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< Back 45-day Mahakumbh begins today 13 Jan 2025 Over six million devotees took a holy dip at Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, today. January 13th marked the beginning of the 45-day-long Mahakumbh, organised every twelve years. It will end on February 26th. This year’s Mahakumbh is notable for the rare celestial alignment occurring every 144 years. Visitors from across India and different countries will take a dip in Sangam, the convergence point of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mystical Saraswati rivers. The Mahakumbh is the largest peaceful gathering of people globally. Around 400 million devotees are expected to attend the festival. In 2017, UNESCO inscribed the Kumbh Mela on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a collection of cultural practices recognised by communities and individuals. A million devotees will observe the Kalpvas ritual by fasting, planting Tulsi, bananas, and barley, and embracing a disciplined lifestyle. Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell, is attending the Mahakumbh for a month and has been bestowed with a Hindu name, “Kamala”, out of respect. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram. Previous Next

< Back India, Croatia to strengthen trade ties 20 Jun 2025 This was the first visit to Croatia by an Indian Prime Minister after diplomatic ties were established in 1992. While visiting Croatia on June 18th, PM Modi announced enhanced defence cooperation between the two countries. India invited Croatian firms to invest in its coastal infrastructure development and shipbuilding. India will invest in Croatian semiconductors, clean tech, IT, and pharma industries. India will share its space expertise, and educational institutes of both countries will conduct research projects together. India finalised a five-year cultural exchange programme with Croatia and will soon sign a mobility agreement to facilitate people’s movement between the two countries. Croatia’s major ports, Rijeka, Ploce, and Split, are a part of the EU’s TEN-T network and support trans-European trade. These can offer an alternate entry into Europe in the troubled Suez Canal and Red Sea routes. Croatia is an EU and NATO member and can offer India access to their regulatory systems. This can help the India-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations, which are delayed due to regulatory hurdles. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back India’s renewable power generation rises 86% since 2014 9 Oct 2024 Global investors pledged to invest ₹32 lakh crore at the RE-Invest 2024 Summit. India’s renewable energy (RE) rose to 360 billion units in 2024 from 193.5 billion units in 2014. Its capacity has increased 175% from 75 gigawatts (GW) to 208 GW against its target of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030. Projects for 91 GW of power are currently in tendering. India now ranks 4th globally in renewable energy installed and wind power capacity. Its solar energy capacity has grown 33 times since 2014. In 2023, India achieved two Nationally Determined Contribution targets ahead of time. Between 2005 and 2019, the share of carbon emissions intensity to GDP was reduced by 33%, against the target of 33-35% by 2030. It also had a target to achieve an overall electric power installed capacity from renewable sources of around 40% by 2030. On October 31st, 2023, it recorded this capacity from renewable sources at 186.46 MW, which is 43.81% of the total installed capacity. Previous Next

< Back Rolling Stone, Variety owner sues Google over AI summaries 16 Sept 2025 This is the first time Google is being sued over AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of its search results. Penske Media, the owner of Rolling Stone, Variety, and Billboard, sued Google in the Washington, D.C., Federal Court. It claims that Google use its journalistic content without consent, thus reducing traffic to its websites. It alleges that around 20% of Google search results linked to Penske websites show AI overviews, and its revenue has fallen by over a third from 2024-end. Penske pointed out that Google includes publishers’ websites in search results only if it can use their content in AI summaries. It could impose such terms due to its search dominance. Without this, Google would end up paying the publishers for the right to republish their work or use it to train their AI systems. Penske attracts 120 million online visitors per month. Several news organisations have also argued that Google’s AI Overviews pull traffic away from their sites, thus hogging their ad and subscription revenue. Check out my new book, THE BLACK FLAMES , on Amazon Kindle. A gripping, high-stakes novel. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.6 stars on Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Goodreads Previous Next

< Back Vietnamese automaker VinFast to set up manufacturing in India Ishita Nigam 28 Sept 2023 Deemed as Tesla’s rival, VinFast is the 17th most valuable car maker in the world with a valuation of $25.7 billion. Vietnamese automaker VinFast has shortlisted Tamil Nadu and Gujarat to set up its manufacturing unit in India. VinFast will be the first Vietnamese automaker in the country if its plans go through. It is the Electronic Vehicles arm of Vietnam’s largest corporation, Vingroup. It set up its first facility in North Carolina, the US, in July this year. VinFast is expected to offer affordable and value for money EVs with its facility in India. Last month, the carmaker’s valuation shot up 700% to $191 billion after enlisting on Nasdaq, making it the third largest car maker in the world by market capitalization after Tesla and Toyota. But soon, stock volatility saw its valuation crash by $140 billion this month to land at $25.7 billion. Despite selling just 7,400 cars in 2022, and all in Vietnam, Vinfast expects to sell up to 50,000 units this year globally. Previous Next

< Back Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company 20 Jun 2024 Its share price almost doubled since the beginning of 2024. The chip maker is now worth $3.34 trillion against Microsoft’s $3.32 trillion. California-based AI chip maker Nvidia is now worth more than Microsoft. It surpassed Apple earlier this month. The company dominates the market for chips used for training and running generative AI models. ChatGPT is one such model. It saw a spike in sales of its graphic cards in 2020 when consumers rushed to mine their bitcoins. Its Taiwanese owner, Jansen Huang’s popularity burgeoned along with his company. The company’s market capitalisation jumped from $1.21 trillion on January 6th this year to $3.34 this week. Nvidia provides Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to cloud service providers to train and run AI applications. It serves over 20,000 startups and established conglomerates like Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet. Nvidia offers the Blackwell platform, which facilitates real-time generative AI on large language models at 25 times less cost and energy consumption than the last platform. It is also venturing into deep learning and autonomous vehicles. Previous Next

< Back Govt to ease the process for imports from FTA countries 25 Jul 2024 The government has proposed to accept self-certification as proof of origin of goods from nations with whom India has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The interim budget is replacing the word ‘ certificate’ with ‘proof’ in section 28DA of the Customs Act. Currently, the import process demands a certificate of origin for customs clearance and payment of duties. Proof of origin is a declaration issued as per the trade agreement between two countries. It declares that the incoming goods fulfil the country of origin criteria and the trade agreement requirements. The process was simplified for two reasons. First, Chinese products are being imported to India via other countries with whom we have an FTA. Second, industry associations, especially those in the electronics sector, sought an easier import clearance process. After India’s issues with China, the origin certificates were being carefully scrutinised. But now, this move is expected to contribute to the ease of doing business in India. India’s imports grew from over USD 437 billion in FY2023 to USD 675.4 billion in FY2024. Previous Next

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< 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 Air India becomes world’s first airline to launch virtual AI 14 Nov 2023 Maharaja AI will facilitate flight checking and changes, baggage allowance, packing restrictions, check-in, airport lounge access, and refunds. Air India became the world’s first airline to launch generative AI virtual agent called Maharaja. Powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, Maharaja has answered over half a million queries since its testing phase launch in March 2023. It now receives over 6,000 queries a day and successfully responds to over 80% of them in Hindi, English, German, and French. It automatically transfers almost 15% queries to Air India’s contact centre. Maharaja AI covers more than 1,300 areas, including flight status and changes, check-in, airport lounge access, baggage allowance, packing restrictions, and refunds. Air India’s strategy blends many machine learning techniques along with Generative AI. The software also has safeguards in place to prevent harmful language and slangs from infiltrating its conversational AI system. Air India plans to roll out more advanced features driven by patent-pending technologies to expedite customer interactions and query resolution. Previous Next

< Back Apple unveils free password manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users 11 Jun 2024 On June 10 at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference 2024, Apple released the new app ‘Passwords’. Apple’s Password manager app is an extension of the iCloud Keychain. It can facilitate logging into websites and devices, generating and storing, and importing passwords from third-party services. All passwords will be stored in iCloud Passwords. The well organised menu may help the user access passwords easily. The app allows users to share, sync, and save passwords across devices. It stores user logins into categories like banking, social media, and online streaming. Face ID, Touch ID, and autofill replace manual password input wherever necessary. The app is free for iOS18, MacOS 15, and iPad OS18 users and works with Vision Pro and Windows laptops. iOS18 also introduces the Lock an App feature, which allows users to lock and hide apps from unauthorised users. After Samsung’s foray into AI-enabled Gemini in S24, Apple followed suit with AI-enabled Siri, to be launched soon. It plans to integrate GPT 4 into Siri, too. Previous Next

< Back JSW MG Windsor breaks EV market records with 15,176 bookings in 24 hours 2 Dec 2024 The motor company offers the Battery as a Service (BaaS) model, thus allowing customers to rent the battery. Launched in September, JSW MG’s Windsor runs at an ex-showroom price of ₹9.9 lakh without the battery. It outsold its competitors in October 2024 with 3,116 unit sales compared with Tata Nexon at 1,593 units and Tata Curvv at 1,542 units. What’s driving this trend for JSW MG is their newly launched Battery as a Service (BaaS) model, which allows customers to buy the vehicle, lease the battery, and pay only for the kilometres driven. Consumers can swap the rented battery at a network provider for an average rent of ₹3.5/km, a maintenance cost of ₹0.5/km, and a charging price of ₹1/km, where charging is offered free for the first year. Ultimately, a Windsor SUV costs ₹4.75/km without GST to the consumers. The other Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars cost ₹8-9/km. The BaaS model helps users save the running cost by up to 40% compared to the other ICE models. Previous Next