Taxman opens the parcel: GST sleuths probe restaurant packaging chargesIndian tax authorities are investigating whether restaurants have evaded taxes on packaging charges, following scrutiny of 'food and delive...
14 Apr, 2025, 01.19 PM IST
Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let’s take a look.
08 Mar, 2025, 07.15 AM IST
Battery-swapping companies cash in on quick commerce’s EV turnThe increasing adoption of electric vehicles for last-mile deliveries in quick commerce is driving business for startups focused on chargin...
24 Feb, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Zomato gives Blinkit a boost; Wipro Q3 resultsZomato infuses Rs 500 crore in Blinkit as competition in quick commerce intensifies. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
17 Jan, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
Kirana is too small to failIndia's quick commerce sector, including players like Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, and Zepto, is witnessing rapid growth, impacting traditional...
17 Jan, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
GST Council meet: From no GST on penal charges by banks, NBFCs for loan defaults to 5% GST on new EVs & more; Here are top 10 outcomesThe GST Council lowered the compensation cess rate for merchant exporters to 0.1% and reduced the tax on fortified rice kernels to 5%. The ...
23 Dec, 2024, 12.44 PM IST
Techie calls out Zomato over Bengaluru FC ad charge. Football club's goalie Gurpreet Singh Sandhu respondsA Bengaluru techie's online food order sparked debate over a Rs 12 "packing charge" for a Zomato-delivered shawarma. The packaging featured...
19 Dec, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Share of quick commerce in online FMCG sales rockets to 35% in FY24Quick commerce drove overall ecommerce for these companies as well as the broader fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, company execu...
15 May, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
More startups want to ‘flip’ back to India; SoftBank’s returns from listed firmsStartups are moving their overseas holding entities to India ahead of their forthcoming public listings, especially in the fintech sector w...
02 Jan, 2024, 09.13 AM IST
Three bank stocks Rahul Shah is bullish onAccording to Rahul Shah, VP-Equity Advisory, MOFSL, there could be a stock specific market from here onwards which is what is happening in ...
13 May, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
ONDC vs Zomato, Swiggy; WestBridge closes in on Milky Mist fundingHappy Monday. We are kicking off the week with a packed edition of ETtech Morning Dispatch. You can’t have missed all those social media po...
08 May, 2023, 01.28 PM IST
Zomato working on new loyalty programme after shutting Pro and Pro PlusZomato is working on a “loyalty programme construct” for food delivery, the company’s chief financial officer Akshant Goyal said during the...
11 Nov, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Bulls return to D-St after 2-day break! Sensex ends 548 pts higher ahead of Fed policy outcomeThe 30-share pack Sensex advanced 548 points or nearly 1 per cent to close at 55,816. Its broader peer, Nifty50, added 158 points to close ...
27 Jul, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
Ather charges at Ola; founders drive Shark Tank’s meme-plosionAther Energy, an electric-vehicle startup backed by Hero MotoCorp, has started work on new electric scooters that promise better range and ...
04 Feb, 2022, 07.13 AM IST
Be patient, steel stocks could be 30-40% up one year from now: Chakri Lokapriya“The overall story for steel stocks is pretty much intact. These companies are selling at about four, five times EV/EBITDA which is not eve...
02 Dec, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Zomato serving a hot but pricey IPO during a tech cold warA law on personal data protection, and another on use of non-personal information, may be up next. That could be important for Zomato.
14 Jul, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
Orders go down as Zomato & Swiggy raise delivery feesOver the last six to eight months, the two dominant players have also started passing on restaurant packing charges and certain taxes to co...
28 Jan, 2020, 09.12 AM IST