Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu claimed that people who mock cow urine don't know about the growing scientific interest in faecal transplants and faecal pills from healthy individuals over "their role in restoring beneficial gut bacteria". "So 'cow urine and cow dung have beneficial properties' is not some superstitious quackery. Modern science is converging there," he added.

SolarSquare Energy CEO Shreya Mishra said the payback period for solar panels for a homeowner in India "will be 3-5 years". The payback period refers to the time required to recover the initial cost of an investment. "In Maharashtra, which has the most expensive electricity...payback will be...three years. In other states, payback would be 4-5 years," she told Think School.

Gong cha tea chain is facing backlash after a store manager in South Korea asked employees to inform their boss before families in case their plane crashes. "Send me a message saying 'hire an intern' before contacting mum and dad," the manager said. The remark was made on December 29, the day a Jeju Air plane crashed, killing 179 people.

SolarSquare Energy CEO Shreya Mishra said India has an unfair advantage in solar energy as it gets 300 sunny days. "Any place in India produces more power than an average place elsewhere," she told Think School. "In Germany, 1 kW of rooftop solar will produce 1,000 units of power annually. The same [system] in India will produce...1,400 units," she added.

Tata Technologies' net profit fell marginally to ₹169 crore in the third quarter from ₹170 crore in the same period a year ago. However, the profit rose around 7% on a quarter-on-quarter basis. The company's revenue from operations rose 2% YoY to ₹1,317 crore in Q3 from ₹1,289 crore in Q3 of the previous financial year.

Gautam Adani's 28-year-old son Jeet Adani will marry Diva Jaimin Shah on February 7. She is the daughter of prominent diamond trader Jaimin Shah of C Dinesh & Company Private Limited. The diamond manufacturing firm is based out of Mumbai and Surat, and Diva helps her father oversee the company's operations. Diva and Jeet got engaged in March 2023.

US President Donald Trump said he could impose universal tariffs but the country isn't "ready for that yet". "We may put it...because essentially countries take advantage of the US," he stated. "They're coming in and they're stealing our wealth, they're stealing our jobs...So you put a tariff on to keep them from doing that," he added.

Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty took part in Maha Kumbh and said that she had vowed to take holy dip for three days. "I took holy dip yesterday, today I will do that and tomorrow again," she added. "I have to offer tarpan in the name of my ancestors as they couldn't attend Kumbh," the Rajya Sabha MP said.

A new report for the fiscal year ending March 2024 shows that Nintendo ranks second in terms of average annual salaries among listed companies in Japan. With an average pay of over $61,000, it remains one of the best places to work, despite a 2.3% decline in annual income compared to the previous year.

Shares of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) dropped 3.18% following unconfirmed reports of delays in its crucial engine deal with General Electric for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas program. The delay concerns investors, particularly regarding HALs ability to meet the timeline for the delivery of 16 LCA Mk-1A jets in 2025.