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Topic: Meesho

Meesho’s big bang market debut: From small social commerce experiment to 79x IPO

Investors placed bids for 221 crore shares against the 27.79 crore shares on offer as Meesho joins a long list of series of tech IPOs capitalising on a thriving primary market.

Meesho removes products with Lawrence Bishnoi’s images after backlash for ‘glorifying gangster’

The e-commerce platform came under fire for selling t-shirts with Bishnoi’s photos as several social media users slammed it for ‘promoting gang culture’.

Facebook among companies participating in funding round for Indian startup Meesho

The funding round was led by South Africa’s Naspers Ltd. and also included Sequoia, Shunwei Capital, Venture Highway and Arun Sarin, the former CEO of Vodafone.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.