The festive season is here, and after a poor showing for over two years, retailers and manufacturers of appliances like TVs, smartphones, air-conditioners and refrigerators are banking on the coming 3 months to put the wind back in their sails.

Last week, consumers in 16 places in Bangalore could shop for groceries and restaurant takeaways via the government's Open Network for Digital Commerce or the ONDC. CNBC-TV18 spoke to T Koshy, CEO of ONDC; Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO of Protean eGov Technologies and Sanjeev Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO of Spice Money to discuss the challenges and the road ahead for ONDC.

The airline said it's "satisfied" with its performance in the first 60 days since its inception and is planning to allow domesticated dogs and cats on board starting in November 2022.

The government has modified its semiconductor policy in order to woo more manufacturers to make in India. While, earlier incentives varied between 30 to 50 percent fiscal support depending on different categories - it has changed now, and all of them will get a flat 50 percent incentive.