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We are diversifying beyond just tech news today, let's do this! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ข'๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐š๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ: ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ?

In Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister, continuity emerges as the defining theme. The cabinet composition reflects a blend of veteran leadership, new heavyweights, and strategic ally appointments.

Old guard: Rajnath Singh: Defence; Amit Shah: Home; Nirmala Sitharaman: Finance and Corporate Affairs; Nitin Gadkari: Road, Transport; S Jaishankar: External Affairs; Bhupender Yadav: Environment, Forests, and Climate Change; Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways, I&B, and IT; Piyush Goyal: Commerce and Industry.ย 

New heavyweights: JP Nadda: Health and Chemicals & Fertilisers; Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Agriculture and Rural Development; Manohar Lal Khattar: Housing, Urban Affairs and Power; CR Patil: Water.

Ally power: HD Kumaraswamy: Heavy Industries and Steel; Chirag Paswan: Food Processing; Jitan Ram Manjhi: MSME; Rajiv Ranjan (Lallan) Singh: Panchayati Raj; K Rammohan Naidu: Civil Aviation.ย 

This continuity aligns with Modi's pre-election strategy of tasking ministries with 100-day plans and five-year proposals, as well as reviewing the Viksit Bharat 2047 roadmap โ€“ keeping the same leaders at the helm ensures seamless execution and avoids time lost in transitions.

๐Ÿ‡ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ: ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™™๐™ž'๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™™-๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข ๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™™๐™ž ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™– ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ-๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ-๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™จ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ญ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ: ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š? ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™จ. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Source: The Signal (Theyโ€™re a GREAT newsletter, highly recommend!) - https://tinyurl.com/mcu2hky7

๐Ÿ. ๐Ž๐ฅ๐š ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐„๐๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐‘ ๐Ÿ“,๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐‚๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐Ž

Ola Electric has received approval from SEBI for its over $700 million IPO. This will be the first IPO by an EV maker in India and the first by any automaker in 20 years. The IPO will comprise a fresh issue of $700 million and an offer for sale of up to 9.51 crore shares by existing investors like SoftBank, Temasek, Matrix and Tiger Global.

Key takeaways from Ola Electricโ€™s DRHP Filings:

  • Ambitious Growth Plans: Ola Electric aims to become India's first pure-play EV maker to go public. It plans to use the โ‚น5,500 crore IPO proceeds to scale up its Gigafactory, ramp up R&D, and expand its retail and charging network.
  • Technological Capabilities: Ola is investing heavily in developing new EV products and core components like batteries and motors. It has dedicated 24% of its workforce to R&D across engineering, design, and cell development.
  • Regulatory Challenges: Ola faces headwinds from dynamic EV subsidy policies, incidents of scooter fires, and legal disputes with customers. Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape is crucial for the company.
  • Vertical Integration Strategy: Ola is emulating Tesla's model by building an end-to-end EV ecosystem, from manufacturing to distribution. This is supported by government initiatives like PLI schemes.
  • Financial Performance: Ola has seen rapid sales growth, with Q1 FY24 revenue reaching nearly 50% of the previous fiscal year. However, high employee attrition remains a concern.

๐Ÿ‡ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ: ๐™Š๐™ก๐™– ๐™€๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜'๐™จ ๐™„๐™‹๐™Š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™–'๐™จ ๐™€๐™‘ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š. ๐˜ผ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™Š๐™ก๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง. ๐™„๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ก๐™–-๐™š๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ. ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™Š๐™ก๐™– ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™™ ๐™–๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ. ๐Ÿ›ต

Source: DRHP Filings - check it out at https://tinyurl.com/9e4bp3hb

๐Ÿ‘. ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

The โ€œAโ€ in AI stands for Apple - OK then.

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) unveiled a new star: Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI-powered features for iPhones, iPads, and Macs. This all-out AI push marks a stark contrast to Apple's previous reluctance to join the AI bandwagon.

The Highlights:

  • ChatGPT integration with Siri and other Apple apps
  • Writing Tools for tone adjustment in texts, emails, and notes
  • Mail app's email summarization and importance ranking
  • Apple Pencil-powered math problem solving in the iPad calculator app

Apple assures users that AI will run either locally on devices or on the company's own servers, prioritizing privacy.

But the question remains: Is Apple fashionably late or simply lagging behind?

As iPhone sales stagnate, Apple has been slower to embrace AI compared to rivals Google and Microsoft. While Apple has a history of being late but great (think iPod), the AI landscape is a different beast.

๐Ÿ‡ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ: ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š'๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š-๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š-๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง. ๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž'๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™‚๐™‹๐™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™™๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š'๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง. ๐˜ผ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ค๐™œ๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก-๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™จ, ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™›-๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ. ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ-๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ. ๐™๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š. ๐Ÿคจ

Source: Morning Brew - https://tinyurl.com/56c3t84k

๐Ÿ’. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š'๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ-๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Russia's vault to the world's 4th largest economy, despite Western sanctions, is a stunning display of economic resilience and adaptability. The secret to Russia's success? A multi-pronged approach that would make Houdini proud.

The Tricks:

  • Oil Discounts: By selling cut-price crude to China and India, Russia's found a sanctions loophole. These countries refine the oil and legally export it to the West, turning Russia's black gold into a sanctions-busting tool.
  • Military Spending Spree: The Kremlin's pumped up domestic spending, particularly in the military-industrial complex, to fuel the war machine. This strategic splurge has sent Russia's GDP soaring.
  • Currency Control Circus: By restricting foreign companies from withdrawing funds and hiking interest rates, Russia's central bank has pulled off a monetary balancing act, keeping the ruble steady and inflation in check.

While this wartime economic model may not have long-term legs, it highlights Russia's knack for economic acrobatics in the face of adversity. The Kremlin's ability to adapt and innovate has left sanctions-wielding Western powers scratching their heads.

(Correction: Russia became fourth largest economy in terms of PPP-based GDP according to the World Bank, missed clarifying this earlier)

๐Ÿ‡ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ: ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™–'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ-๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™, ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™– ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ . ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™– ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™-๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™š๐™ง๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฉ. ๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™จ; ๐™ž๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ. ๐ŸŽญ

Source: Finshots - https://tinyurl.com/3du9jpz9

๐Ÿ“. ๐Œ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž: ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐Ÿ’% ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ

Honasa Consumer Ltd., the proud parent of D2C dynamo Mamaearth, felt the market's cold shoulder as its shares plunged nearly 5% following a major block deal. This sell-off comes hot on the heels of Honasa's much-hyped IPO, raising eyebrows and questions.

The gainers? Fireside Ventures and Sofina Ventures, who collectively unloaded 66.2 lakh shares (2% equity) in a โ‚น291 crore transaction. This could be a classic case of profit-booking after the stock's post-IPO surge, or a red flag for Honasa's growth prospects and valuation sustainability.

But wait, there's a plot twist! Honasa's revenue from operations jumped 21% to โ‚น471 crore in FY24's last quarter, and it swung from a โ‚น161.78 crore loss to a โ‚น30.4 crore profit. Talk about a glow-up!

As Mamaearth navigates the cutthroat D2C jungle, all eyes are on Honasa's ability to keep its revenue engine purring and its valuation pristine. Will this homegrown hero keep its crown, or will it be dethroned by the unrelenting forces of competition and fickle consumer tastes?

๐Ÿ‡ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ: ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™'๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ-๐™„๐™‹๐™Š ๐™—๐™ก๐™ช๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฟ2๐˜พ, ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š. ๐˜ผ๐™จ ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ๐™–'๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ-๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™'๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ'๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง. ๐Ÿ‘ถ

Source: News18 - https://tinyurl.com/24kkn6ew


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JazzyPotato
JazzyPotato

I donโ€™t fully agree on your opinion on Appleโ€™s late entry to AI. Apple is integrating AI system wide and not just in apps, itโ€™ll eventually let users do various action within apps and system settings with prompts.

Also, ChatGPT is an opt-in feature where Siri will only recommend it if it figures that a certain request is beyond its reach, not every request will hit chatGPT. There are various SLM or LLM models that will run (like you said) on device or their proprietary Private Cloud Compute.
Soo.. not sure if they came with a knife in a gun fight

ZoomyDonut
ZoomyDonut

+1 here, donโ€™t fully agree with the opinion but also feel that Google & Microsoft are natively doing a lot more in the AI race

Relatively speaking it might not be a knife but maybe a sword to the gunfight ๐Ÿ˜‚

But Apple being Apple will execute it 10x better on the consumer end, no doubt!

DizzyMuffin
DizzyMuffin
Google17mo

@jinyang tend to agree, Apple being apple will execute a lot better

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge17mo

Mamaearth is shit. She quickly saw her company through IPO so investors could get an exit. Retail ones are anyway caught in greed

GigglyBurrito
GigglyBurrito

Exactly, uske products toh ekdam kachra hai. Idk how they survived in market

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge17mo

Marketing.
I got to use their products because very good marketing and almost no negative word of mouth

SnoozyNarwhal
SnoozyNarwhal

Yesterday's feedback is today's outcome - live the agility you'll are bringing to the table here. A couple of things:

  1. I received this at 8ish today, that's helpful :) Would be great if I could choose a time for this to be delivered - sort of like customised.
  2. Like that other topics are covered, but this feels super long now. Maybe there is merit in categorizing news the traditional way - politics, business, etc.. I can choose what I want to see.
  3. I understand it's news and there is only so much you can cut out and make it a quick read, but there is merit in attempting a template that's shorter imo.

Nonetheless, thanks for bringing this to us :)

CosmicMuffin
CosmicMuffin

I believe they are experimenting currently as to which news category creates more engagement and also around the length of content i.e. more news items with lesser lines v/s less news items with more lines(content)

FuzzyMuffin
FuzzyMuffin

Lots happening in the tech but still only 2 tech stories. Pathetic

CosmicMuffin
CosmicMuffin

Do something with your background and text colour, make text more brighter. When I switch from Blind to here, it feels dull, and I have to increase brightness every time

MagicalNoodle
MagicalNoodle
Student17mo

Enjoying these snippets!

DancingPickle
DancingPickle

Thank you for taking feedback effectively ๐Ÿ’ช

DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba

is there any way to short a stock in pre IPO.

PrancingNugget
PrancingNugget

Nimo tai ๐Ÿค

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