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Chanel for Chandigarh, Mango for Mangaluru: India’s luxury map shifts beyond metrosIndia's retail landscape is shifting as smaller Tier-2 cities are now attracting global brands and premium malls, outperforming larger metr...
PhonePe pauses IPO; Databricks' India ramp-upPhonePe has deferred its IPO citing the Iran war. However, sources tell us pricing of the issue was a key concern. This and more in today's...
Bengaluru company slammed after candidate flies 2000 km for interview, but only to get ghostedA Bengaluru startup faces online backlash after allegedly ghosting a candidate from Uttar Pradesh who traveled for an in-person interview b...
Layoffs in the IT sector hit Bengaluru PGs amid new regulations and a sharp drop in the number of guestsLayoffs in Bengaluru’s IT sector and strict BBMP rules have devastated the city’s PG accommodations, leading to a 25% loss for many operato...
Bengaluru resident laments ‘toxic culture’ of Indian corporate, claims Hindi-speaking colleagues made him feel unwantedA Bengaluru resident shared feelings of isolation at work due to Hindi being predominantly spoken, leaving him out of conversations and jok...
Edtech consolidation; GenAI chatbot hallucinationsEdtech firm Schoolnet has acquired learning app Genius Teacher for an undisclosed sum. This and more on today’s ETtech Top 5.
Building AI compute capacity via marketplace model; Paytm’s UPI share dipsIn early March, the union cabinet approved a Rs 10,371.92-crore India AI Mission that aims to build AI computing infrastructure of at least...
Fintechs push for cross-border payments; Chiratae’s $70 million portfolio saleHappy Wednesday! Razorpay, Cashfree, PayGlocal and other fintech startups are seeking a licence for facilitating cross-border payments from...
Hunger games: Investors at the table with appetite for food startupsPizza Wings, Boba Bhai in funding talks as HNIs, angels and other backers show interest
Elevation raises $670M India fund; edtech giant lays off 1,000 employeesElevation Capital, which invested in around 30 Indian startups last year alone, has closed its latest India-dedicated fund at $670 million.
Delivery-only outlets ride piggyback, find new road to successThe number of cloud kitchens on Swiggy trebled between FY19 and F21 and doubled on Zomato from January 2020. Industry leader Rebel Foods, t...
Covid-19: Orders on Zomato, Swiggy go down by 60%Zomato said it has been operating at 30% delivery capacity. The company has also been facing issues across cities while delivering food des...
Ghost Kitchens buys stake in restaurant brands QSR, EathosGhost Kitchens will provide capital, infrastructure, backend, marketing, and administration services to the two brands. It also plans to sc...
Fine-dining chains smell the money in delivery-only brandFirms utilise their excess kitchen capacity and cloud kitchens to cash in on the food-delivery boom.
View: What ghost cities tell us about India's economyIn India, deindustrialisation & lack of manufacturing is majorly responsible for the ghost city phenomenon.
Bengaluru: A land of million aspirationsCreaky infrastructure notwithstanding, garden city’s pleasant climate has always been an abiding attraction for immigrants from far and wide
Square Off: A smart chessboard that's straight out of 'Harry Potter'With Square Off chessboard you do not need to be in the same room with your opponent to experience the lost pleasure of playing chess on an...
Sean Blagsvedt, Vir Kashyap will quit combined Quikr-Babajob entityThe combined entity will create by far the largest marketplace in the aspiring labour space in India,“ said Blagsvedt, CEO at Babajob.
Quikr is in talks to buy BabajobBuy may open doors for Quikr to smaller cities that Babajob is popular in.
Here's what startups want and why they are under intense scrutinyAs funding dries up and job cuts spread, startups find their business models under intense scrutiny, and their survival at stake.