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While low-sugar or sugar-free food products may not be dominating sales yet, companies such as Britannia Industries, Nestle, Tata Consumer Products and Marico have driven a marked reduction in the level of sugar, sodium and fat in their products.

​Exporters on Saturday flagged concerns about likely cancellations of orders from their buyers in the US in view of the 25% tariff imposed on Indian goods, higher than their competitors from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, along with a penalty that had added to the uncertainty.

India is rapidly emerging as a key destination for climate capital, driven by rising demand for clean electric alternatives and a growing push from heavy industries towards zero-emission technologies.
Brands are having to rethink traditional search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies to ensure visibility. Enter GEO. As users turn to AI chatbots for queries and traditional search engines like Google become increasingly AI-powered, startups such as Asva AI and Siftly are offering generative engine optimisation (GEO) and large language model (LLM) optimisation services to companies
Escalating tensions in the Red Sea—increasingly seen as an internet kill switch, particularly for India, as most major cable networks are wired through this corridor—are pushing cable owners to make multiple backup arrangements to avoid a complete blackout.
A delay in geomapping farms of tribal growers cultivating Andhra Pradesh’s celebrated Araku coffee could disrupt exports to Europe. That’s because of a new law — European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) — that comes into force by the end of the year, which mandates traceability to the last mile.
Global giants under the FAAMNG umbrella – Facebook parent Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google – have grown their India headcount across their own and their affiliate entities by 16% over the past 12 months, data from staffing firm Xpheno showed.

2Pure Politics

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second arrest in the brutal November 2024 Jiribam killings, detaining Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang from Aizawl, Mizoram, on Thursday. This follows the recent arrest of another accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, also from Aizawl.

India is keeping its ties with Russia steady with high level visits planned to Moscow this month amid US President Donald Trump's demand asking to reduce oil imports from Russia and threatening penalties if New Delhi failed to do so.

Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has lashed out at the BJP-led state government for scrapping the Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project. Patnaik, in a strongly worded post on X, called it a betrayal of the city’s future.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday triggered a political storm by alleging that most elections won by the BJP since 2014 were fraudulent and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term was only possible due to large-scale rigging in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Several Opposition leaders — including within the Congress — expressed concern and embarrassment on Saturday after Rahul Gandhi claimed that BJP leader Arun Jaitley had threatened him over his support for the anti-farm law agitation, which began a year after the former finance minister’s death.
The recent local bodies elections in Uttarakhand have rung alarm bells for the BJP. Out of 358 Zila Panchayat seats, independents bagged 128, BJP got 124, and Congress 106.
Next time you’re unwinding by the beaches of Goa, beware. Ordering drinks from an unauthorised vendor or breaking beer bottles in public areas will be considered a nuisance and may land you in legal troubles.
Over 65 lakh voters have been deleted from Bihar’s 7.2 crore-strong draft electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Akhal area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, the Army said on Saturday.
A special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru on Saturday sentenced former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna to life imprisonment in a rape case.
A day after the Election Commission released Bihar’s draft electoral roll, the opposition RJD has raised serious concerns about the deletion of over 65 lakh names.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi countered questions raised by the Opposition in Parliament about Operation Sindoor and its aftermath, saying some leaders get depressed whenever the handlers of terrorists in Pakistan are mourning their defeat.

3Bottom Line

New York-based Avenue Capital Group, State Bank of India, an affiliate of Singapore’s GIC and Federal Bank will sell 105.4 million shares, or a 32.57% stake, in Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd (Arcil) in what will be the first initial public offering by a bad loan aggregator in India.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has completed the acquisition of a 58.96% controlling stake in SML Isuzu from Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Isuzu Motors, expanding its presence in the commercial vehicle space.

Private sector lender Federal Bank reported a 15% drop in first quarter net profit at ₹862 crore due to sharply higher provisions even as its asset quality improved year-on-year. Net profit was ₹1,010 crore in the year-ago period.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an investigation into the alleged breach of antitrust rules by Google in the online display advertising services market through Google AdTech Stack.
Andhra Pradesh government is set to launch a LinkedIn-like portal to connect blue-collared job seekers with corporates, marking a significant step towards delivering its election promise of generating two million jobs in five years.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) late Friday evening arrested the managing director of an Odisha-based company — its first arrest in an alleged bank loan fraud case involving the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG).
Brookfield India Real Estate Trust (BIRET) has lined up a ₹1,000 crore fundraise through a preferential issue to strengthen its ability to pursue large-scale acquisitions and growth opportunities.

4Deep Dive

It is an organisation that pretty much touches every soul on the planet and yet not many know about it. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest technical professional organisation, and it oversees the setting of technical standards in areas ranging from communications and aerospace to healthcare, software and energy.

Cuddle therapy is a technique creating fans and critics alike. While practitioners swear by the power of a hug, should you embrace it?

The mundu is back. The market is growing not only for the traditional white garment but for the many new versions of the Indian wrap
Sandesh Jhingan has been the cornerstone of the Indian football team’s defence for more than a decade. He made his debut for the national team in 2015 and has since earned over 60 caps and has also captained the team.
The ISL, India’s premier football league, is at the centre of a major wrangle that could end up nixing the sport’s long dream of amounting to something someday in the country

5Sunday Chatter

Last week, I was offered a board membership of a company that has created an app it intends to put on the market by November. Called BongBang, the app reportedly can, within a few seconds via a smartphone camera and recorder, differentiate Indian Bengalis from Bangladeshi Bengalis.

Birds getting divorced? Seriously? Yep, you read that right! A recent study reveals that Great Tits, a European songbird, have their own version of heading to splitsville.

Taking the ferry from Sierra Leone’s only international airport to the city centre, once we had reached Freetown, the city did not waste any time pulling us right into its cacophonic madness of sounds, smells, and sweaty heat.
During a recent visit to Britain, I came across an interesting item on the food menu of a country pub. Following the Children's Menu – a standard offering these days – the bill of fare listed a Seniors’ Menu, something I've never come across before. But it struck me as being laudable and setting an example that other catering establishments should follow.
When it comes to punching above one's weight, there isn't anyone quite like Superman – whether he’s the one the Nazis hated and dismissed as ‘poison,’ or the recent David Corenswet-starring version.

6Around The World

Deir al-Balah Hospitals in Gaza reported the killing of more than a dozen people, eight of them food-seekers, by Israeli fire on Saturday as Palestinians endured severe risks in their search for food amid airdrops and restrictions on overland aid delivery.

A jury in the United States has ordered electric car-maker Tesla to pay over $240 million to victims of a 2019 crash that was allegedly caused by the company's faulty “Autopilot” driver assistance technology.

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four US, Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age”, a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
US and European officials say they’re seeing a decline in suspected Russian state-backed sabotage acts this year, evidence that President Vladimir Putin’s security services may be reining in a hybrid warfare campaign that’s been blamed for attacks across Europe.

7ETC

Indians are starting to take mushrooms more seriously, find Swathi Moorthy and Apoorva Mittal

8Leisure

August 15 is a festive date in the Greek calendar, with an important religious holiday marking the Dormition of Virgin Mary. On the island of Ikaria in the Aegean Sea, however, mid-September is when the local panigiri (a type of folk celebration) takes place.

True crime has remained a cornerstone of the podcast industry ever since the first season of Serial dropped in 2014. In the years since, numerous cold cases and wrongful convictions have been re-examined.

Over 130 works by the French artist are on display at the very school where he first learnt art
My aunt Manjula Padmanabhan remembers the food from when she worked at Parsiana magazine. “There was dhansak, of course,” she says. “And a very rich chicken curry made with almonds.
Christine Murphy thinks she has a problem. The 42-year-old novelist has more than 150 puzzles at her home in Maine, US, approximately 50 of which are hand-cut hardwood. She always has one in progress and works on them every day.

9World Play

Tennis star Novak Djokovic is part of a group of investors who have bought a stake in French second-tier football team Le Mans, along with ex-Formula 1 drivers Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen, the club said Friday.

Charles Leclerc grabbed an unexpected pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren's F1 leader Oscar Piastri joining the surprised Ferrari driver on the front row.

After 10 years with Tottenham, captain Son Heung-min announced on Saturday that he plans to leave the English Premier League club. Son, who helped Spurs win the Europa League title in May, said it was “the most difficult” decision of his career and added the club was supporting him as he looks to find another team, with Los Angeles FC a possible landing spot.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's 118 and half-centuries from Akash Deep (66), Ravindra Jadeja (53) and Washington Sundar (53) helped India set England a stiff 374-run target on the third day of the fifth and final Test on Saturday.
The McLaren driver has ‘confidence’ in his F1 title shot as he returns to Hungary, the site of his first win
Thousands of feet above the Great Rift Valley that runs through East Africa, the small city of Iten, Kenya, calls itself the Home of Champions. It has long produced and attracted world-class running talent, its high altitude and red dirt roads a training ground for thousands.
US sprint star Sha’Carri Richardson was at the centre of a new controversy on Friday after it emerged she was arrested for allegedly assaulting boyfriend Christian Coleman shortly before this week’s US Track and Field Championships in Oregon.
Extends her reign in the 800m freestyle with another world title, while US set a relay world record
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