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Mumbai, Nov 6: Riding on increased sales in the smaller towns and cities during the festive season, Samsung on Thursday said it achieved an overall 32% growth in its consumer electronics business in the month of October and a huge 50% growth in the premium electronics categories in India. In the months of August and September, the company had achieved an overall 20% growth in the consumer

Mumbai, Nov 5: ICRA Ratings on Wednesday said the outlook for the commercial vehicles (CV) segment remains 'Negative' on the back of continuing challenges. It cited factors such as over-capacity, subdued freight availability, financing constraints, amongst others, which have impacted the outlook. These factors, the ratings agency said, have compounded due to the pandemic, adding that it expects

Pune, Nov 2: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Sunday said it recorded its highest-ever monthly domestic sales in October at 56,605 units amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It reported a 13.2% growth in its domestic sales compared to 50,010 units sold during October 2019, the company said in a statement. The rise in demand comes on the back of the festive season. Its exports, however, fell by 10.1% to 12

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Toyota Kirloskar Motors Ltd, has sold 12,373 units in October, thus registering a 52 per cent growth over sales in September 2020. According to a release here on Sunday, the company had sold a total of 11,866 units in the domestic market in October 2019 and had exported 744 units of the Etios as well. Commenting on the month’s performance, Mr Naveen Soni, Sr. Vice President

Mumbai, Oct 30: It took Samsung two years to end Xiaomi's winning streak in the India smartphone market, as the South Korean major recaptured the top slot in the third quarter (July-September period) with 24 per cent share, as the Chinese major logged 23 per cent market share, a Counterpoint Research report said on Wednesday. Riding on multiple strategies -- including effective supply chain and

Domestic mobile handset brand Lava on Tuesday unveiled a feature phone 'Lava Pulse 1' with a contactless thermometer for Rs 1,999. The feature phone will enable users to measure their body temperature without touching the sensor. The users have to simply place the back of their hand or forehead a few centimetres away from the sensor and it will immediately display their body temperature on the

India has been ranked 131st on Ookla's Speedtest Global Index for mobile Internet speeds and placed 70th on the index for fixed broadband speeds in the month of September. In the mobile Internet speed department, the country has slipped two positions when compared to the previous month, with an average download speed of 12.07Mbps. On the fixed broadband speed front, India gained two spots with

Lee Kun-hee, who transformed Samsung Electronics Co. from a copycat South Korean appliance maker into the world’s biggest producer of smartphones, televisions and memory chips, has died. He was 78. Lee passed away on Sunday with his family by his side, the company said in a statement, without mentioning the cause of death. His family will hold a private funeral. He had surgery in 2014 after a

California, Oct 24: Multinational tech company Apple got rid of the 'Stadium' browser app that let users run Google Stadia on iOS devices. The company also shared details about the reason they decided to remove the app. Mashable quoted a report by 9to5google in which Apple explained that Stadium makes use of "public APIs in a way that Apple does not intend". It stated that Stadium extends WebKit

Mumbai, Oct 22: The world's largest tractor manufacturer by volumes foresees a sustained growth in tractor off-take on the back of festive season along with recently introduced farm bill. Accordingly, auto major M&M's Farm Equipment Sector President Hemant Sikka predicts the farm bill to usher in higher income for farmers, thereby, allowing greater farm mechanisation levels. "These reforms are