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Stock Market LIVE: Sensex down 400 pts; Nifty below 24,650; SMIDs fall; Highway Infra IPO opens
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Logistics major Delhivery likely to gain from higher volumes, margins
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Next Ather narrows Q1 losses; VinFast to make in India Want this newsletter delivered to your inbox? Also in the letter: EVs and logistics: Ather, Delhivery ride market optimism Driving the news: The May-listed EV maker also grabbed more market share, touching 16.3% in July and closing in on Ola Electric's 17.9%. Its Rizta scooter lineup has broadened its appeal among urban riders. Also Read: Tell me more: CEO Sahil Barua said the Rs 300-crore Ecom Express acquisition would likely start showing in Q2, likely lifting its third-party logistics market share by 25%. Also Read: Why it matters: VinFast opens India plant, eyes regional expansion Details: The facility starts with an annual capacity of 50,000 EVs, which can be scaled to 150,000. Production kicks off this month, with models designed for Indian roads and export markets. The company has also opened its first showroom in Chennai, and is racing to launch 35 dealerships across 27 cities by the end of the year. Zoom out: Also Read: Why it matters: Sponsor ETtech Top 5 & Morning Dispatch! Why it matters: The opportunity: Reach a highly engaged audience of decision-makers. Boost your brand's visibility among the tech-savvy community. Custom sponsorship options to align with your brand's goals. What's next: HCLTech's Vijayakumar is top-paid IT CEO Other CEO salaries: Infosys' Salil Parekh: Rs 80.6 crore Rs 80.6 crore Tech Mahindra's Mohit Joshi: Rs 53.9 crore Rs 53.9 crore Wipro's Srinivas Pallia: Rs 53.6 crore Rs 53.6 crore TCS' K Krithivasan: Rs 26.5 crore Also Read: Big picture: SEO meets AI: Brands shift to GEO for visibility How it works: Brand impact: MyMuse says its mentions on ChatGPT are rising 10% month-on-month. Kerala Ayurveda reports a 2.5x jump in traffic from ChatGPT in just two months. Visibility without clarity: Kaynes looks to open Rs 4,995 crore components making unit in Tamil Nadu Details: But, why: This marks Tamil Nadu's first large-scale foray into PCB manufacturing, a key step in climbing the electronics value chain. The state is betting on Thoothukudi to emerge as a hub for component production, buoyed by the Centre's new electronics component manufacturing scheme. Electric scooter maker Ather clocked a 79% jump in revenue for the April-June quarter. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.■ What IT CEOs got paid in FY25■ Brands go from SEO to GEO■ Kaynes' new Rs 5K-crore facility in TNAther Energy and Delhivery rode a wave of investor optimism after upbeat Q1 results, even as the profitability question still hangs over delivered a 79% year-on-year revenue jump to Rs 645 crore in Q1 FY26, with losses narrowing slightly to Rs 178 crore. Total expenses climbed 54%, but the company managed to cut employee costs by 37% to Rs 119 crore, signalling tighter post-IPO player Delhivery reported a 68.5% surge in net profit to Rs 91 crore, sending its stock up 5% to Rs 451.60. Revenue inched up 5.6% YoY to Rs 2,294 crore, while express parcel volumes grew 14% to 208 million companies operate in cash-hungry sectors where investors demand visible paths to profitability. For now, markets are rewarding growth coupled with operational restraint—a signal that disciplined expansion is buying both players time to prove their VinFast has switched gears in India, inaugurating its first EV plant in Tamil Nadu as part of a $2 billion regional slow traction in the US and Europe, VinFast is betting on Asia's faster growth curve. New plants are coming up in Indonesia, while Thailand and the Philippines are next on its expansion entry follows Tesla's long-delayed arrival , with a 4,000-square-foot showroom in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex. Tesla will sell China-made Model Y crossovers at over $56,000 before taxes and insurance. With Chinese brands such as BYD facing regulatory headwinds, VinFast benefits from a clearer path as one of the first new Asian entrants in the Top 5 and Morning Dispatch are must-reads for India's tech and business leaders, including startup founders, investors, policy makers, industry insiders and Reach out to us at spotlightpartner@ to explore sponsorship C Vijayakumar was the highest-paid Indian IT CEO in FY25, with a remuneration of $10.85 million (Rs 94.6 crore). The board has approved a 71% increase for FY26, bringing it to $18.6 a slower pace of tech spending, IT firms are maintaining competitive executive pay. Continuity in leadership remains a priority amidst shifts in more users turn to AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini for answers, brands are rethinking how they get discovered. 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For brands, GEO could soon be as fundamental as SEO ever Circuits India is gearing up to invest Rs 4,995 crore in a cutting-edge electronic component manufacturing facility in Toothukudi, Tamil plant will roll out 74-layer and high-density interconnect printed circuit boards (HDI PCBs), flexible PCBs, high-performance laminates, camera modules and wire harness assemblies, sources told us."Like Tamil Nadu brought VinFast for the auto sector to Thoothukudi , Kaynes' new unit is going to be an anchor investment that will help with the establishment of a new electronics manufacturing cluster in the deep South," one of the sources cited above said.
