Palak Chahal

Professor @TISSpeak. Author. Entrepreneur. Researcher in Development Economics. Fellow @Cornell. Digital innovation, sustainability, Future of Work. Ex-@BCG

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

Quick commerce is quietly changing from a grocery business into a broader retail channel.

@Flipkartminutes says Gen Z now makes up over 40% of its customer base, electronics and lifestyle demand is rising, and repeat purchases continue to grow. As shopping habits evolve, network scale and category depth may matter as much as delivery speed!

https://t.co/hpyhavN1z9

[Pubity @pubity]

Japan plans to invest over $210,000,000,000 in supporting manga, anime, video games, and other creative industries by 2033.

They see Japanese entertainment as one of their most valuable exports and want Japan-made content to get even more popular globally.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Almost 500,000 people die each year from heat-related causes.

A new report from @UNEPCCC finds that countries are increasingly recognizing health impacts in climate plans, but stronger implementation is needed to turn commitments into action: https://t.co/Zi39UCtPhm

[CNN @CNN]

China has clinched the top spot on a list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, overtaking the United States for the first time since 2017 with a model powered by homegrown chips. https://t.co/Zwp7luM4iu

[IUCN @IUCN]

Wetlands are nature's multifunctional ecosystems.

Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands is no longer optional – it is essential to securing the foundations of life on earth.

#wetlands #conservation #biodiversity

[Aditi Shrivastava @AditiS90]

🚨 🚨 From Blinkit to Urban Company: 4 charts on the state of India's internet economy

1/ Blinkit is expected to grow faster in quick commerce because it is still leaning into dark-store expansion, while Swiggy appears more focused on improving contribution margins. That could slow Swiggy’s NOV growth.

2/ In food delivery growth remains stable in the range of 18-20% yoy

[Entrackr @entrackr]

Flipkart ahead of Amazon and Meesho in DAUs; Myntra leads fashion apps: BofA

◾️Sensor Tower data showed Flipkart at ~85 Mn DAUs in June, ahead of Meesho at ~70 Mn & Amazon at over 60 Mn

◾️In fashion, Myntra is far ahead of Ajio, Nykaa, Shein & Tata CLiQ
https://t.co/K2BXfadgOJ

[Earth @earthcurated]

Today is World Sea Turtle Day.

[Stanford University @Stanford]

“You have thousands of moments ahead of you. The important thing isn’t to get them all right; it’s to find a way to keep moving forward.”

Sundar Pichai, MS ’95, CEO of Google and Alphabet, addressed the Class of 2026 at Stanford’s 135th Commencement ceremony.

Watch the full speech at the link: https://t.co/3OFNRonqeH

[IIT Bombay @iitbombay]

AI that thinks in India's own languages.

IIT Bombay is proud to present BharatGen to the world: Open, multilingual AI for India's languages and people, at Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, France (14–16 June).

BharatGen is built at IIT Bombay's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, with Rishi Bal (CEO) and Dr. Maneesh Singh (VP, ML) with a consortium of 9 premier academic institutions. A team of 60+ researchers, engineers and linguists are building AI that includes all scheduled Indian languages, across text, speech and documents.

-> Param2, its foundational text model with reasoning, coding, and tool calling capabilities works across all 22 scheduled Indian languages

-> Shrutam2, for automatic multilingual speech recognition/ STT across Indian languages

-> Sooktam2, a text-to-speech models with zero-shot voice cloning across Indian languages

-> Patram, a document vision model built for understanding Indian-specific documentation

BharatGen powers services in governance, healthcare, education, insurance, finance, and cultural preservation.

A national effort backed by DST and the IndiaAI Mission, BharatGen is India's push for open, homegrown AI, built for 1.4 billion people.

For more information, visit https://t.co/bZul5Lr3yC

Bharat Innovates 2026 · 14 - 16 June · Nice, France

@BharatInnov2026 @EduMinOfIndia

#BharatInnovates2026 #IITBombay #BharatGen #DeepTech

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

AI data centers are becoming a new geography of power. This Carnegie model shows India’s lifecycle value for a 100MW AI data center at -4.8% vs the U.S. behind UAE/Finland/Canada, but still ahead of France, South Korea, Australia, UK and Germany. Energy cost, grid access and policy will decide who wins the AI infra race.

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

Jefferies + Axis Direct are looking at HDFC through growth.
Social media panic accounts are looking at HDFC through fear.
One side is talking FCNR-B, sectors, loans, housing demand and capital mobilisation.
The other side is shouting crisis.
Decide which one sounds more serious.
#HDFCBank

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

Stories like this show the real power of employee equity. A former SpaceX welder who once earned around ₹2,600/hour now reportedly holds shares worth ₹9.5 crore after SpaceX’s massive market debut. Beyond the Elon Musk headlines, this is about how big company-building can quietly create life-changing wealth for the people on the floor too.
https://t.co/cAgbtQaRPS

[Nithin Kamath @Nithin0dha]

When we were starting @zerodha, we didn't have any money to spend on advertising or customer acquisition. So the only real growth lever we had was word of mouth. We had to build products and services that people liked enough to tell their friends and family about.

Very early on, people who traded with us started referring Zerodha to their friends, colleagues, and family. As a way of saying thank you, we started our referral program.

The idea was simple: if you referred someone to Zerodha, we would share 10% of the brokerage generated by that referral with you, for as long as they traded with us. No ifs and buts. No hidden conditions.

And it worked.

Until we had to stop the referral program in 2024 due to exchange regulations, close to 30% of our accounts were coming through referrals. But even this understated the true impact of word of mouth.

Most people don’t log in to a referral portal or share a referral link. They simply tell a friend, colleague, or family member: “You should open an account with Zerodha. I use it and like it.”

Those people then come directly to our website and open an account. So while the attributed referral number was around 30%, the real number was probably well north of 50%.

Even after we stopped offering referral incentives, about 15–20% of new accounts continued to come from referrals. That, for us, has always been the biggest validation.

We now have regulatory clarity and have restarted referrals. We are also reinstating referral benefits for all old clients who had referred people earlier.

This means that anyone who has ever referred clients to Zerodha will get 10% of the brokerage generated by those referrals for as long as they trade with us.

You can visit https://t.co/OEEA8w7yfw and tell your friends and family about Zerodha.

Given that we don’t charge for investing in stocks, ETFs, bonds, and direct mutual funds, and given that AMC is free or nearly zero for most customers under BSDA, there's no reason for you not to refer someone who wants to start saving and investing🙂

Along with Kite, @CoinByZerodha, Console, @ZerodhaVarsity, @tradingqna, @Tijori1, @BeSensibull, @joinditto, @ZerodhaAMC, and the rest of the ecosystem we’ve built around investors and traders, we hope Zerodha remains a good place for your friends and family to begin their investing journey.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Astronomers may have found a new supernova remnant near the center of the Milky Way galaxy using data from @chandraxray. If confirmed, this would be one of the closest supernova remnants to the supermassive black hole in the Galactic Center!

🔗https://t.co/PovJhUTqtN

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

On this World Environment Day, let's remember that protecting our planet starts with small actions. Every tree planted, every resource saved, and every conscious choice makes a difference. Together, we can build a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable future for generations to come. 🌍💚 #WorldEnvironmentDay

[National Tiger Conservation Authority @ntca_india]

The All India Tiger Estimation (AITE), launched in 2006, is conducted once every four years and has completed five successful cycles so far.

Recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest camera trap wildlife survey, AITE has transformed wildlife monitoring in India. Beyond estimating tiger numbers, it provides critical insights into the status of co-predators, prey populations, habitat quality, and landscape connectivity.

The information generated through this exercise plays a vital role in guiding conservation planning, strengthening management interventions, and addressing emerging challenges across India's tiger landscapes.

#NTCA #ProjectTiger #AITE6 #AmritKaalKaTigerVision2047

@PMOIndia @moefcc @wii_india @MSTrIPES @PIB_India @EnvironmentPib @IBCA_official @Unitedfortigers

[Palak Chahal @Palak_Chahal1]

I’ve realised this after years of talking about personal finance that people focus too much on big financial decisions and ignore the smaller habits that actually build discipline over time.
Even something as simple as pooling cabs or even getting interest credited on a monthly basis regularly can subtly change how people think about saving and maintaining money in their accounts. I think banks like IDFC First Bank are recognising that modern consumers value consistency and everyday usefulness much more now, and that is great.

[Pubity @pubity]

Nvidia announces RTX Spark, a new AI chip with "supercomputer ambitions" to consumer laptops.

The company claims “This is the most efficient PC chip ever built”