The profit of the country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki for the last quarter has increased by almost 80 percent. The company has achieved a profit of about Rs 3,717 crore between July and September. Maruti Suzuki’s profit in the same period last year was Rs 2,062 crore. Maruti Suzuki has said that the main reason for the increase in profit is the strong demand for its Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV). Apart from this, the company has also benefited from some reduction in input costs. Maruti Suzuki has SUVs like Grand Vitara, Fronx, Jimny and Brezza. Demand for its utility vehicles like Ertiga has also increased. The company has launched Grand Vitara, Fronx and off-road SUV Jimny in the compact segment of SUV. Due to this, the sales of Maruti Suzuki have increased. In the first half of this year, sales of utility vehicles have been more than three lakh. Maruti Suzuki has more than 25 percent share in this segment. Recently the company had achieved the feat of selling 10 lakh automatic vehicles. Automatic transmission system is offered in 16 models of Maruti. Maruti had said that customers of its NEXA retail chain prefer high-end automatic variants. It accounts for about 58 percent of the company’s automatic car sales. Its automatic transmission systems include Auto Gear Shift (AGS), 4-speed automatic transmission (AT), advanced 6-speed automatic transmission and Electronically-Continuous Variable Transmission (e-CVT). The 5-speed AGS gearbox is offered in the company’s Alto K-10, S-Presso, Celerio, WagonR, Ignis, Swift, Dzire, Baleno and Fronx. Apart from this, 4-speed AT is available in Jimny and Ciaz and 6-speed AT with paddle shifters in Ertiga, Grand Vitara, Fronx, Brezza and XL6. The option of e-CVT is available in Grand Vitara and Invicto. Maruti had its highest monthly sales in a month in September. Last month the company’s sales were more than 1.81 lakh units. In the first six months of this financial year, the company’s sales in the country have crossed 10 lakh units. This is the first time that Maruti has crossed the sales mark of 10 lakh units in six months of a financial year.
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Best deals on gaming laptops under Rs 60,000
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale has started. There are huge discounts available on many product categories. Apart from this, Amazon has also offered an additional discount of 10 percent on transactions through SBI debit and credit cards. Here we are giving information about gaming laptops available for less than Rs 60,000 from some big companies. It can be called the powerhouse of gaming. It has Intel Core i7-11800H processor with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage. It has a 15.6-inch Full HD display (1.920 x 1,080 pixels) with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It has Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU. Its weight is 1.8 kg. The listed price of this laptop is Rs 92,990. Can be purchased in Amazon’s sale for Rs 57,990. You can also get an additional discount of Rs 1,500 on purchasing it through SBI credit card. Buy Now: Rs 57,990 (MRP Rs 92,990) HP Victus 15This gaming laptop has AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor. Along with this, there is also AMD Radeon RX 6500M graphics. It has a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It has 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage. Its retail price is Rs 73,435. In Amazon sale, it can be purchased for Rs 54,990 with 25 percent discount. Buy Now: Rs 54,990 (MRP Rs 73,435) Acer Aspire 5 This laptop has Intel Core i5 12th Gen processor with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD. There is storage. Acer has provided RTX series graphics card with Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 in this laptop. It has a 15.6 inch full HD display. It runs on Windows 11. Its listed price is Rs 78,999. It can be purchased in Amazon’s sale for Rs 49,990. You can also get an additional discount of Rs 1,500 on SBI credit cards. Buy Now: Rs 49,990 (MRP Rs 78,999) Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3This gaming laptop has a 15.6 inch full HD IPS display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It has Intel Core i5-11320H as its processor. This laptop has 8 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage. Its Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 graphics can run even advanced games at good framerates. The listed price of this laptop is Rs 74,090. It can be purchased in Amazon’s sale for Rs 49,999. Buy Now: Rs 49,990 (MRP Rs 74,090) ASUS TUF Gaming F15 This laptop specially introduced for gaming has Intel Core i5-11400H processor with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage. It has a 15.6 inch display. This laptop has features like RGB backlit keyboard and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 graphics. Its weight is approximately 2.3 kg. The retail price of ASUS TUF Gaming F15 is Rs 80,990. It can be purchased in this sale for Rs 57,990. You can also get an additional discount of up to Rs 1,500 if you buy it through SBI credit card. Buy Now: Rs 57,990 (MRP Rs 80,990) -
Best deals on air purifiers in Amazon sale, additional discounts with bank offers
The third week of the Great Indian Festive Sale of Amazon, one of the big e-commerce companies, is going on. In this sale, huge discounts are being given on many products in product categories like smartphones, laptops, televisions and home appliances. You can also get an additional discount of 10 percent on purchasing through credit cards of some banks. With the onset of winter season, the problem of smog and pollution increases in many cities of the country. Air purifiers can be used to deal with this. Discounts are also being offered on air purifiers in this sale. In Amazon’s sale, Honeywell Air Touch V2 can be purchased for Rs 7,296 instead of the listed price of Rs 12,999. The listed price of Chinese electronics company Xiaomi’s Smart Air Purifier 4 Lite is Rs 14,999 and it is available in the sale for Rs 9,999. Best deals on air purifiers in Amazon saleProduct MRP Deal price (incl. bank discount) Philips AC1215/20 Air Purifier Rs. Rs 12,995 8,100 Honeywell Air Touch V2 Air Purifier Rs. Rs 12,299 6,567 Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Lite Rs. Rs 14,999 9,000 Sharp Room FP-F40E-W Air Purifier Rs. Rs 16,500 8,082 Voltas VAP26TWV Air Purifier Rs. Rs 12,990 8,091 -
Discount up to Rs 5.25 lakh on Harley Davidson motorcycles in India
Harley-Davidson, popular for powerful motorcycles, has offered discounts of up to Rs 5.25 lakh on select motorcycles in India. This discount will be available on the company’s Pan America 1250 Special, Sportster S and Nightster bikes. There is a discount of Rs 3.25 lakh on Pan America 1250 motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 21.24 lakh (ex-showroom). Its actual price is Rs 24.49 lakh. This motorcycle has a 1,252 cc twin-cylinder, liquid cooled engine. It produces 150.9 bhp at 8,750 rpm and peak torque of 128 Nm at 6,750 rpm. It has a six speed gearbox. A discount of Rs 3.25 lakh is also being given on Harley Davidson’s Sportster S. Its price will reduce from Rs 18.79 lakh to Rs 15.54 lakh. It has the same engine as Pan America 1250. It generates 121 bhp and peak torque of 125 Nm. The maximum discount of Rs 5.25 lakh is being given on Harley Davidson’s Nightster motorcycle. Its price will reduce to Rs 12.24 lakh. Its actual price is Rs 17.63 lakh. It has a 975 cc twin-cylinder engine. It produces 89 bhp and 95 Nm torque with six-speed gearbox. This discount is on motorcycles imported by the company. Recently, Harley Davidson, in collaboration with Hero MotoCorp, one of the big two-wheeler companies, launched the low-priced Harley X440 motorcycle. Hero MotoCorp has started deliveries of Harley-Davidson X440 to customers. 1,000 units of this motorcycle have been sold at 100 dealerships of the company. It is being manufactured at Hero MotoCorp’s factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan. The company has also started new booking for this. The X440 is being sold in three variants – Denim, Vivid and S. Their prices range between Rs 2,39,500 to Rs 2,79,500 (ex-showroom). This is the most affordable motorcycle of Harley Davidson. More than 25,000 bookings have been received for this. To meet its increasing demand, Hero MotoCorp will increase its manufacturing. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Niranjan Gupta had said, “Our effort will be to complete all the deliveries in the next few months. For this, the capacity of the supply chain is being increased.” -
Xiaomi 14 will have 6.36 inch LTPO AMOLED display, launch on October 26
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s Xiaomi 14 series will be launched on October 26. Earlier, the company has given information about the design and some specifications of Xiaomi 14 and 14 Pro. Xiaomi 14 will have a 6.36 inch display with minimal bezels. The company has also shared camera samples of this smartphone on the Chinese messaging platform Weibo. Xiaomi 14 and 14 Pro will be provided with a Leica tuned rear camera unit and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC as processor. Xiaomi 14, the base model of this series, will have a 6.36 inch Huaxing C8 LTPO AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution, 460 ppi pixel density and adaptive refresh rate up to 120 Hz. Its peak brightness will be 3,000 nits. This smartphone will be made available in Rock Blue, Snow Mountain Pink and Classic Black colors. There is an improvement in the images in the camera samples given by Xiaomi. It will have a 75 mm telephoto lens. Xiaomi 14 series will have HyperOS operating system. Earlier, some leaks had suggested that Xiaomi 14 will have a 4,600 mAh battery with support for 90 W wired charging and 50 W wireless charging. The Xiaomi 14 Pro may pack a 4,860 mAh battery with support for 120 W wired fast charging and 50 W wireless charging. The company has planned to increase sales from retail stores in India. For the last few years, Xiaomi has been focusing on e-commerce websites. After lagging behind South Korea’s Samsung, Xiaomi is trying to increase its smartphone sales. There are more than 60 crore smartphone users in the country. However, online’s share in smartphone sales is 44 percent. Retail stores contribute significantly to these sales. Data from market research firm Counterpoint shows that only 34 percent of the company’s total sales this year came from retail stores. In comparison, Samsung’s offline sales are about 57 percent. In the third quarter of the current year, Xiaomi has secured second position in the country’s smartphone market with about 18 percent market share. It has benefited from launching affordable 5G smartphones. South Korean consumer electronics company Samsung has retained its first position in this market. -
There will be no need of licensing for import of computers and laptops in India
Licensing will not be implemented for import of computers and laptops in the country. However, shipments of these devices will be monitored. Earlier in August, the central government had announced the implementation of the license requirement for import of certain products including computers, laptops and tablets from November 1. Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal told reporters, “We believe that there are no such restrictions on laptops. We are only saying that the import of laptops should be monitored. We are only monitoring. There are no such restrictions. Are not.” In this regard, the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has said that there will be an import management system for this. It will be implemented from November 1. The regulation of IT hardware industry is with MeitY. DGFT notifies decisions related to import or export of any product. However, the IT hardware industry has expressed apprehensions regarding this. An industry source said, “It will be like an import management system in which an authorization will be issued to people. It is a type of licensing.” In this, companies will have to request for a specific number of imports and they will get authorization for import. Samsung, one of the big consumer electronics companies, has prepared to increase manufacturing in the country. The company’s smartphones are already being produced in the country. Samsung also plans to manufacture laptops at its factory in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This will give a boost to the Make in India scheme of the Central Government. Under this scheme, incentives are given for electronics manufacturing. Samsung has prepared to set up a new laptop manufacturing unit in the factory that produces smartphones. This unit will have the capacity to manufacture 60,000-70,000 laptops annually. The government had announced a $2 billion manufacturing incentive scheme with an aim to attract large investments in IT hardware manufacturing. The government aims to increase the annual production of electronics to $300 billion by 2026. Big companies selling laptops in the country include Apple, Dell, Lenovo and HP, Acer, Samsung and LG. A large number of laptops are imported from countries like China. -
Big discount on iPhone 14, Pixel 7a, Galaxy S22 in Flipkart Big Dussehra Sale
Big Dussehra sale of Flipkart, one of the big e-commerce companies, is going on. This sale started from 22nd October. In this, discounts are being given on many products in different categories like laptops, smartphones, wearables and appliances. Card holders of Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Bank, RBL and State Bank of India can also get additional discounts in this sale. Apart from this, there are also options for exchange offer and no-cost EMI. In this sale, premium smartphones of major brands like Apple, Samsung and Google can be purchased at discounted prices. The iPhone 14, launched last year, can be purchased for Rs 52,999 instead of its original price of Rs 69,900. iPhone 14 Plus was launched for Rs 89,900. It is available in Flipkart sale for Rs 60,999. American technology company Google’s Pixel 7a can be purchased in this sale for Rs 35,999. With bank discount, you can get it for only Rs 34,999. This smartphone was launched earlier this year for Rs 43,999. Chinese smartphone maker Oppo’s Reno 10 5G is available in this sale for Rs 29,999 instead of Rs 38,999. The listed price of Motorola Edge 40 is Rs 34,999 and it can be purchased in the sale for Rs 26,999. You can also get an additional discount of Rs 750 on purchases made through some bank cards. Early last year, Samsung launched the 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variant of the Galaxy S22 for Rs 85,999. It is available in Flipkart sale for Rs 39,999. On exchanging the old smartphone, its price can be reduced by Rs 39,150. The base variant of the recently launched Nothing Phone 2 with 128 GB storage can be purchased in this sale for Rs 32,999 (including bank discount). Apart from this, exchange of old smartphone can reduce the price by Rs 8,000. The price of Poco F5 in this sale is Rs 23,999. Apart from this, Vivo’s T2 Pro 5G can be purchased for Rs 21,999. -
Huge discounts on Redmi 12C, Honor 90, Motorola Razr 40 Ultra in Amazon sale
Big discounts are being given on many smartphones during Dussehra Dhamaka Deals in the Great Indian Festival Sale of Amazon, one of the big e-commerce companies. In this, expensive smartphones like Realme Narzo 60 Pro to Motorola Razr 40 Ultra coming in the budget segment can be purchased at low prices. This sale started on 8 October. Apart from this, due to some bank offers, the price of the product may also reduce from the sale price. The option to exchange the old device is also being given. There are discounts on both 4G and 5G smartphones in this sale. In this, iQOO Z7s 5G can be purchased for only Rs 15,499 with EMI of Rs 5,166 per month. Apart from this, Redmi 12C and Realme Narzo N53 are also available at very low prices with bank offers. Some best deals on smartphones in Amazon saleProduct MRP Deal Price Realme Narzo 60 Pro 5G Rs. Rs 26,999 20,999 iQOO Z7s 5G Rs. Rs 23,999 15,499 Honor 90 Rs. Rs 49,999 29,999 Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Rs. 1,19,999 Rs. 72,999 Redmi 12C Rs. Rs 13,999 6,999 Realme Narzo N53 Rs. Rs 10,999 7,999 Tecno Pova 5 Pro 5G Rs. Rs 19,999 11,969