< Back Vodafone Idea signs ₹13,500 cr deal with Nokia for equipment 30 Sept 2024 Vodafone Idea (Vi) will buy equipment over three years to expand its 4G network and roll out 5G in nine circles. As per the ₹13,500 crore equipment deal, Nokia will provide Vi with a 5G AirScale Network gear portfolio and upgrade the company’s existing 4G network with multiband radios and baseband equipment to support 5G. Vi recently announced its plans to buy ₹30,000 crore of 4G and 5G network gear from Nokia, Samsung, and Ericsson over the next three years to boost its 4G operations and roll out 5G in major cities in 17 priority circles. As per the contract, Nokia will offer equipment for Vi in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mumbai, Haryana, UP-East, UP-West, West Bengal, Kolkata and Tamil Nadu/Chennai markets. Ericsson and Nokia will supply 45% of Vi’s 4G and 5G gears, while Samsung will offer 10%. Ericsson may receive nine circles - Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Northeast, and Assam. Samsung may get Bihar and Odisha. However, Ericsson and Samsung are vying for Delhi. Previous Next

L'interdiction entrera en vigueur à partir d'octobre 2025. < Back Le Royaume-Uni interdit la publicité pour la malbouffe L'interdiction entrera en vigueur à partir d'octobre 2025. Le gouvernement travailliste britannique interdit les publicités pour les aliments prêts à consommer riches en sucre, en sel et en matières grasses à partir d’octobre 2025. Ces publicités ne peuvent pas être diffusées à la télévision avant 21 heures. Il inclura des annonces en ligne payantes. Cette interdiction vise à réduire l’obésité infantile. Elle concerne les produits de boulangerie, les pizzas, les boissons non alcoolisées ainsi que les aliments surgelés tels que les crèmes glacées. Toutefois, la décision d’ajouter le porridge et le muesli à la liste a suscité des critiques. Les Conservatifs avaient promis l’interdiction en 2021 lorsque Boris Johnson était Premier Ministre. Toutefois, la mise en œuvre a été reportée afin de laisser à l’industrie un peu plus de temps pour se préparer. Leur manifeste comprenait également la promesse d’interdire la vente de boissons énergisantes à forte teneur en caféine aux enfants de moins de 16 ans. Ne manquez pas un autre post de SalestorrsNouvelles150. Suivez Salestorrs sur WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram. Previous Next

< Back All 14 crew rescued after Indian vessel hit off Oman Coast 14 May 2026 An Indian cargo ship, Haji Ali, sank off the coast of Oman after being hit by a suspected drone or missile while sailing from Somalia to Sharjah with livestock. MSV Haji Ali , registered in Gujarat’s Salaya Port, was struck near Limah around 3:30 am by a suspected drone or missile while sailing from Berbera (Somalia) to Sharjah. It triggered a massive explosion and a fire that destabilised it, causing it to sink. All 14 Indian crew members, including a tandel (second-in-command), managed to send a distress signal and evacuate into lifeboats before being rescued by the Oman Coast Guard and taken safely to Deeba port. The incident has intensified concerns over maritime security amid rising tensions linked to the Iran–US conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs called the attack “unacceptable,” stressing that civilian mariners and commercial shipping must not be targeted. No group has assumed responsibility for the attack, and investigations are ongoing. BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran’s, are currently meeting in New Delhi. Check out my books, The Black Flames , The Flames Turn White , and crawlers , a poetry collection on KINDLE . Previous Next

< Back Google to make Pixel 8 smartphones in India from 2024 Ishita Nigam 2 Nov 2023 The device carries the Tensor chip designed in India by Google and made by Samsung for global production. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced his plans to start manufacturing Pixel 8 smartphones in India in early 2024. These phones are known to carry 5-nanometer Tensor chips and other crucial components designed in India for the world. Moreover, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, has asked Google to start making Tensor chips in India within the next three years. Tensor chips can recognise spoken language more accurately, facilitate proper camera utilisation for better imaging, automatic face recognition, brightness adjustment, and Magic Eraser tool that removes larger distractions by accurately predicting the background. This move will push India closer to becoming a chip manufacturing hub. It’s been two years since the government began facilitating semiconductor manufacturing. Since then, American memory chip maker Micron Technologies partnered with Tata Projects to build an assembly line for its chip packaging plant in Gujarat in September this year. Previous Next

Elle a été lancée en 2019 sous le nom de Resso pour tenter de conquérir le marché mondial du streaming musical. < Back TikTok abandonne son service de streaming musical le 28 novembre Elle a été lancée en 2019 sous le nom de Resso pour tenter de conquérir le marché mondial du streaming musical. TikTok a essayé de s’emparer du marché du streaming musical, concurrençant Apple Music et Spotify. Elle a signé des accords avec de grands labels musicaux tels que Universal Music Group NV mais cela n’a pas fonctionné. Elle a toutefois rencontré le sucées sur les réseaux sociaux du monde entier. Ses sites web au Brésil, en Australie, en Indonésie, au Mexique, et à Singapour ont annoncé la nouvelle. Les abonnés peuvent l’utiliser jusqu’au 28 novembre, après quoi leur abonnement sera annulé, et certain pourront être remboursés. Grace a la fonction « Ajouter à la musique » de l’application, les utilisateurs pourront transférer leurs listes vers des plateformes concurrentes telles qu’Apple Music, Amazon Music, et Spotify. Resso a été lancée en Inde et puis en Indonésie après que le gouvernement indien a interdit TikTok pour des raisons de sécurité. Cependant, l’Inde a également interdit Resso au début de l’année. Previous Next

< Back $779.28mn of trade impacted due to India-Azerbaijan tensions 20 May 2025 India is Azerbaijan’s third-largest importer of crude oil. Azerbaijan imports 84% of its rice from India. Azerbaijan heavily relies on oil and gas trade, which accounts for 90% of its exports. India imported crude oil worth USD 663.63 million in FY23, when the overall India-Azerbaijan trade reached USD 779.28 million. In 2023, Azerbaijan imported rice worth USD 50 million; India supplied 84% of it. India imported goods worth USD 115.65 million in FY23, ET reported. Of these, tobacco accounted for the largest chunk of exports at USD 23.5 million, followed by tea and coffee, pharma, and then non-basmati rice at USD 3.2 million. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) boycotted all trade with Turkey and Azerbaijan, including travel and tourism. The community of top Indian traders urged the film industry to boycott these two countries for film shoots. While the Indian government has refrained from officially banning trade with them, visa applications and bookings for Turkey and Azerbaijan have dropped by 42% and 60%. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back Q-commerce faces rising performance marketing costs, declining margins 10 Feb 2025 Advertisers pay based on the number of clicks, leads, and app installs in performance marketing. Quick commerce platforms that spent up to ₹450 per customer acquisition are now spending over ₹800. They are pushing their standalone quick commerce apps. In January, Swiggy launched a separate Instamart app. In December 2024, Zepto separated its 10-minute food delivery service, Café, from the main app. Zepto Café has seen a 50% monthly growth, with 75,000 orders daily. These companies spend heavily on digital ads, freebies for new users, geographical expansion, and opening and maintaining dark stores. While Monthly Transacting Users (MTUs) steadily grow, the order frequencies and average order value (AOV) drive revenues. Blinkit almost doubled its MTUs to 10.6 million in the October-December 2024 quarter, and last month, it posted an EBITDA loss of ₹109 crore. Aap Ka Bazar, a new regional q-commerce startup, launched four stores in Dwarka, Delhi. It offers offline retail, q-commerce, and an online platform, offering deliveries across 80 pin codes in NCR. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram. Previous Next

< Back India drives into top 5 car exporters to Japan 27 May 2025 Vehicle exports to Japan rose from $220.62 million in FY24 to $616.45 million in the first three quarters of FY25. The growing demand for India-made cars increased threefold between FY24 and FY25. Maruti Suzuki leads passenger vehicle exports with 42% market share, followed by Hyundai (24%), Kia (13%), Volkswagen, and Nissan. Maruti exports Jimny, Fronx, and Baleno to Japan, where Jimny saw 50,000 bookings within four days of its launch. Maruti launched the Jimny in India in June 2023 and exports it to Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. This car saw desolate sales figures in India, with 730 units sold in December 2023, and just 163 in January 2024. Similarly, Honda exported 45,167 units of the Elevate SUV to Japan, compared to half this number sold in India. It is sold as WR-V and is the first made-in-India car to be exported to Honda’s birthplace. Compact SUVs constitute 25% of India’s car exports, and Japan, Germany, China, South Korea, and the US are the top destinations. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back Merchant fees on UPI, RuPay debit cards may return 12 Mar 2025 Banks submitted a formal proposal to the government to reintroduce the charges. UPI and RuPay transactions are controlled by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Merchants pay the MDRs to banks for real-time payment processing. Before 2022, merchants had to pay banks a discount rate below 1% of the transaction value. It was removed in the FY2022 budget to promote digital payments, and it worked as UPI became the most widely used payment mode. The government is considering introducing a tiered pricing mechanism to charge the fee only to large businesses with annual GST turnover over ₹40 lakhs. The fee will be lower for smaller merchants, and free for those with a yearly turnover of less than ₹40 lakhs. Big retail businesses mostly use credit and debit cards for over half of their payments and pay MDR for the transactions. A minor fee on UPI payments would not have any significant impact. MDR can help payment aggregators make their businesses profitable. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back Tata Consumer Products to acquire 75% stake in Capital Foods 12 Jan 2024 Capital Foods owns Ching’s Secret, FabIndia-backed Organic India, and Smith & Jones brands. Tata Consumer Products had been in negotiation rounds with Capital Foods for months. The talks seem to have come to a close as the conglomerate plans to acquire a 75% stake in Capital Foods for ₹5,100 crore. The existing investors, the European firm Invus Group and the American Private Equity group General Atlantic, will divest their 40% and 35% shares, respectively. Capital Foods Founder-Chairman Ajay Gupta will retain his 25% stake for now. Although Tata may buy him out in the future. Tata Consumer is also acquiring a 40% stake in Organic India, the tea and herbal supplements brand, for ₹1,800 crore. Tata Consumer owns brands like Soulfull, Himalayan Water, Tata Tea and Salt, and Tata Starbucks' joint venture. The move is expected to help Tata compete with Nestle’s market-leading brand Maggi and other players like Wai Wai, Top Ramen, and Patanjali noodles. Previous Next

< Back Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport to be the world's largest 30 May 2024 The new airport will be five times bigger than the existing airport and have an annual handling capacity of 260 million passengers. Al Maktoum International Airport will be the world’s largest airport. Designs were approved, and construction began in April this year. The airport will be built over 70 square kilometres for around AED128 billion, or ₹2,900 crore. It will boast five parallel runways, five passenger terminal buildings with 400 aircraft gates, and some new innovative aviation technologies will be employed for the first time. It will handle approximately 12 million tons of cargo annually. In the next ten years, all operations of the current airport will be transferred to the new one. A new city will be built around the airport in Dubai South, housing a million people and hosting the world’s leading aviation and logistics enterprises. Phase I of the project will handle 150 million passengers globally and will be completed in ten years. With this, its government aims to catapult Dubai to the world’s top three economic cities. Previous Next

< Back India to manage Iran’s Chabahar Port for 10 years 13 May 2024 This port is India’s direct link to Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Eurasia. Chabahar will connect to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which links India, Iran, and Russia. In a critical geopolitical move, India and Iran signed an agreement to manage Chabahar Port for ten years. The discussions were triggered last August during the BRICS Summit. This is the first time India will manage an overseas port. This port will link India and Russia via Iran, allowing India to bypass Pakistan and directly access Afghanistan and Central Asia. The new agreement will replace the original contract and automatically extend after ten years. The original contract covered only the operations at Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti terminal and renews every year. It was developed under a tripartite agreement signed between India, Iran, and Afghanistan in May 2016. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan wanted to use Chabahar to access the Indian Ocean Region. Pakistan also tried to convince Central Asian states to use Karachi Port to access the Indian Market, but India indicated that Chabahar would be a better option. Previous Next