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Amara Raja Batteries and Exide Industries have corrected 39 percent and 29 percent from their 52-week high, respectively, due to concerns regarding semiconductor shortage which is impacting the demand from OEMs, and commodity-linked cost pressure hurting their profitability. Should you buy the stocks post the fall? Watch this video to find out.

Ideas For Profit | Can defence shipbuilding stocks go higher post strong IPO listing & recent rally?

As an investment theme, defence engineering has stormed the market, with some of the recent IPOs in this space attracting high levels of subscription. Should you invest in these stocks post the run-up, and should you invest in private companies or PSU players? Watch this video to find out

Budget 2022: What IT companies and startups want rom this budget

Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth takes you through the key asks from the booming IT and startup ecosystem in India. Will they get the booster shot they need?

Ideas For Profit | Bajaj Auto continues to outperform the two-wheeler sector; Right time to invest?

Despite significant commodity-linked inflation, Bajaj Auto posted a decent set of numbers for Q2FY22. Bajaj Auto is trading at a reasonable valuation of 17.4 times its FY23 projected earnings. In this video, we highlight the key levers for growth that make Bajaj Auto a compelling story for the long term

JioPhone Next key specs and features confirmed: All you need to know

The phone with a 5.5-inch HD+ display will run on Android 11 (Go Edition) with Pragati OS on top.

JioPhone Next video shares details of vision in ties with Google, Qualcomm

The handset is tailor-made for Indian audiences by Indians.

Apple Unleashed 2021: All the biggest announcements from Apple's hardware event

The new 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro arrive with new M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs.

Apple event: MacBook Pro price in India announced; new Apple laptops get M1 Pro, M1 Max chips

The 14-inch MacBook Pro price in India starts at Rs 1,94,900.

Apple event: AirPods 3 price in India announced; HomePod mini gets new colours

AirPods 3 India price is set at Rs 18,500, whereas the AirPods 2 price in India drops to Rs 12,900.

Ideas For Profit | Stocks to ride the EV opportunity in India

In a bid to move towards cleaner energy, the world has been moving away from ICE-driven vehicles to battery-driven electric vehicles (EV). The progress thus far, has been slow. However, with technological advancement and reduction in costs, EV penetration is expected to grow exponentially. MC Pro has identified companies across the EV ecosystem that could benefit from pick-up in EV penetration.

iPhone 13, new iPad and Watch Series 7 unveiled: Key highlights

Apple’s September event had all its fans excited for the new iPhone series which will be available for the users from September 24. We get you the top highlights from the event and key details of new iPhone 13, iPad and Watch Series 7.

Facebook & Ray-Ban launch smart glasses: looks, price, features & specs

Facebook in collaboration with Ray Ban has launched Ray-Ban Stories, smart glasses that allow you to click pictures, record videos, listen to music, take phone calls and much more. What is the company offering in terms of privacy and how does it work? Let's find out.

JioPhone Next, world's cheapest 4G smartphone: Estimated price, features and specs

At its AGM in June ’21, Reliance Industries unveiled the world's cheapest 4G smartphone, JioPhone Next. The phone, made in collaboration with Google, is set to launch on September 10. Ahead of the launch, we tell you what to expect from the much-awaited smartphone.

Explained | What is a metaverse? Is it going to be the next big technological phenom?

Facebook, Epic Games and other companies are investing significantly in creating a metaverse, which for long was a term found only in dystopian science-fiction novels. What it means is that instead of interacting with your friends online as is the case now, you can meet them in a digital universe in your respective digital avatars, using a virtual reality headset or other device.

Ideas For Profit | Ashok Leyland

Though demand hit a speed breaker due to the pandemic, the outlook for medium-to-long term looks promising for Ashok Leyland. Demand is expected to recover post the resumption of economic activities. Current valuations also appear reasonable. Watch this video to know why we advise investors to accumulate this stock for the long term.

Ideas For Profit | Bharat Forge

Bharat Forge is trading at a valuation of 23.5 times FY23 projected consolidated earnings, which we believe is at a reasonable level given the strong growth potential. We advise investors to buy and also accumulate at lower levels. Watch the video for more.

Facebook assembles team to build ‘metaverse’

The “metaverse,” a term coined by sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson, refers to a shared online world in which multiple users can hang out, spend money, consume media and potentially even work.

Ideas For Profit | Mindtree is a long-term winner, add the stock on every decline

Mindtree continues to justify its run up in share prices by delivering strong results, and Q1 FY22 was no different. Superlative revenue, record deal win and strong outlook for the future were the highlights of its earnings report. Record hiring showed management’s confidence in demand while trying to adeptly manage the supply side crunch. We see a strong earnings trajectory ahead. Hence, albeit the optically expensive valuation, existing investors should hold the stock and new investors look to add on every decline.

Why space tourism is the new getaway for the rich and famous

The status symbol of big billionaires has undergone a metamorphosis of sorts. The in-thing is space tourism. With Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin announcing its decision to sell its first flight into microgravity to the highest bidder the stage is set for the uber rich & super famous to venture out into the unknown and experience the ultimate thrill. Find out more about this upcoming trend

Ideas For Profit | TCS: A soft quarter does not take away the long-term investment case

TCS reported a soft quarter after three consecutive quarters of strength, impacted principally by the pandemic-led disruption in India. Despite the revenue miss, management remains confident of strong double-digit growth given its order book and pipeline and the fact that India business is a deferment of revenue, and not a loss. The company is alluding to a multi-year technology cycle with the pandemic being a catalyst to facilitate large scale migration to cloud platform which incidentally is also paving the way for reduction in carbon footprint. We see strong tailwind for this technology bellwether that should translate into steady predictable earnings growth.

Newly elected IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw issues stern warning to Twitter, says law of the land is supreme

This comes amid a tense row between the social media giant and the government.

IT companies set for strong Q1 earnings; Here’s what to expect from TCS, Infosys and others

Tech companies are set to kickstart FY22 on a strong note, with most analysts expecting strong growth in revenue across the sector. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?

The model was developed by the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago and includes thousands of parameters from the type metals in an electric vehicle (EV) battery to the amount of aluminium or plastic in a car.

Tata Motors to have 10 electric vehicles by 2025; explore tie-ups to make cells & battery: N Chandrasekaran

This is first time where Tata Motors has announced a road map for EVs

Arundhati Bhattacharya Interview: Salesforce bets big on tech adoption in India

Moneycontrol’s Nisha Poddar caught up with Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO & Chairperson, at Salesforce India. Bhattacharya says she made the right shift to the technology sector as it has become mandatory for every company to adopt tech for survival and growth.

NFTs explained: How they work, why they cost millions & how you can buy them

What are non-fungible tokens or NFTs? Simply put, NFTs are digital blockchain tokens that represent ownership of unique items, whether digital or physical. They can be bought and sold, just like normal assets. They are sold or purchased online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos. Karunya Rao explains how NFTs work, what makes NFTs attractive to prominent global personalities and how you can own an NFT.

New IT regulations | Facebook, Twitter should follow rules in India as they do abroad: Sridhar Vembu

Zoho founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu launched a fiery attack on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube over their reluctance to comply with India's new information technology rules, asserting that they have to operate according to the laws of the land and stop dictating terms. Key excerpts from the interview: "These platforms are already doing censorship. Take the Covid issue when they censored all discussions related to its origins in the Wuhan lab. So for them to turn around and accuse the Indian government of something is just hypocritical" "If they want to operate in our country, they have to operate according to our laws. They don't get to make laws here" "Sovereignty matters. India has to determine what is appropriate for our standards, our values, all of that. And we don't want a Facebook or Twitter dictating terms to us”

Data breaches rock India: How can you stay safe online?

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of digital adoption but this has also come at a cost, as increasing instances of data breaches rock India at frequent intervals. From BigBasket to Mobikwik to Dunzo to Domino's, the list goes on. According to the 2020 Global Cyber Security Survey, 74 percent of Indian organizations were threatened and eventually paid up after getting attacked with malicious ransomware. Has investment in security not kept up with the increasing shift to work from home? Why has the frequency of breaches increased? Is there legal recourse for those who have been affected? How can you stay safe online? Four top experts answer all your questions LIVE on May 28, Friday, 6 pm on Moneycontrol. 

Indian startup achieves breakthrough in early cancer detection

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. In India alone, there are over 2.25 million cancer patients, with 0.8 million people estimated to die from the disease every year. Mumbai-based Epigeneres Biotechnology and Singapore-based Tzar Labs, led by Himanshu Roy's father-in-law scientist Vinay Kumar Tripathi and his sons, Anish and Ashish, have come up with a novel blood test that can not only detect cancer at the pre-tumour stage, but also tell if a person is at the risk of getting cancer for the next year. Interestingly, author Amish Tripathi is Ashish's twin brother. Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth spoke to Ashish Tripathi.

Why India is a huge market for Zoom

Zoom fatigue or not, it is an app that is here to stay, with the video communication app betting big on India as it seeks to work in the government, education and healthcare space. Zoom has already set up an engineering centre and is looking to hire big. Listen in to Velchamy Sankarlingam, President of Engineering and Product, Zoom in conversation with Moneycontrol's Swathi Moorthy.

Explained | The different levels of automated driving and where we are now

Automated driving, or self-driving, cars are no longer a fantasy with automakers in a race to bring out the first Level 5 or fully functional self-driving car but what are the other levels of automation technology? Let’s take a look

Watch: How oxygen is made and used in hospitals

As the demand for oxygen continues to soar, here is a lowdown on how oxygen is made and used in hospitals. 

Druva raises $147 million, valuation soars to over $2 billion: Watch CEO Jaspreet Singh

Druva, which offers SaaS-based cloud data management and security solutions to organisations such as Pfizer, GameStop and NASA has closed a fresh round of funding worth $147 million, taking its valuation to over $2 Billion. Druva CEO Jaspreet Singh spoke to Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth on why he refused to take a higher valuation, plans for IPO and where Druva will be investing going forward

Razorpay raises $160 mn, valuation trebles to $3 bn in six months: Watch interview with co-founder Harshil Mathur

The funding boom continues for the Indian startup ecosystem. Digital payments and business banking platform Razorpay said it has raised $160 million in its Series E round of funding, at a valuation of $3 billion, barely six months after it raised funding that valued it at a billion dollar, underlining the huge funding interest in the current environment. In an interview with Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth, Razorpay co-founder and CEO Harshil Mathur said the money will be used to expand its digital payments business in South East Asia, make acquisitions and build out its neo banking platform, with plans to hire over 600 employees. The round was co-led by its existing investors GIC and Sequoia India, with Ribbit Capital, Matrix Partners, and Tiger Global also participating.

Infosys – Will its valuation discount to TCS widen, post Q4 FY21?

Should there be a correction in the stock of Infosys, it deserves to be added as a value pick.

TCS likely to cross 5 lakh-employee mark in the next three months

While the company did not give hiring guidance for the first quarter, the management said it would hire over 40,000 freshers in FY 2021-22, a number similar to the previous year.

Ideas For Profit | Post Nazara Technologies’ stellar debut, what should investors do?

Recent IPO listings have been quite disappointing for investors. However, the gaming company Nazara Technologies bucked the listing trend seen on exchanges in the past couple of weeks. So, what should investors do? Find out in this edition of Ideas For Profit

Ideas For Profit | Will railway engineering sector chug along or pick up speed?

While some of the other sectors are trying to get back on their feet, railway engineering is running on high steam. During Q3, companies in the railway engineering space delivered 17% sequential growth in revenue and showed healthy improvement in margins. So, which are the stocks investors can hop on to? Find out in this edition of Ideas For Profit

Ideas for profit | Craftsman Automation post listing: Good for long term or time to exit?

Craftsman Automation is a leading engineering company. Its shares got listed on the bourses at Rs1,359, which was at an 8 percent discount to the upper end of the IPO price band. The weak listing was also due to poor market sentiments. However, the demand picked up post listing and price is up 4 percent from the listing price. Watch the video to know whether investors should look at buying the stock at the market price or sell the share they got from the IPO allocation?

Infosys may look at hiring people with Google Career Certificates for India after the US

These certificates offer programmes in four areas - Data Analytics, Project Management, User Experience (UX) Design and Associate Android Developer Certification.

Exclusive: Tata Motors in talks for electric mini trucks; also developing hydrogen tech, says Girish Wagh, Head of Commercial Vehicles

Tata Motors is in talks with potential clients for development of electric vehicles for commercial applications such as goods delivery, Girish Wagh told Moneycontrol in a wide-ranging interview

Maruti Suzuki takes a humane focus with People Technology

The new campaign underlines the automaker’s line of thought in the technologies it builds and how they are inspired by those who use them.

Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath and Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu open up about being bootstrapped, an impending bubble burst and more

Sridhar Vembu, founder of Zoho and Nithin Kamath, founder of Zerodha, opened up in the latest edition of Moneycontrol Masterclass about being bootstrapped, stock market bubbles, the challenges of Twitter and more.

COVID vaccination drive: What you need to know to register for a jab

Here's how to register for the COVID-19 vaccine.

WhatsApp will disable messages for anyone who doesn't accept the new privacy policy

WhatsApp makes it clear that you won't enjoy the "full-functionality" of the app unless you say yes to the new policies

Twitter Voice Messages feature being rolled out to Android, iOS users in India, Brazil and Japan

The Twitter voice message in direct messages is an extension to the Twitter Voice Tweets introduced in June 2020.

Supreme Court issues notice to Facebook, WhatsApp over revised privacy policy

The Supreme Court has said people have grave apprehensions that they will lose their privacy and it is the court's duty to protect them.

IIT-Madras backed Pi-beam launches e-bike, PiMo, that can be charged faster than smartphones

IIT Madras-Incubated Startup Pi Beam has launched an Electric Two-Wheeler that can charge faster than a smartphone and comes with a range of 50 km. Watch the video for more

Ravi Shankar Prasad says social media platforms should follow Indian law; warns of strict action against non-compliance

A day after his ministry rebuked Twitter for not complying with its orders to take down inflammatory content, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said social media platforms cannot give differential treatment while handling problems on Capitol Hill and the Red Fort.

Koo has a Chinese investor who is exiting, says founder Aprameya Radhakrishna

Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Koo, said Shunwei Capital was a very small stakeholder in the company and its stake would be bought by other investors.