Karnataka To Charge Customers 1-2% Cess On All E-commerce Orders To Help Gig Workers
Governments that announce freebies during polls are discovering they have to find innovative ways to meet their promises. The Karnataka government has announced…
Category: Startups
RBI Bans Flipkart Founder Sachin Bansal’s Navi Finserv From Disbursing Loans
Former Flipkart CEO Sachin Bansal has had a difficult relationship with the country’s regulators, failing to get a banking license for his new…
Blinkit Begins Offering 10-Minute Returns In Fresh Salvo At E-commerce Companies
The quick-commerce space is evolving at a pace that can scarcely be believed. Blinkit has begun offering item returns in 10 minutes. Customers…
IBM Acquires Software Startup Founded By BluSmart Co-founder Puneet Jaggi
It’s rare to have a founding team get an exit, but there’s a founding team in India that’s taken a company public, raised…
Brokerages Downgrade DMart Over Concerns Of Impact Of Quick Commerce, Stock Falls 10%
Established grocery chains have begun feeling the pinch of the rise of the quick commerce upstarts. Brokerages have downgraded DMart’s stock and cited…
Meesho Gives Employees 9-Day Paid Break To “Reset And Recharge”
Most companies look to extract as much work as possible from their employees, including working on weekends and beyond office hours, but one…
Reliance To Take On Blinkit, Zepto With 10-15 Minute Deliveries
Reliance’s ambitious JioMart initiative hasn’t yet made a splash in India’s online grocery space, but it is looking to add a feature that…
Snapdeal Co-founder Kunal Bahl To Appear On New Shark Tank Season
As Shark Tank is set to enter its fourth season, it’s bringing on some entrepreneurs from India’s first startup wave from the last…
Top Execs Lost Motivation After Becoming Rich From Zomato’s IPO: Zomato CEO
An IPO is usually a time for celebration for a company, but it had brought with it a different sort of problem for…