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Licious presents ‘Sunday Special’ with the freshest mutton offerings
Mumbai: The country’s most loved meat and seafood brand – Licious – now strengthens its offering of an extensive range of mutton cuts, catering to the specific needs of discerning customers in Tamil Nadu. Now customers in Chennai can enjoy fresh & premium quality cuts such as shoulder curry cut, ribs, chops and more. Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any better, there are also the Mixed Packs for true mutton lovers, with a mix and match of pieces of your choice suited for an array of mutton recipes. Now your Sunday Special show can be marked with rich mutton curry, a lip-smacking roast, fried appetizers and more with these tender, meaty cuts. All this from the convenience of your home – delivered fresh to your doorstep through the Licious App or website. Now that’s what we call – Sunday Special show naale, Licious Mutton Thaan (Sunday Special Show means Licious Mutton only).
Licious VP – brand Santosh Hegde said, “At Licious it is our constant endeavour to get closer to our consumers and delve deeper into their preferences & concerns. As much as we understand all things meat, understanding our consumers is just as imperative for us. Mutton is one of our core product offerings and a true sensorial indulgence, especially in Chennai, where ‘Sunday Specials’ are marked by mutton preparations starting right from breakfast through lunch and dinner. The sign of a blockbuster Sunday is enjoying back to back blockbusters on TV, accompanied by back to back mutton delicacies in varied preparations. And the right mutton is at the core of it all – tender, fresh and customized per the recipe it is meant for. The meaty & succulent mutton pieces, marked by the perfect blend of meat and fat for that rich taste, and fresh, premium quality mutton – are all the right ingredients that go into the making of a Blockbuster Sunday!”
The brand’s dedication to offering premium quality mutton starts right from sourcing when it specifically selects young goats & lambs. The meat is rested for a minimum of 12 hours and evenly cut for an even cook & absorption of spices. Hygienically vacuum-packed and always stored in temperature-controlled environments between zero and four degrees Celsius, right up to your doorstep – these meaty delights from Licious are just what you need to cook up delicacies such as Mutton Kurma, Chukka, or kuzhambu. For a truly delightful meaty experience, the brand also offers a wide range of mutton parts (offals) as liver, heart, trotters and paya, that can be used right out of the pack to impart rich, intense flavors to lip-smacking preparations such as Liver Fry or Aatukaal Paya. The best part – these mutton parts/offals can be easily ordered through the Licious App all through the day, eliminating concerns of unavailability or limited stock. The brand recently launched these drool-inducing offerings with an equally interesting campaign film. The film depicts a regular Sunday in a Chennai household and how it turns into a blockbuster Sunday with the many mouth-watering mutton dishes being cooked at home. What makes the film more enjoyable is its music, which is a take on a popular, foot-tapping Ilaiyaraaja track from the 80s movie ‘Siva’.
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Google nears Nvidia in race for world’s most valuable company
Market cap gap narrows as Google hits $4.65 trillion, Nvidia at $4.86 trillion.
MUMBAI: In the AI gold rush, even the giants are sprinting and Google is suddenly gaining ground. Google is rapidly closing in on Nvidia in the race to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, with the gap between the two narrowing sharply amid diverging stock momentum. The tech giant’s market capitalisation has surged to around $4.65 trillion, following a more than 140 per cent rise in its share price over the past year.
That rally has added over $2.6 trillion in value in just 12 months, including nearly $900 billion since January alone. Its stock recently hovered at $381.80, slipping marginally by 0.04 per cent, but still reflecting strong upward momentum.
Nvidia, meanwhile, continues to hold the top spot with a valuation of approximately $4.86 trillion. The chipmaker crossed the $5 trillion milestone in October last year and peaked at $5.27 trillion on 27 April. However, its shares have largely plateaued over the past six months, rising just 0.2 per cent recently to $199.99.
The contrast in trajectories is striking. While Nvidia has seen relatively flat movement, Google has gained over 36 per cent in the same six-month period. Barron’s estimates suggest that if current trends hold, the valuation gap could shrink to as little as $190 million by the time Nvidia reports its first-quarter earnings on 20 May.
Daily momentum paints a similar picture. Nvidia recorded average daily gains of about 0.66 per cent last month, compared to Google’s stronger 1.42 per cent, an edge that could prove decisive in the short term.
Driving Google’s resurgence is its aggressive push into artificial intelligence across its ecosystem, from search and YouTube to cloud computing. The company has already invested $144 billion in capital expenditure over the past two years and plans to deploy a further $490 billion over the next two.
Its cloud division is also gathering pace. Google Cloud reported an order backlog of nearly $220 billion in the latest quarter, with total backlog touching a record $462 billion, around half of which is expected to be realised within two years. The company’s entry into chip sales is also beginning to factor into its growth narrative.
The last time Google briefly topped the S&P 500 by market value was in February 2016, when it edged past Apple for just two days. This time, the stakes and the numbers are far higher.
At the heart of the contest lies a single force: artificial intelligence. As both companies pour billions into infrastructure, chips and platforms, the leaderboard is no longer just about size, it is about who can scale the future faster.
