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By @jainrounak
Forget making back money, it looks like Brahmastra is taking down PVR & Inox investors with itself. With early reviews pouring cold water on #Brahmastra’s prospects, India’s largest theater chains PVR & Inox have cumulatively lost over ₹800 crore in market capitalization today.
By @jainrounak#KingCharlesIII takes over as the British monarch after the death of #QueenElizabethII, and that will lead to a demonetisation in the UK. New coins and currency notes will be minted and printed after the designs are approved.
By @sourabhjain24#Apple launched several new devices at its Far Out event, including the new iPhone 14 series, three Apple Watches and the AirPods Pro 2nd generation.
Here are the price and availability details of all the devices launched by the Cupertino giant today.
By @sourabhjain24
Apple has announced the much-awaited #IPhone14 series, the company’s latest flagship offering. In addition to the iPhones, the company also announced Apple Watch SE, #AppleWatchSeries8, Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods Pro gen 2.
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Astronomers focused the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope on Tarantula Nebula, one of the brightest and most active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard, and found thousands of young stars they hadn't seen before, images released by NASA on Tuesday show.
The planet, called WASP-39 b, is a gas giant orbiting a sun-like star about 700 light-years away, where temperatures are consistently about 900 degrees Celsius.
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Is it just us or does it feel like we are all starring in #StrangerThings and living in ‘the Upside Down’? We sure are living in stranger times and dealing with unpredictable plot twists almost every other day.
Aug 25, 2022 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
Sanitary pads take 250-800 years to decompose, which is pushing young Indians to opt for greener alternatives
By @karunasharmaa
Every year, around 12.3 billion used sanitary pads are dumped in landfills in India, said a report by the environmental group Toxics Link. Each of these non-organic sanitary pads is equivalent to four plastic bags, and it takes 250-800 years to decompose.
By @VaamanaaSethi
As India continues to battle #COVID19, another contagious disease called ‘tomato flu or tomato fever’ is creating havoc in the country. It has now spread to four states — Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Kerala.
By @jainrounak
All the seven #AdaniGroup companies were hammered on the stock exchanges today after a CreditSights report outlined that it is ‘deeply over-leveraged.’
In the first half of trading today, Adani Group lost over ₹94,000 crore in value, with the top loser being #AdaniGreen.
Aug 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
#NASA released an audio clip of a #BlackHole, and it's pretty spooky
By @malinibhupta
Shaan Ansari is a 19-year old entrepreneur who lives in the historic city of Panipat, 100 kms north of Delhi, and he may never qualify for any list celebrating under-20 #entrepreneurs, but his story is no less inspiring than #RanveerSingh’s character in Gully Boy.
Aug 22, 2022 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
Chinese #smartphones continue to lead the market share despite crackdown by the Indian government
By @sourabhjain24
Four out of five #smartphones sold in the June quarter in India were made by Chinese companies, according to reports. This is despite the crackdown by the Indian government on Chinese smartphone giants #Xiaomi, Oppo and #Vivo, which control half of India's smartphone market.
Jul 21, 2022 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
India has more KFCs and Pizza Huts than Canada or Mexico, and they’re customized too
By @KatyaNaidu
One would think that American fast food brands like #KFC and #PizzaHut would be more popular on home turf than outside – like in Canada and Mexico. But they are spreading their wings in countries like China and #India.
Jul 20, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
#Wipro’s net profit drops 12% drop in Q1 as #recession fears grip its non-US clients
By @jainrounak
IT services major #Wipro today reported a 12% decline in its #profits to ₹2,717 crore in the first quarter, as against ₹3,087 crore in the previous quarter.
The IT company’s revenues grew 3% sequentially to ₹22,001 crore in the same period, in line with analyst expectations.
Jul 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
#Airtel outpaces #Jio & #VodafoneIdea in subscriber additions this year
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The Indian #telecom landscape is heating up once again with the #5GSpectrum auctions just a week away. But, there’s a quiet battle for subscribers going on in the background and #Airtel seems to be taking the lead for the year.
Jul 19, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
#India’s most expensive homes: #DMart’s Radhakishan Damani’s dream home cost him ₹1,001 crore
By @Krittiiii
Avenue Supermarts’ (DMart) founder and CEO, #RadhakishanDamani, bought the most expensive home in India last year. The house, located in the Malabar Hill area of #Mumbai, was bought for a whopping ₹1,001 crore in April last year.
Jul 19, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
#Indians are #saving more and working longer hours to meet living expenses, says study
By @karunasharmaa
Urban #consumers are putting less money into their piggy banks as #savings have taken a hit due to increasing prices of fuel, food and beverage and massive household bills.
By @VaamanaaSethi
Matriarch of #JindalSteel, who took over her husband’s throne after his death in a helicopter crash in 2005, has seen her fortune rise by at least $12 billion in two years.
As of July 18, her net worth stands at $10.5 billion, as per Bloomberg Billionaire index.
By @jainrounak
India is a trade deficit country, meaning it imports more than it exports — this forces the country to maintain large forex reserves. The ongoing pressure on the #Rupee and its decline against #dollar pushed #RBI to put in place a mechanism to allow international trade in rupees.