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https://youtu.be/5N0SMlhqhec Carmakers Honda, Tata Motors, Renault plan to hike vehicle prices from January 2022. Maruti Suzuki, Audi and Mercedes-Benz have already announced the vehicle price hike.Price hike inevitable”Prices of commodities, raw material and other input costs continue to rise. An appropriate price is inevitable in the near to short term, a senior Tata Motors official said.Punch, Nexon, and Harrier are some of the models offered by the company in the domestic market. The price increase is due to a rise in the price of commodities like steel, aluminum, copper, plastic, and precious metal. Transportation cost has gone up affecting the total cost…

https://youtu.be/w81xBS2p_3g Meta has announced new initiatives to help protect women in India. It includes a platform to check and limit the sharing of non-consensual intimate images.Stern actionsThis allows potential victims to hash their intimate images. One of the initiatives called Stop NCII.org is in partnership with UK Revenge Porn Helpline. It will build on the company’s emergency programme NCII Pilot. It will also expand the women’s safety hub to Hindi and 11 other Indian languages. Meta has also appointed Indian members to its Global Women’s Safety Expert Advisors Attachments area. 

https://youtu.be/0Kk2IT0MHgU KFC has roped in athlete PT Usha for its new campaign to endorse ‘Express Pick-up’ service. The campaign promotes its newly launched service that promises delivery within 7 minutes. Exciting concept PT Usha epitomises all things speed and is apt to convey Express Pick-up service, an official said. “We are thrilled to have the legend onboard,” Ritu Sharda, chief creative officer, Ogilvy North, said. KFC India is already known for its signature taste, Usha said. It is now breaking all speed limits on pick-up orders with its Express Pickup service, she added.Usha said the concept itself was so exciting that she was willing…

https://youtu.be/RMaWQdb3BaM  Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said he is a big believer in blockchain technology. Modernise supply chains “Blockchain is very important for a trust-based, equitable society and can be used to modernise the supply chains that form the lifeblood of the economy,” he said.  Blockchain can deliver unprecedented security, trust, automation and efficiency in transaction,” Ambani said. “I think that smart token is making sure that you are creating transactions that can never be changed,” he said.  Innovative solutions Ambani believes blockchain technology will also encourage innovative solutions. He said it will take care of the working capital needs…

https://youtu.be/Okmo9Jb7Hvw There is a saying in Malayalam tengu chadikilla, which roughly translates to ‘coconut trees don’t deceive’. Coconut products have high economic value. This Philippines-based agri-tech startup is making such products as an alternative to plastic. Coconut productsAcross the globe, supermarkets and food outlets use styrofoam containers for the packaging of food products. However, styrofoam is not good for nature. There came Fortuna Cools with an innovative idea of making a biodegradable product out of the coconut. The first product of the startup named Coconut cooler was a biodegradable one. This product acted as an alternative to the traditional styrofoam containers. The…

https://youtu.be/tdHY_iakrAU Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the cost of electric vehicles will drop to that of petrol vehicles in two years. Already the GST on Electric vehicles is only 5% and the cost of lithium-ion batteries is also declining.EV charging stationsBesides, the government has framed a policy allowing petrol pumps to set up EV charging stations. “In two years, there will be a lot of charging points across India. As electric mobility is gaining momentum in India, no artificial push is required,” Gadkari said.”The per kilometre cost of the petrol-based vehicle is Rs 10, that of diesel is Rs7/km. For…

https://youtu.be/fgF7mF1rKK8 Ola’s first electric car will be launched in 2023. “Our ambitions in electrification are to make India the global electric vehicle hub,” said CEO Bhavish Aggarwal. Ola’s e-visionAggarwal said that the EV scooters were on track to be delivered from December 15Ola has got 1mn reservations for its electric scooter with first deliveries on track for December 15.Ola plans to go public in the first half of 2022, the CEO said. It has a growing presence in several global markets such as Australia and Britain. 

https://youtu.be/OpUq9QYqMoUFood delivery giant Swiggy will invest $700 million in Instamart. Instamart is its express grocery delivery service active in Gurugram and Bengaluru.Expansion plansCurrently, Swiggy Instamart serves customers across 18 cities. Recently, it onboarded more than one seller-run dark store every day. It aims to make deliveries in 15 minutes by January 2022. It will be done through a network of dark stores very close to the majority of its customers.FundraiseThe platform offers products across categories like fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, and cooking essentials. In July this year, Swiggy closed a $1.25-billion fundraise. The investment helps accelerate Swiggy’s multi-year strategy of…

https://youtu.be/OU0E0Ns-l1k Nykaa is planning to expand its brick-and-mortar stores to 300. It is a way to significantly build the startups offline presence in the country.More outlets to openNykaa founder Falguni Nayar said the company targets 100 cities. Nykaa already has 84 retail outlets operating in 40 cities.”The store expansion had slowed down due to the (COVID-19). But, this year we have revived our store rollout,” she said.Nayar said the physical stores form a critical part of the business.

https://youtu.be/4GLdLQdUxLY Tata Power Solar Systems has received a Letter of Award from Solar Energy Corporation of India. The contract is to build a 100 MW EPC solar project. Solar powerThis will also have a 120 MWh utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System. The total contract value of the project is around Rs 945 crore. It will be completed in 18 months. Tata Power Solar will support engineering, design, supply, construction, erection, testing, O&M, and commissioning.