Swiggy Goes Public, Stock Rises 18% On Opening Day
November 13, 2024
MakeMyTrip, GoIbibo, Yatra Remove Oyo Rooms, Zo Rooms Listings
It’s the old guard versus the new. Wary of the traction being generated by new-age hotel booking sites like Oyo Rooms and Zo Rooms, incumbents MakeMyTrip, GoIbibo and Yatra have collectively removed listings from these properties from their sites.
Students Move Court Against Foodpanda Over Allegation of Wrong Bills
Bad PR seems to yet again plague the food startup. Now, law students Pranav Jain and Aroon Menon from Delhi have moved to court accusing Foodpanda of miscalculating the VAT charges on bills, subsequently misappropriating their total taxes and charges due to the govenrment, and also cheating customers in the process.
TVF CoFounders Embroiled In Legal Battle Over Ownership
After its hugely popular take on India’s startup scene captured all the drama associated with entrepreneurship, TVF has a new resource to draw inspiration from – its own internal feud. TVF Founder Arunabh Kumar has been dragged to court by former colleague Prashant Raj. Raj, who quit the company in 2014, is demanding a 4% share in the company as well as cash compensation for his work with TVF.
These Are India’s Top Earning Tech CEOs
It pays to be a CEO, and those of some of the biggest IT companies in India would know.
In this list, we detail the top 5 highest paid CEOs of IT companies in India, factoring in only their base salaries.
How The Greatest Companies Turn Employees Into Brand Ambassadors
The oft-overlooked key to brand building is your own employees doubling up as your biggest evangelists. And it’s not just pure love and pride that make them do that. The companies on their part ensure that employees are motivated, rewarded and gratified amply to project the best impression of their employers.
Structural Engineer Roma Agrawal Invited By The Queen To Buckingham Palace
Indian-origin structural engineer Roma Agarwal, who helped build Europe’s tallest building, the Shard, in London, has been invited to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II. Roma will join a group of other female engineers at a reception being hosted by the Queen to encourage more women to take up the engineering profession.
Women Power Gets A Boost, To Fly Fighter Planes For Air Force
In a path-breaking move, the Government of India has approved the induction of women pilots into the fighter stream of the Indian Air…
Twitter CEO Does A Rahul Yadav, Gives 1/3rd Of His Stock To Employees
Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter has announced giving a third of his Twitter stock to the company’s employees. Barely three weeks after taking over as permanent CEO, Dorsey tweeted, “I’d rather have a smaller part of something big than a bigger part of something small.” Dorsey said the move was to “reinvest directly in our people” and the shares would go into the employee equity pool.
