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Thursday, January 8, 2026
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Topic: Lenskart

Lenskart makes muted trading debut valued at $7.7 billion, third negative listing in a row

The stock was at Rs 392.3 as of 10:07 a.m. IST, valuing the eyewear retailer at Rs 676.25 billion ($7.69 billion). Rival Titan commands a valuation of $37.7 billion.

Lenskart IPO sold out in 5 hours, but sparks concern over high startup valuations

Analysts say the worry is that mutual funds — whose inflows are dominated by household money — may be paying steep valuations for startups yet to establish profitability.

Lenskart gets approval for IPO, set to become India’s first eyewear-only listed company

Proceeds from the offering will be used to establish new company-owned, company-operated stores, invest in technology and cloud infrastructure, and fund general corporate purposes.

Curious case of Lenskart co-founder Sumeet Kapahi’s ‘untraceable’ Delhi University degree & marksheet

DRHP document of company going for IPO states that its global head of sourcing cannot trace his B.Com degree & marksheet from Delhi University.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.