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Business News | Mondelez India Strengthens Its Sustainability Agenda with Climate-tech Investment in Promethean Energy
NewsVoir Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18: Mondelez India has announced an investment in Promethean Energy, a homegrown climate-tech company focused on decarbonizing industrial heat. The move underscores Mondelez India's commitment to...

UAE corporate tax: How to account for your inventory
Often, this column is guided by the questions business owners ask me. Today, I want to discuss stock – by that I mean inventory rather than shares. The UAE is noted for its wholesale and retail sectors, so a great many businesses should be...

How GaN technology can fire up your charging game
This industry-wide shift was justified by a dual narrative of environmental stewardship and consumer convenience. The official reasoning, led by Apple, focused on reducing electronic waste, arguing that most users already have a drawer full of old...
AI on the S’pore menu: F&B firms use tech to suggest drinks for health, create salad bowls and more
SINGAPORE – Cannot decide what drink to get? Just look in the mirror. At Chinese tea brand Luli Singapore, a facial scan via its artificial intelligence (AI) mirror can tell you what herbal brew to order. At its Marina Square outlet, two...

BM Property: Logistics leasing skyrockets as Bengaluru leads surge
Updated: Oct 18, 2025, 06:00 IST Bengaluru has emerged as a key hub for India’s booming industrial and logistics (I&L) real estate sector, with leasing activity touching 5.7 million sq ft in the first nine months of 2025, according to CBRE South...

Tech to the rescue as festive gifting hits traffic jams in Gurugram
In Gurugram, the joy of festive gifting this Diwali has turned into a logistical test of patience for many. With the festival rush choking major intersections such as Subhash Chowk and Iffco Chowk, companies and traders supplying corporate gifts...

International community falls short of adopting landmark rules to cut shipping emissions
NZF still ’very much alive’ With years of negotiations behind the shipping decarbonisation amendments that include the NZF, and an April 2025 vote that approved the amendments to Marpol, the move to adjourn was not widely expected. But during a...

4 storage layouts that beat a single big SSD
These days, when someone builds a new PC, the norm is to get a single large SSD to handle all of their storage needs — OS, games, documents, media collection, backups, and more. SSD prices aren't prohibitive anymore, so it makes sense to just buy...

JSW Energy Q2 profit drops 17% to ₹705 crore amid rising expenses
New Delhi, JSW Energy on Friday said its consolidated net profit declined over 17 per cent year-on-year to ₹705 crore in September quarter, weighed down by a surge in expenses. It had clocked a net profit (profit after tax or PAT) of ₹853 crore in...

US torpedo global deal to cut shipping emissions
India voted in favour of adjournment, a government official confirmed. “It was totally a call of the Ministry of External Affairs,” he added.MUMBAI: India was among the 57 member states who voted on Friday to delay by one year the adoption of what...

Tech Takeover: United Airlines Says AI Eliminated 4% Of HQ Jobs, More Cuts Coming
Artificial intelligence is the next big thing in tech, and now, United Airlines is getting in on it. As per the transcript from United's Q3 earnings call on Seeking Alpha, United's deployment of AI has already eliminated approximately 4% of its...

RIL profit up 16% in Q2 on better O2C, retail play
Mumbai : Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s most-valued listed company, reported a 16% growth in profit in the September quarter from the year earlier on the back of marginal improvements across its key businesses: oil-to-chemicals (O2C),...

Flash Storage vs SSD: The Key Differences
Flash storage vs SSD — it’s a comparison that often confuses people shopping for faster, more reliable storage solutions. At first glance, the two terms might seem interchangeable since both use flash memory to store data. However, they serve...

US Intimidation Leaves Future of Shipping Uncertain But Appetite for Green Future Remains
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Vote to adopt the Net-Zero Framework postponed for one year. Negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have ended in the postponement of the vote to...

Logistics cost to be in single digits by December: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi: Logistics cost in India will fall to 9% by December, helped by rapid expansion of expressways and economic corridors, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. Addressing the annual conference of the Associated...

Typhoon Recovery: U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Storage across Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 17, 2025-- U-Haul ® Company of Alaska has made all of its 11 Company facilities across the state available to provide 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box ® container usage to support displaced residents...

Task performance of Engineering Company Rotation 3, L2FH Rotation 6 praised
Sr. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defense Minister, Head of the Intersectoral Working Group and Head of the Ministry of National Defense’s Steering Board on Participation in U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, chaired the event. In September 2024,...

Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) decided to adjourn its extraordinary session convened this week in London and reconvene in a year’s time. Nations meanwhile are expected to continue consultations to bridge differences over...

US, Saudi Arabia, others stop proposed global fee on shipping emissions
The U.S. successfully blocked the passage of a deal that would’ve established internationally mandated emission reduction targets in the shipping industry. American leadership felt the deal would’ve raised prices for consumers due to projected...

Glīd’s Universal Platform Provides Frictionless Rail-To-Road Logistics
Glīd Tech's Patented Intermodal Transfer System Brings Efficiency and Safety to First and Last Mile Logistics Glīd Tech Logistics is a complex and big business. From ports to yard-rail and and short-haul trucking to cross-country rail and long...