BENGALURU: Quick commerce platform Zepto is pitching a high-volume model to public market investors as it prepares for its IPO, arguing that scale, density and advertising will eventually drive profitability.The company’s updated draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) shows a business growing rapidly on orders but still trailing market leader Blinkit on profitability.Zepto processed 210 million…
Mumbai: A widowed entrepreneur has registered a police complaint against an acquaintance for fraudulently taking control of her GST account and causing her company to run up dues of up to Rs 7 crore by submitting fake sales invoices.The Bangur Nagar Police registered an FIR and are probing further.The 43-year-old complainant runs a catering business….
Pune: In a move towards self-regulation, the Pune Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) Association has issued a stern advisory to all manufacturers in the district to strictly adhere to operational timings, environmental norms, and traffic regulations.The association has also formally requested the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), traffic police, and district administration…
Rajat Patidar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar carved his name deeper into IPL folklore as he powered the defending champions into a second straight final with a dominant 92-run win over Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at Dharamsala on Tuesday.Powered by a clinical all-round display,…
Chennai: A 39-year-old man, Prithviraj of Saligramam, was arrested for sexually harassing a 24-year-old woman from Nagaland on 100-Feet Road in Vadapalani during the early hours of Monday. The culprit followed the woman, falsely accused her of taking his mobile phone and sexually assaulted her when she was on her way home from a church.The…
Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy urged Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai to extend cooperation to the Telangana govt’s Sammakka Sagar project, formerly known as Tupakulagudem barrage, by issuing the pending No Objection Certificate (NOC). Uttam Kumar Reddy met the CM on Thursday night during his visit to Hyderabad.The Chhattisgarh CM has…
The proposed facility will be constructed at the Rajputana Ground area of IIT-BHU and is expected to become operational for students from 2028. Varanasi: The Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi has initiated the establishment of the Yavatkar Convention Center (YCC), a state-of-the-art institutional facility envisioned to serve as a vibrant hub for student activities,…
Guwahati: A 45-year-old Kuki villager was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Manipur’s Tamenglong district on Tuesday.The individual, identified as Haokhogin Lhouvum of Lasan village, was killed while he was on his way to his farm. Lhouvum is survived by his wife and son.Kuki Inpi Manipur, the apex body of the Kuki tribes, said the…
Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical has commissioned its first anode material production facility at Mahistikry in Bengal, marking the company’s entry into the lithium-ion battery value chain.CMD Anurag Chowdhary said the facility was developed through over a decade of in-house research. “We have been working on this for 14 years and have raw material for this…
Indian man awarded nearly £30,000 by UK tribunal after employer failed to provide work An Indian man who moved to the United Kingdom under the skilled worker visa scheme has been awarded nearly £30,000 by an employment tribunal after his employer failed to provide him any work for around a year, despite issuing him sponsorship…
