Festive sales: Premium gadgets dominate shopping bags after GST cuts; easy credit drives expensive purchases

This Diwali, consumers have shown growing enthusiasm for premium electronics, spending on costlier smartphones, large-screen TVs, and high-end home appliances. From Navratri through the festival of lights, sales of smartphones priced above Rs 30,000 reached an all-time high, while 43-inch televisions surpassed the long-favourite 32-inch models for the first time, according to industry analysts and…

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Optical illusion personality test: Elephant or mouse? The animal you spot first reveals your strengths, weaknesses, and how to balance them

Photo: mindtwistdaily1/ Instagram Optical illusion personality tests, as the name suggests, are fun and engaging tests that are based on tricky images– and hence they are named so. These images are based on psychological principles and they have one or more elements in them. Depending on what catches the eyes of a person first, a…

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US-China trade talks: Scott Bessent says ‘substantial framework’ reached; 100% tariffs, rare earth export clash averted

File photo: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that Washington and Beijing have reached a “very substantial framework” that would prevent the US from imposing 100% tariffs on Chinese goods and allow for a deferral of China’s rare earths export controls, as per news agency Reuters. The development…

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Leadership shake-up: 62% of India’s manufacturing sector exec hires are external; CEO, MD roles see biggest churn

A majority of executive-level appointments in India’s manufacturing sector over the past year were external hires, reflecting companies’ preference to bring in fresh leadership rather than promote from within, a report by CIEL HR Services revealed.The analysis, based on a combination of publicly available sources including professional networking platforms, press releases and verified databases, found…

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