The rest of the ecosystem might be complaining of the funding freeze, but Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori seem to be doing just fine. The ex-Flipkart duo has managed to raise $15 million for their new startup, CureFit, before it’s even launched operations.
PujaShoppe is a Delhi-based company that aims to provide free Wifi services to a thousand temples across India.
Ola is complaining about Uber breaking the law – and it seems to suggest that what makes it worse is that Uber is foreign.
Five time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova has just joined the MBA program at Harvard Business School.
The former Chairperson of the National Knowledge Commission, Sam Pitroda, has lambasted the Indian government for its handling of the circumstances behind the resignation of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Speaking to Economic Times, Pitroda said that he was reminded of the attacks on him during his tenure as an advisor to then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Like Rajan, Pitroda had a flourishing career in the US before he had come to India to work with the government.
The Tata Motors stock on the BSE fell a whopping 15% on Friday, hours after the Brexit vote. And the reasons for its fall were not hard to seek – Tata Motors owns Jaguar Land Rover, which is based in Britain.
Ola is now the biggest cab aggregator in the country, but its top position hasn’t come cheap. According to regulatory filings, Ola netted a loss of Rs. 796 crore in 2015.
The food tech industry in India might be floundering, but this is food tech of a different kind. KFC has introduced a meal box that doesn’t just promise some good chicken, but also doubles up as a phone charger.
Vice Media, the content behemoth known for its hard-hitting, gritty coverage of current events, is finally coming to India. Its India entry will be in partnership with the Times Group, which also partners with other global digital publications such as Huffington Post and Business Insider.