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Is the Indian middle class dream over? Saurabh Mukherjea on the 3 forces crushing your futureIndia's middle class is in deep trouble. Education no longer guarantees prosperity. Jobs are disappearing, especially in IT. Wages are not ...
Phubbing killing pubbing: How phones silence social lifePhubbing, a catchy term for the act of snubbing someone in favor of your phone, is infiltrating social settings like cafés and bars, erodin...
Mobile sales may fizzle out after festive surgeIndia's smartphone market is bracing for a challenging phase as analysts forecast a decline in sales. The anticipated decrease in shipments...
Electronics exporters eye new markets fearing Trump's tariff shocksFaced with potential tariff hikes in the US, Indian electronics companies are actively exploring alternative export markets like Europe, th...
Drowning in depression and burnout, millennial employee adopts Gen Z tactic for mental healthStruggling with anxiety, depression, and burnout from constant work-related notifications, a millennial employee shared on Reddit how a sim...
Needed urgently: Collective action to tackle teen mental health crisis linked to smartphone useSocial psychologist Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" examines the alarming rise in adolescent mental health issues, attributing mu...
Republic-Day gets sales salute: 25% boom on big offers, spotlight on mid-premium segmentPackaged food, staples, laptops, wearables and smartphones saw the highest growth rates, mainly due to new products, according to senior in...
iPhone supplier Murata targets China budget smartphone makersMurata, a leading supplier of ceramic capacitors, sees the smartphone market growing 5% in the year ending March 2025, aided by demand for ...
Taiwan extends two-year rise in US chip exports despite weak semiconductor marketTaiwan’s chip exports to the US increased defying a slowdown in the global semiconductor market.
Festive season: Burst of discretionary spending likely till December; recovery seen for electronics, gifting too"We have forecast double-digit growth this festive season over the festive months of 2019," said Vishal Chaturvedi, vice-president (South A...
Fintech riding the ‘buy now, pay later’ wave this seasonBanks, non-banks seek tie-ups for easy access to consumer durables loans
Retailers say sales at 45-50% of pre-Covid as sentiments down and store operations impactedSales in retail stores was at 45-50% of pre-Covid weekly average in the last week when relaxations were given to sell everything across Ind...
Maharashtra allows e-commerce sales of all goodsThe state government in an order said “e-commerce delivery of all goods and commodities including food, pharmaceutical, medical equipment, ...
Consumer demand in rural markets cools on election heat, farm stressConsumer demand for groceries & electronics, especially in rural markets has eased since Jan.
Samsung braces for profit drop as China slowdown bitesRevenue is expected to have slipped 5 per cent, hurt by lower memory-chip shipments.
Nikkei tumbles to 6-week low; growth woes, trade tensions hit big capsJapan's benchmark index has dived 13.2 percent from a 27-year high hit in early October.
Indian mobile handset market in 2017: Low-cost 4G featurephones may keep lead over smartphones“Feature phones dominated total handset shipments in India in 2016 and we expect this trend to continue in 2017,” JP Morgan said in a note ...
Hyper-connected thanks to WhatsApp and Facebook, yet very lonely? Welcome to realityIn this digitally ruled world, it is now quite common for people to go through an entire day without actually talking to a single person or...
Reality Bites: Hyper-connected thanks to WhatsApp and Facebook, yet very lonely?Loneliness and lack of social connection can cause anxiety, depression, slower recovery from disease.
BITS Pilani graduates launch patient-physician mobile health app VISITVISIT started with on-demand therapy to break the social taboo linked with consulting a therapist. It has 100-plus top practitioners since ...