#india-market

#india-market

SIA reported a 57.4% drop in net income to 1.2 billion Singapore dollars ($927 million) for its 2025 fiscal year, which ended in March. Profits were partially eroded by a loss of 945 million Singapore dollars ($739 million) from SIA's investment in Air India. The airline still reported record revenue of $20.5 billion, buoyed by strong global demand for air travel. SIA and its low-cost subsidiary Scoot carried 42.4 million passengers.

The tablet is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7050 SoC, paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. As the name implies, the Iconia iM11 5G has 5G support, alongside 4G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and GPS. It also has a fingerprint scanner embedded into the power button.

A new hero loading...#StayTuned - This teaser message from Redmi India's official X account marks the beginning of the campaign, with the video prominently featuring the letter R and a 'hero mode' loading sequence, though specific device details remain undisclosed at this stage.

In a post on X, Realme India's official account confirmed that the Realme 16 Pro and 16 Pro+ will now receive four years of Android OS updates and six years of security patches. At launch, the company had promised three years of Android updates and four years of security support.

India became the world's largest market for generative AI app downloads in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, widening its lead over the U.S. as installs jumped 207% year-over-year. Companies including OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity rolled out extended free premium offers to accelerate user growth in the price sensitive market.

John Teeling, the whiskey entrepreneur who founded the Great Northern Distillery outside Dundalk, says the company is already selling blended whiskey product into India that has been specially formulated and branded for that market. It's being imported by local partners there. Mr Teeling said he was previously concerned that Great Northern Distillery was primarily focused on the US market. Now he says that India and the broader Asian market including countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand could become significant markets for Irish whiskey.

Apple and Samsung have reportedly issued cease-and-desist notices to Xiaomi in India for an ad campaign that directly compares the rivals' devices to Xiaomi's products. The two companies have threatened the Chinese vendor with legal action, calling the ads "disparaging." Ads have appeared in local print media and on social media that take pot shots at the competitors' premium offerings.