Category: Business
India sticks to e-cigarette ban in snub for Philip Morris| Business News
India has ruled out relaxation of a ban on e-cigarettes that would have allowed heat-not-burn tobacco products, dealing a blow to a lengthy private lobbying…
Heineken to cut up to 6,000 jobs because Gen Z isn’t drinking enough beer| Business News
Heineken NV will cut about 7% of its global workforce, as the brewer contends with a drop in beer demand that is also affecting rivals…
Akasa Air’s co-founder Praveen Iyer quits in second high-level exit in 3 years| Business News
Praveen Iyer, a co-founder and chief commercial officer of Akasa Air, has quit the airline, in the second high-profile exit in less than three years…
Exclusive | AI voices, impersonations: Truecaller reveals India’s scam menace
While the gravity of India’s spam call scenario needs no new real-world illustration, call identification and spam blocking platform Truecaller’s 2025 India Insights Report further…
FedEx’s Raj Subramanian, Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen to lead US CEO delegation to India AI Impact Summit| Business News
US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, led by Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Shantanu Narayen and FedEx CEO Raj Subramanian will lead the largest delegation of US business…
Power moves
The global transition to low-carbon energy is accelerating. But contradictory economic and geopolitical forces are at play. A recent report found that in the next…
White House amends India-US trade deal fact sheet to ‘adjust’ language| Business News
The White House has revised its fact sheet on the India-US trade deal, removing a reference to pulses and adjusting language around New Delhi’s offer…
Perplexity’s Model Council, Meta’s Avocado and Super Bowl ads| Business News
Cognitive warmup. A few thoughts to start off with. Random, unrelated musings, but wanted to get these off my chest. (Unsplash) It was in August…
Salesforce said to embark on layoffs to cut up to 1,000 jobs| Business News
Salesforce Inc. has cut up to 1,000 jobs in early February, in yet another instance of AI remodelling the workspace. The Salesforce Tower in New…
US-Bangladesh trade deal reduces textile tariff to zero, but conditions apply| Business News
Dhaka has secured a reduced 19% tariff under a US-Bangladesh trade deal signed on Monday, with exemptions on textiles and garments made using raw material…