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Indian Express
14-06-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
Is it normal to record 200 mg/dL blood sugar after eating a meal? Doctors reveal the truth
They say food is fuel. But do not take it lightly if your or any family member's blood sugar level hits the 200 mark after every meal. Consult a doctor immediately. We tell you why. 'Having a blood sugar level of over 200 mg/dL after eating is not normal. After meals, postprandial blood sugar levels are generally expected to be less than 180 mg/dL within two hours. Not being so indicates poor control over blood glucose, which may eventually lead to the development of diabetes,' said Dr Narendra BS, Lead Consultant – Endocrinology & Diabetology, Aster Whitefield Hospital, Bengaluru 'A desirable level for blood sugar should be below 140mg/dl two hours after having your meal. For those with diabetes, the American Diabetes Association suggests keeping it under 180mg/dl,' he added. Isha Lall, a nutritionist certified in Ayurvedic nutrition, agreed and said that the ideal blood glucose post-meal varies from 130mg/dl to 140mg/dl. 'If you find your blood sugar levels crossing 140mg/dl after every meal, it clearly indicates an onset of pre-diabetes,' she said. According to Dr Narendra, blood sugar levels usually surge after eating because carbohydrates are digested, absorbed, and converted into glucose. ' This spike may become more pronounced if the food contains high amounts of simple sugars or refined carbs, as they quickly enter the bloodstream,' he told Lall shared that a sedentary lifestyle, along with constant stress, physical or mental, causes the body to release cortisol and raise sugar levels. To regulate surges in blood sugar, Dr Narendra recommended consuming fiber-rich foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins like poultry without skin. Fish and healthy fats, such as avocados or nuts, should also be included to keep levels stable. These nutrients slow down how fast sugar is taken up by the body. 'Additionally, routine exercise and portion control can help maintain steady glucose levels in the bloodstream, avoiding swings from high to low, which often leads to hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia, respectively,' he said. Lall suggested taking a 100-step walk after every meal to stabilise your blood sugar level. She also mentioned that feeding your liver with bitter foods like karela, neem, and gourds is a great way to stay healthy. DISCLAIMER: This article is based on information from the public domain and/or the experts we spoke to. Always consult your health practitioner before starting any routine.
Time of India
04-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Chinese mobile companies making more in India to dim regulatory glare
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone brands are increasingly outsourcing production to Indian contract manufacturers, benefitting the likes of Dixon Technologies and Bhagwati Products (Micromax), following what industry executives see as an unofficial nudge from the having excess capacities in their own manufacturing facilities in India, Chinese smartphone brands are outsourcing a large part of production to companies that are participants in the government's production-linked incentive scheme, industry executives and market trackers are not just outsourcing volumes, but also shifting the risk of government interventions and scrutiny, they said. They are on course to become more asset-light in India, where they face a tough regulatory environment. Offloading manufacturing — which incurs huge capital and operating expenses and has additional compliance issues — helps in cutting costs at a time when they are facing a liquidity crisis and stressed balance sheets, executives aware of the development told ET. According to Counterpoint Research, Oppo's shipments from its Noida factory fell 34% on-year in 2024 due to the increasing contribution of outsourced manufacturing by Dixon Technologies and Bhagwati Products. At a recent earnings call, Dixon Technologies chief executive Atul Lall projected the sales volume in India's smartphone market to be around 150 million a year. 'Out of that 150-odd million, Android space is around 135-140 million. Various brands are manufacturing in-house. And the outsourcing opportunity is around 90 million. And including our new tie up of Vivo, we are targeting for around 60-65 million by next year,' he said. Dixon made 28.3 million smartphones in fiscal 2025. Its projection for the ongoing fiscal year is 43-44 million. Lall said Dixon will be manufacturing 7-8 million smartphones for Realme (an Oppo subsidiary), which will be expanded in the next few years. It will also be supplying around 15-16 million smartphones to Vivo in the January-March quarter of 2026, by when it expects to get government approvals for its joint venture with the Chinese company. Brands such as Transsion and Vivo have also signed strategic partnerships with Dixon to form joint ventures where the volumes and revenues are split between the two partners. 'For Chinese companies, there seems to be an informal diktat from the government of India encouraging them to have some part of their volumes manufactured by Indian players. This is happening even though these companies have significant unutilised in-house manufacturing capacity,' an industry executive who did not wish to be named told ET. Samsung, Oppo and Vivo each have around 60 million units of capacity in India, while their annual sales are around 20-25 million, market trackers said. Emailed queries to Oppo and Bhagwati didn't elicit any response till press time Tuesday. 'Given the low margins in assembly, to have a positive unit economics you need a large scale, which is there with EMS (electronics manufacturing services) players like us. You can only achieve so much scale with making for your own brand. The trend of in-house manufacturing moving towards outsourcing, it's primarily to deleverage their balance sheets,' Lall told ET. Another industry executive told ET that Chinese brands are choosing to make only their high-end and flagship models in-house, outsourcing the entry-level models to Indian contract manufacturers. 'The budget segment of the smartphone market in India has not been growing for the past three-four years. In fact, it has been declining. Making these budget phones in-house is becoming less economical for the brands themselves,' the executive said. Recently signed partnerships with Chinese ODMs (original design manufacturers) by Indian contract manufacturers are also facilitating increasing outsourcing to them. Dixon has tied up with Longcheer, the largest Chinese ODM, and is making smartphones for Realme. Meanwhile, Bhagwati has formed a strategic joint venture with Huaqin, the second-largest ODM from China, and is churning volumes for Oppo and Vivo. 'With these ODM partnerships in place, Dixon and Bhagwati are in a stronger position to attract more outsourced manufacturing from Chinese brands who are far more comfortable working with fellow Chinese manufacturers than Indian brands,' one of the executives said. The executive added that Indian players have supervisors from the Chinese ODMs in place to monitor the shift in production from their in-house facilities. Indian contract manufacturers, who are beneficiaries of the PLI scheme, are also offering competitive pricing to the Chinese companies. 'A large portion of the PLI incentives, around 80% of it, are passed down to the customers, with the EMS companies keeping only a small part of it, helping customers achieve cost parity with manufacturing in places like China,' one of the executives said.
Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Influencer Mohak Mangal agrees to remove ‘objectionable' parts from YouTube video on ANI
Content creator Mohak Mangal told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that he would remove the portions of a video that news agency ANI termed as being defamatory and disparaging. ANI had filed a defamation suit against Mangal, objecting to a video where he accused the news agency of allegedly extorting content creators by raising copyright strikes on YouTube for using its news feed and then offering them a licensing deal. Mangal claimed that ANI raised copyright strikes on his video and then approached him, offering an initial licensing deal of Rs 40 lakh for a year, which was then allegedly negotiated down to the same amount for a two-year licensing period. Taking objection to the YouTube video titled 'Dear ANI', the news agency's suit also included comedian Kunal Kamra, AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair, and unknown entities as defendants for sharing Mangal's video on their X handles. Kamra and Zubair also agreed to take down the posts referring to the video. The court directed that the posts be taken down within 24 hours, and following compliance, they may be deleted from being parties to the suit. Mangal proposed to present a red-line version or a revised version of the video in the first half of the hearing after Justice Amit Bansal orally remarked on the use of imputations such as 'vasooli', 'ghatiya', etc, and said, 'The videos on the face of it are disparagement.' Senior advocate Chander Lall, appearing for Mangal, opposed ANI's suit, submitting that they have no right to license in 'de minimis' use, which refers to the principle that very minor or insignificant uses of copyrighted material are not actionable as infringement. Lall further argued, 'They have no right to license and they are extorting Rs 40 lakh from me. I must have a remedy which is going to press.' However, Justice Bansal orally remarked, 'You want to use videos without taking licence. You use, why would you come out with these kind of statements?' Senior advocate Amit Sibal, appearing for ANI, told the court that with the use of ANI's feed as well as logo in his videos, Mangal had violated ANI's copyright, and is using the same to earn money from the videos he posts on YouTube. 'He starts a media campaign against me that has spiralled into a concerted campaign which is nothing short of vilifying and, per se, defamatory. They are calling me thugs, extortionists, gunda, other expletives,' Sibal said. After presenting the red line version – through a revised transcript of the video after removing the parts ANI objected to – Justice Bansal recorded Lall's submission that Mangal shall put the impugned video in private mode which would not be accessible to the public at large, and after making the necessary amendments to the impugned video with the objected portions removed, the video may be reposted back on the public forum.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
India gains as US tariffs rise: Local firms see export boom
Chief executives of leading homegrown companies including Dixon Technologies , Tata Consumer Products , Blue Star , Havells and Arvind , have told analysts that Indian businesses are at a competitive position in the US tariff scenario and most of them are now flooded with queries for higher business from their US partners. The chief executives said the India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) currently being discussed will provide an impetus to business. Dixon managing director Atul Lall told an earnings call last week that the company was expanding capacity for its anchor customer by 50% to meet its increased order book, a large part of it will be for exports to North America in the light of the evolving geopolitical scenario. He said production volume for a large US brand, through its partner Compal, will increase "with potential opportunities for exports." While Lall didn't specify any of the brands, analysts said its anchor customer is Motorola, which exports handsets to the US and the US-brand is Google's Pixel. ET had also reported last month that Google wants to export handsets from India. While US president Donald Trump has asked mobile phone companies like Apple and Samsung to produce locally in the US instead of sourcing from India and other places or face 25% tariff, experts have opined that despite the additional tariff, it will be cheaper for companies to produce in India and export. Leading apparel manufacturer Arvind vice chairman Punit Lalbhai said in the short-term some of its "strategic customers" have seen their cost structures go up, which the company has also absorbed a bit and could lead to a "little bit of margin pressure" in the first and second quarters. He, however, said the company was seeing a jump in volume orders from many of its US customers. Lalbhai said margins will soon normalise and the benefits will flow in the second half of the fiscal year with a robust demand scenario. "This year we should add significant garment volume growth over last year in the textile space. Many of our capacities that we've been investing in are now coming on margin headwinds, but very optimistic growth and demand outlook," he said. The optimism from top CEOs comes at a time when the US has already reduced tariffs on China from 145% to 30% as compared to India's 26%, which is currently on hold. The US has levied only 10% tariff on India and the 26% tariff could be enforced again from July. Another apparel company, Gokaldas Exports , said in its investor presentation that higher tariff on China and political uncertainties in Bangladesh contribute to the overall attractiveness of India as a sourcing destination despite short hiccups. FMCG major Tata Consumer Products CEO Sunil D'Souza said since products like coffee and tea, which it exports to the US, are not produced there and hence "from a competitive scenario, we'll be on even keel with everyone else" and not way off. Havells has just sent its first consignment of Made in India ACs to the US and the management said India will be a beneficiary of the US BTA. BlueStar and Amber Enterprises CEOs said they were receiving a huge number of export enquiries as companies prepared their supply chains for tariff disruptions. Titan Company 's CEO for international business, R Kuruvilla Markose, said the company is tracking competition on price increase in the US and expects the BTA will be signed quickly.
Economic Times
25-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
India gains as US tariffs rise: Local firms see export boom
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Chief executives of leading homegrown companies including Dixon Technologies Havells and Arvind , have told analysts that Indian businesses are at a competitive position in the US tariff scenario and most of them are now flooded with queries for higher business from their US chief executives said the India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) currently being discussed will provide an impetus to managing director Atul Lall told an earnings call last week that the company was expanding capacity for its anchor customer by 50% to meet its increased order book, a large part of it will be for exports to North America in the light of the evolving geopolitical scenario. He said production volume for a large US brand, through its partner Compal, will increase "with potential opportunities for exports."While Lall didn't specify any of the brands, analysts said its anchor customer is Motorola, which exports handsets to the US and the US-brand is Google's had also reported last month that Google wants to export handsets from US president Donald Trump has asked mobile phone companies like Apple and Samsung to produce locally in the US instead of sourcing from India and other places or face 25% tariff, experts have opined that despite the additional tariff, it will be cheaper for companies to produce in India and apparel manufacturer Arvind vice chairman Punit Lalbhai said in the short-term some of its "strategic customers" have seen their cost structures go up, which the company has also absorbed a bit and could lead to a "little bit of margin pressure" in the first and second however, said the company was seeing a jump in volume orders from many of its US said margins will soon normalise and the benefits will flow in the second half of the fiscal year with a robust demand scenario. "This year we should add significant garment volume growth over last year in the textile space. Many of our capacities that we've been investing in are now coming on margin headwinds, but very optimistic growth and demand outlook," he optimism from top CEOs comes at a time when the US has already reduced tariffs on China from 145% to 30% as compared to India's 26%, which is currently on hold. The US has levied only 10% tariff on India and the 26% tariff could be enforced again from apparel company, Gokaldas Exports , said in its investor presentation that higher tariff on China and political uncertainties in Bangladesh contribute to the overall attractiveness of India as a sourcing destination despite short major Tata Consumer Products CEO Sunil D'Souza said since products like coffee and tea, which it exports to the US, are not produced there and hence "from a competitive scenario, we'll be on even keel with everyone else" and not way has just sent its first consignment of Made in India ACs to the US and the management said India will be a beneficiary of the US BTA. BlueStar and Amber Enterprises CEOs said they were receiving a huge number of export enquiries as companies prepared their supply chains for tariff disruptions. Titan Company 's CEO for international business, R Kuruvilla Markose, said the company is tracking competition on price increase in the US and expects the BTA will be signed quickly.
