The Sandwich Leave Policy counts weekends and holidays between two leave days as leave too, reducing paid days off. Though legal if clearly stated, it often frustrates employees. Check your company’s policy, plan leaves smartly, and raise concerns if unclear. Many modern firms now exclude weekends to support work-life balance and flexibility.

Chennai-based food brand Cookd has secured ₹16 crore in a pre-Series A funding round led by Spring Marketing Capital, with participation from Eternal Capital, PeerCheque, and Sunicon Ventures. The funds will support expansion across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and fuel product innovation in masalas, gravies, and biryani kits. Cookd also plans to scale its offline and D2C presence.

China’s breakthrough 100-wavelength optical AI chip signals its lead in next-gen computing. Unlike silicon chips, it uses light for ultra-fast, efficient processing. India risks falling behind if it ignores photonics. A national mission, industry-academia labs, and global partnerships could help India harness its hidden strengths and join the optical chip race.

Top Indian brands now rely on machine learning to process millions of customer signals daily predicting preferences, fine-tuning ad spends, and personalizing offers in real time. This data-led agility helps reduce customer acquisition costs while driving stronger engagement and higher conversions across channels.

Indian brands are leaving manual media buying behind, using AI to automate campaign optimization. These systems learn customer behaviour faster than human teams, refining targeting, improving ROI, and cutting wasted ad spend. Smart automation has become the key growth driver in today's competitive market.

Top Indian brands are slashing customer acquisition costs by 25-30% using AI-driven insights. By replacing manual campaign management with predictive modeling and automated audience targeting, they're moving beyond outdated marketing playbooks and building more efficient, scalable growth engines.

Indian brands are cutting customer acquisition costs by up to 30% using AI-powered systems that analyse millions of data points. These systems automatically optimise ad targeting, audience selection, bidding strategies, and creative performance in real time, eliminating guesswork and reducing wasted spend.

Top Indian D2C and marketplace brands are cutting customer acquisition costs (CAC) by up to 30% using AI-driven decision systems. By eliminating guesswork in targeting, bidding, and content personalisation, brands are getting more conversions from fewer ad spends. Data + AI = Growth efficiency.

The Centre has proposed a scheme to offer ₹1,345 crore subsidies to manufacturers for boosting domestic production of rare earth magnets, Union Minister of Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy said. This initiative follows China's imposition of export restrictions on rare earth elements and magnets. Currently, two manufacturers are proposed for the initiative, but the numbers may increase in future.

A techie named Arun Mathuria shared a video showing an about ₹20-lakh vehicle floating in water on flooded road in Haryana's Gurugram. Calling the city "seriously overrated and overpriced", he said, "Who buys ₹10-crore flat...without even looking at basic infrastructure?...Gurugram feels like bubble- propped up by investors and NRIs." "Just 30-minute rain and roads turn into rivers," he added.