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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Topic: Zomato

Caste disparity, fear of violence & no family time — survey puts numbers to gig workers’ troubles

'Prisoners on Wheels?' report surveyed over 10,000 cab drivers & delivery persons on apps across 8 cities. Mental and physical health issues, dissatisfaction with fares also among findings.

SoftBank sells 1.17% stake valued at Rs 940 crore in Zomato

SoftBank, an investor in Blinkit, got Zomato shares as a part of the Indian food delivery firm's acquisition of quick grocery-delivery startup last year.

Japan’s SoftBank likely to sell shares in food delivery app Zomato, reports CNBC-TV18

Zomato, which acquired the quick grocery-delivery startup Blinkit for $538.05 million last year, had issued a 3.55% stake to investor Softbank as part of the deal.

‘Extremely casteist’: Why Zomato pulled down its ‘Kachra’ campaign video on recycling plastics

The video featuring actor Aditya Lakhia received severe backlash from social media users who accused Zomato of drawing comparisons between ‘kachra’ (waste) & a marginalised group.

Next big thing in food delivery or ‘over-hyped’? All about Modi govt’s ONDC e-commerce initiative

Indian government-backed non-profit digital commerce initiative, ONDC offers an open source network for all to exchange goods and services and is independent of any specific platform.

Zomato says most Blinkit stores reopened after wage protests

The disruptions have no material impact on the operations and financial performance of the company, the food delivery firm said in a regulatory filing.

Zomato vs Zomato creates multiverse in advertising. Good content, bad marketing

Is it Zo-maa-to or Zo-mai-to? The CTA for other brands on Instagram is a major departure from advertising convention but has little universal value.

Drinking water, toilets, first aid— Zomato introduces ‘rest points’ for delivery partners

This initiative by the food delivery company called ‘The Shelter Project’ will give delivery partners access to clean drinking water, phone-charging stations, washrooms, first-aid and more.

Zomato’s co-founder Gunjan Patidar resigns

Patidar was one of the first few employees of Zomato and built the core tech systems for the company, it said in a regulatory filing.

On Camera

From ‘Jai Kisan’ to CVC, Shastri walked the talk. But corruption proved harder to root out

Set up by Lal bahadur Shastri, the Santhanam Committee's key concern was that corruption, once limited to the lower rungs of the bureaucracy, had now infected the All India Services and political leadership.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.