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Luxury houses eye India, but barriers remain
Luxury houses eye India, but barriers remain

The globe's biggest luxury brands have dreamt of India's vast consumer base for decades, but navigating the market has proven to be a complex task. - 'Ticks all the boxes' – India's luxury market is still relatively small, but expanding rapidly.

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For Tour de France foreign starts are a money-spinner
For Tour de France foreign starts are a money-spinner
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As the Tour de France this week unveiled its fourth foreign start in five years in Barcelona, organisers could point to the financial logic while fending off political criticism from those who believe the world's greatest cycling race should exclusively showcase its home country. For Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the company that owns the Tour, the financial logic is clear.

'No need to overthink': China Tesla fans unfazed by Musk politics
'No need to overthink': China Tesla fans unfazed by Musk politics
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Tesla founder Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration has risked isolating the firm's traditionally liberal customers in its home market but consumers in US trade rival China seemed largely indifferent on Thursday. Despite intense competition from domestic brands, chief among them BYD, Tesla remains one of the best-selling EV brands in the world's largest auto market.

Audi Brussels shuts down as Europe's auto woes deepen
Audi Brussels shuts down as Europe's auto woes deepen
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An Audi factory in Brussels billed as the "cradle" of the German carmaker's electric drive is shutting down production for good on Friday, the latest sign of the woes afflicting Europe's auto industry. Audi, a subsidiary of German auto giant Volkswagen, gave several factors for closing the Brussels plant, the largest private employer in the Belgian capital.

EU's top team in India to bolster relations
EU's top team in India to bolster relations
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The EU's top team arrived in India on an "unprecedented" visit Thursday, aiming to broaden commercial and diplomatic ties and hedge against souring relations with the United States. The visit "will send the message that Europe is shoring up other partners, including India, as much as they focus on the task of resetting EU-India ties", The Hindu newspaper reported.

Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central Asia
Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central Asia
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Central Asian countries are setting rivalries aside to build a giant hydroelectric plant originally planned in Soviet times, a bid to strengthen energy and food security and mitigate the effects of climate change. The Eurasian Development Bank said that "building new hydroelectric power stations while renovating existing ones will mitigate the impact of climate change".