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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicAnt Group

Topic: Ant Group

SoftBank, Ant Groups may sell Paytm stake through block deal, says Economic Times report

Paytm has been under pressure to turn profitable ever since its dismal listing in November 2021.The stock has declined around 70% and tumbled 60% in 2022.

Zomato loses about $1.1 billion of market value in two days after Blinkit acquisition deal

Shares of the food-delivery platform tumbled 8.4% in Mumbai trading Tuesday on top of a 6.6% drop Monday. The two-day fall to Rs 60.3 put shares 21% below the IPO price.

Ant Group’s IPO remains in limbo a year after China crackdown on Jack Ma’s fintech giant

Bankers who a year ago were betting the IPO would get done this year or next, now say 2023 is more likely. Regulatory hurdles remain.

Xi’s China has big tech and science plans. But is looking worldwide for talent

It is said Chinese innovators work with one hand tied behind their backs. That won’t help the country’s tech ambitions.

Why Jack Ma’s Ant will never be a super-unicorn again

Morphing back into a clearly defined financial services player and away from the fuzzy fintech giant operations won’t be too tough for Ant. The hard part is capital commitment.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.