Tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams have become investors in social trading app Shares. The London-based startup recently closed a $40 million round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. Check out the 20-slide pitch deck Shares used to raise its $40 million Series B round. Two of the most iconic tennis players ever Venus and … Read more
Even as the government lifted the cap on capacity deployment, most airlines are finding it difficult to operate at full capacity due to less demand, a report by Mint. The aviation sector in India has faced several hurdles since 2020. First, the pandemic-induced lockdowns forced the lanes to be grounded for two months. Then, the … Read more
India is right to be “deeply disturbed” about the worsening Ukrainian crisis. How and when it will end is unclear. With the Nord Stream pipelines sabotaged, Europe’s energy crisis aggravated, the EU intransigent, Russia’s implicit nuclear warnings, US announcing additional billions of dollars of arms aid to Ukraine and more sanctions on Russia, the outlook … Read more
The ministry of information and broadcasting issued two advisories, for private television channels and digital news publishers and OTT platforms on Monday, asking them to refrain from showing advertisements, including surrogate ads, of online betting sites, calling them a significant financial and socio-economic risk for consumers. The ministry has said that online offshore betting platforms … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed AR, VR, and more in a new interview with Dutch media outlet Bright. He said Apple avoids using the term “metaverse” because the average person doesn’t know what it is. The tech giant’s approach is a stark contrast to Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with the metaverse. Something is loading. Apple CEO … Read more
The centre has postponed implementing a proposal making it mandatory for passenger cars to have six airbags by a year to 1 October 2023, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. The domestic automotive industry had sought a rethink on the rule claiming inflation and regulatory costs made passenger vehicles—particularly small and … Read more
As per newspaper reports, mobile tower giant Indus Towers (Indus) is learnt to have asked debt-ridden Vodafone Idea (VIL) to clear outstanding dues and pay every month on time for continuity of the business post-November. The step is supposedly taken after the independent directors of Indus raised concerns on the mounting receivables from VIL At … Read more
Mahindra Logistics (ML) has announced acquiring Rivigo’s B2B express business, as a going concern, on slump sale basis, for a lump sum consideration of Rs. 225 crores. Rivigo, founded in 2014, operates in two key business segments: Full Truck Load (FTL) and B2B express business. It’s main focus and USP is the relay trucking model … Read more