Speaking on a climate action panel on Oct. 8, India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari said he’s asked Tesla to not sell China-made electric vehicles in the country. Instead, he is urging the now Texas-based auto manufacturer to “make cars in India, sell in India, and export from India.”
Massively popular TikTok has become even more popular.
Tesla is moving away from Silicon Valley.
A century-old carmaker plans to beat Elon Musk at his own game.
While Tony the Tiger thinks Frosted Flakes are “grrr-eat,” hundreds of Kellogg’s factory workers think the company is “grrr-eedy”—and they’re using Tony to drive their point home.
Yesterday evening (Oct. 5), Mark Zuckerberg finally broke his silence on all that’s been going on—or going wrong, rather—at Facebook.
A former Tesla employee has been awarded $137 million after filing a racism lawsuit against the car maker.
Yesterday (Oct. 4), Indians were locked out of WhatsApp for more than six hours.
Chinese real-estate behemoth Evergrande, which has been in the eye of a liquidity storm in recent weeks, halted share trading at 9am Hong Kong time today (Oct. 4) as investors awaited confirmation of a rumored takeover of the company’s property management business.
Failed global ambitions, losses, layoffs, and bad reviews aren’t holding back controversial Indian hotel startup Oyo from going public.
For almost 12 hours yesterday (Sept. 26), people in Rajasthan had no internet access at all.
The new iPhone is more expensive for Indians than for almost anyone else in the world.
When CapitalG—then Google Capital—invested in Freshworks—then Freshdesk—back in 2014, it knew the tech startup from Chennai would make it big. Yesterday (Sept. 22), Freshworks raised over $1 billion via its IPO on Nasdaq.
Freshworks, the first Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) company to debut in the US, raised $1 billion via its Nasdaq IPO yesterday (Sept.22). It opened at $43.40 per share after pricing at $36 per share. The 11-year-old company is basking in its glory—but only for a day. After that, it’s back to work as usual.
India’s financial capital remains in pole position in a list of the world’s most promising emerging startup ecosystems.
Facebook’s public policy head post was vacant for nearly a year. But today (Sept. 20), the tech giant appointed Rajiv Aggarwal to what’s billed as a key role.
Hiring startup Apna was incorporated 21 months ago, and only fully launched about 15 months ago. Yesterday (Sept. 16), its valuation reached a whopping $1.1 billion.
Relaxo Footwear wants to put its best foot forward when it comes to fighting Covid this festive season.
On July 16, food delivery company Zomato went public on India’s two major stock exchanges. By pretty much any metric, it went spectacularly well—the $1.1 billion IPO received 38 times as many applications as the number of shares on offer. Info Edge, Zomato’s earliest investor, saw the value of its investment increase more than 1,000 times. The IPO catapulted the Indian food-delivery firm’s valuation from $5.4 billion to $12 billion. Not bad for a 12-year-old company from Gurugram, a city south of New Delhi.
India’s jobseekers are in for a festive season bonanza.
In an unexpected turn of events, one of Zomato’s top executives, Gaurav Gupta, has walked away from the company. His exit comes two months after the company posted a smash-hit IPO, with 38 times as many bids as shares on offer.
Ola is on a mission to create a women-only shop floor.
A closer look at job vacancies at Flipkart reveals an IPO could be on the cards soon.
On the day of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, Vikas Singh was heading out to start his work day when the first plane hit New York’s World Trade Center at 8.45am. “When the second plane hit, it was beyond comprehension and a horrific sense of disbelief took over,” he said. “I can relive that sinking feeling to this day.”
