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Swiggy gets $800 million to fund growth and help seed new businesses

Swiggy CEO says the new capital will speed up growth in its existing businesses and help seed new ones. The funding will raise the food delivery app's valuation to nearly $5 billion.

Urban Company most ‘fair’, Swiggy, Zomato and Uber least — report on working conditions

A report by FairWork India, released Wednesday, looked at working conditions across 11 platforms and rated them based on parameters such as fair pay and fair representation.

Why the visually challenged are signing petitions addressed to apps such as Zomato, Swiggy

Recent Change.org petitions have drawn attention to the problems visually challenged users face while using popular delivery apps such as Dunzo, JioMart, Grofers and others.

34% Indians open to eating restaurant food but most prefer home delivery, survey finds

According to a LocalCircles Survey, 28% Indians have consumed restaurant food in the last 2 months but 21% of these got the food home delivered by Swiggy or Zomato.

With food delivery bouncing back, Zomato plans IPO next year

Tech companies such as Zomato are set to raise more capital via IPOs in 2020 than at the height of the dotcom bubble.

Amazon & BigBasket could soon be home delivering alcohol in West Bengal

A report says the West Bengal State Beverages Corp issued a notice Friday stating that Amazon was eligible to register with authorities for liquor delivery.

After Jharkhand, Zomato & Swiggy start home delivery of alcohol in Odisha

Users will be required to upload a valid ID proof to be eligible for ordering which would later be verified by the delivery partner at the time of handing over the order.

Swiggy lays off 1,100 employees, offers 3 months’ salary and help in career transition

The firm's lay offs have come just days after its rival and contemporary, Zomato, was forced to take similar steps of dismissing 13 per cent of its workforce.

Swiggy could shut many of its cloud kitchens, lay off over 500 workers as sales slump

Layoffs are likely to take place next month from the cloud kitchens across 10 tier 1 and tier 2 cities, which operate Swiggy-owned Homely and The Bowl Company.

Put that on your plate: A guide to surviving the lockdown, and your own culinary skills

The lockdown has meant you have to make a balanced, immunity-boosting meal from limited ingredients, and limited culinary skills in many cases, while juggling work & home.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.