ever-evolving market. As a global automotive leader, Hero MotoCorp is driven by sustainability, innovation, and customer-centric progress,» said Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman of Hero MotoCorp.

ARAI) to probe the mismatch between Ola Electric's reported sales figures and actual vehicle registrations along with numerous consumer complaints against the Bhavish Aggarwal-owned electric two-wheeler maker and submit a report within 15 days, sources said. While the total number of registrations by Ola Electric on the Vahan portal for February stood at 8,652, the company had reported sales of over 25,000 units during February 2025. As of March 20, the company's registrations stood at 11,781 on the Vahan portal. Ola Electric is a beneficiary of the FAME II and PM E-DRIVE schemes and its eligibility certificate has been provided by ARAI, a certification and testing agency under the administrative control of the ministry.

5G data consumption in India has peaked to 40 GB per user per month and its total subscriber base is expected to grow by 2.65 times to around 770 million in the next three years, telecom gear firm Nokia said on Thursday. The mix of data consumption across 4G, 5G etc has increased by compounded annual growth rate of 19.5 per cent over five years to 27.5 GB in 2024, Nokia's annual mobile broadband index (MBiT) report said. According to the report, there was a remarkable three-fold year-on-year surge in 5G data traffic across India in 2024. «Average 5G data consumption in India per user was recorded at 40 GB in December 2024. We expect the 5G user base to grow to around 770 million by 2028 from 290 million in 2024,» Nokia India, Head of Technology and Solutions (Mobile Networks), Sandeep Saxena said during the report launch.