Ahead of the festive season, a hike in platform fees by food delivery giants Zomato, Swiggy and magicpin is set to make ordering food costlier. This is further likely to rise due to the 18% GST levy on delivery charges from September 22. Swiggy has hiked its platform fee to Rs 15, inclusive of GST,…
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 900 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath is hosting a crafts fair as well as an art exhibition this weekend. The fair…
Lateral Sparks, the weekly quiz from YourStory, tests your domain knowledge, business acumen, and lateral thinking skills (see the previous edition here). In this 204th edition of the quiz, we present issues tackled by real-life entrepreneurs in their startup journeys. What would you do if you were in their shoes? At the end of the…
Noida-based edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah has filed updated draft papers with the markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) through an initial public offering (IPO) for expansion and growth initiatives. The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 3,100 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of shares aggregating up…
Hello, Is it Lafufu, Lapoopoo, or Labubu? Either way, the sale of the Pop Mart toy and its knockoffs has skyrocketed. Last month, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart reported an astonishing near 400% increase in profits for the first half of the year. Despite warnings from multiple countries not to buy counterfeit toys, sales of knockoff…
For decades, the Indian automobile market revolved around the allure of the ‘new’. A shiny, untouched car rolling out of a showroom was not just a vehicle, rather a symbol of progress, aspiration and personal success. But in the last few years, that symbol has begun to evolve. Today, for many young buyers in their…
For doctors, teachers, social entrepreneurs, founders solving real-world problems, and NGO leaders working on the ground, financial success is rarely the motivating factor. Driven by purpose, they work long hours, take on difficult tasks, and seek significant change not for recognition, but rather because it’s the right thing to do. However, this sense of purpose often…
Insurtech company Turtlemint Fintech Solutions Ltd. has submitted confidential documents to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its proposed initial public offering (IPO), using a pre-filing route that allows the company to keep details private. The Mumbai-based company, founded in 2015 by Dhirendra Mahyavanshi and Anand Prabhudesai, is a digital platform that…
Global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced investments amounting to Rs 176 crore on Saturday, September 6, to expand its Global Innovation and Technology Centre (GITC) in Chennai. The investment will be used to grow the company’s technology and innovation teams, hiring specialists in advanced fields such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, and data science….
Hello, How much can gold shine? On Friday, it rallied to a record-high price at $3,596.49 per ounce—now on track for its strongest weekly gain in nearly four months. Bullion has surged 37% so far this year, driven by US dollar weakness, a softening monetary policy backdrop, and wider geopolitical and economic uncertainty. In fact,…
