India is fast-emerging as a global startup hub, but there’s often debate around whether it is because of the government’s policies, or in spite of them. But whatever role the government might have had in creating India’s flourishing startup ecosystem, one thing is certain — startups are now very much on the government’s radar. Several prominent Indian entrepreneurs were invited to the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi second term. This might have been the…

After providing jobs for thousands, iimjobs has now found a taker for itself. Naurki.com has acquired iimjobs’ parent company Highorbit Careers for Rs. 80.81 crore. Highorbit Careers was founded in 2010 and operates job portals iimjobs.com and Hirist.com. Post the acquisition,  iimjobs will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of InfoEdge, Naukri.com’s parent company. “iimjobs has managed to carve a niche for itself and has built a great brand in the premium jobseeker community,” said Hitesh Oberoi, the CEO…

Paytm and PhonePe had spent much of last year quibbling over which one was India’s largest UPI platform, but it appears that a foreign player has quietly stolen their lunch. Google Pay has become India’s largest UPI platform by transaction value, Bloomberg Quint reports. Quoting industry sources, the report said that Google Pay reported Rs. 49,700 crore of transactions in April, leading PhonePe, which accounted for Rs. 42,610 crore of transactions, and Paytm, which had…

Paytm Payments Bank might have got off to a rocky start, but it appears to be finally hitting its groove. Paytm Payments Bank has registered a profit of Rs. 19 crore in FY19, the company has said in a statement. This is the first time the bank, which was launched in 2017, has been profitable. In FY 18, the bank had registered a loss of Rs. 20 crore. “Our bank has performed exceptionally well in…

India’s food delivery space might’ve just lost one of its biggest players. Ola-owned Foodpanda has severely curtailed its operations. As of writing, all restaurants, apart from Dominos and Pizza Hut, are listed as “unavailable” on its app. Mint is reporting that the company has terminated its food delivery business, and laid off 40 mid to entry level employees. It has also reportedly terminated the contracts of 1500 delivery executives. “They (Ola) have realized they can’t…

India’s already-crowded air ticket booking space has a new — and massive — addition. Amazon has launched its flight booking service in India as it looks to become a super app. Amazon’s app and website now has a flights icon on the Amazon Pay page, and customers can book flights much as they’d book one on a dedicated travel portal . Amazon has partnered with Cleartrip to launch the service. “We are excited to partner with Cleartrip and…