Sixteen Mumbai High School Students Leave Stanford to Launch a Grocery Company and Raise $60 Million Nexus Venture, Global Founders, and Silicon Valley angel investors Lachy Groom and Neeraj Arora fund Zepto, a Mumbai-based firm founded earlier this year by 19-year-olds Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. Zepto is expanding its footprint in India’s competitive but quickly developing grocery delivery business, thanks to $60 million in funding from Y Combinator and Glade Brook Capital. Two Stanford University dropouts in their late teens created the company. Zepto, founded earlier this year by 19-year-olds Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, is already funded by…
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Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma delivered an emotional speech at this morning’s BSE debut, following India’s largest-ever IPO, to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Attendees in the BSE hall saw Mr Sharma wipe his tears away with his hands. Mr. Sharma, an engineering graduate, founded Paytm in 2010 as a mobile recharge platform. When Uber added Paytm as a payment option, its popularity skyrocketed, and it skyrocketed again in November 2016, when the government banned high-value currency notes overnight. According to Forbes, Mr Sharma, the son of a schoolteacher, has become a billionaire worth $2.4 billion as a result…
As a result of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban has assumed control of the country and India today acknowledged that it had held diplomatic discussions with them for the first time in its history. An Indian diplomat met with a leader of the terrorist organisation in Doha, the capital of Qatar. After being requested by the country’s new leadership, the meeting was held in the country’s conflict-ridden capital. As reported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Ambassador Deepak Mittal, India’s envoy to Qatar, met with Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the head of the Taliban’s political office in…
It’s becoming more difficult to recall that Mohammed Siraj has only played seven Tests for his country. Siraj is progressing from a brilliant bowler to one of India’s stalwarts with each game. Given India’s depth in the speed bowling department, this is no small achievement. Many people have been calling for Siraj to be included in India’s XI for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand. Understandably, India chose the more experienced bowling combination. The outcome was not in India’s favor, and they appear to have made up their minds on one thing: they will play Siraj in…
In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, an oral aniviral medication developed by Merck and Pfizer, two of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical corporations, has shown promising results. COVID-19 patients may benefit from the use of a simple medication. Merck and Pfizer, both pharmaceutical behemoths, have reported encouraging results for oral medications; an antidepressant has also shown promise, potentially opening up a new chapter in the fight against the pandemic. What exactly do these procedures accomplish? To avoid more serious types of COVID-19 and, as a result, hospitalisation, these pills are taken orally as soon as the first symptoms of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled an indigenously developed light combat helicopter (LCH) in Jhansi, India, on Friday. For effective combat roles, the light combat helicopter incorporates cutting-edge technologies and stealth features. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited designed and built the LCH. It is the world’s only attack helicopter capable of landing and taking off at 5,000 metres while carrying a significant load of weapons and fuel. During his visit to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the Indian Navy with drones developed by Indian startups as well as advanced electronic warfare suites. On the final day of the “Rashtra Raksha Samarpan…
Agni-5, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile developed by India, was successfully tested on Wednesday from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, off the coast of Odisha. At 7:50 p.m., a test shot was fired. A three-stage solid-fuelled engine powers the missile, which is capable of striking targets up to 5,000 kilometres away with a high degree of precision. In accordance with India’s policy of having a “credible minimum deterrent,” which underpins the commitment to ‘No First Use,’ the successful launch was achieved. It was during a lingering border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh that the missile, developed by the Defence Research and…
Delta Plus Variant Symptoms, Cause, Precaution, and Treatment are all covered in this article. Find out everything you need to know about the Delta Plus Covid Variant right now. Our post will provide you with detailed information about the Delta Plus Variant; please read it carefully. As we all know, the expansion of coronavirus in the country has caused a slew of issues for everyone, and numerous vaccines have been developed to combat it; nonetheless, you should be fully informed about it, so we will tell you about it. Will provide all information about this. In our post, we will…
The Rajya Sabha has reacted angrily to Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi by suspending 12 opposition MPs from Parliament’s Winter Session for “unruly behavior” during the previous Monsoon session.”Extremely undemocratic,” Chaturvedi said, accusing the government of “silently silencing the voices of those who speak against them” by failing to inform her. It was also claimed that such an incident is “unheard of in a Parliamentary democracy,” so she stated that she would meet with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha to discuss her suspension. According to an official notice, the 12 opposition lawmakers were suspended for “unprecedented acts.” “This House…
The Indian team’s gesture of taking the knee before their T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan in 2024 was made after it was communicated to them by the team management, according to captain Virat Kohli. The Indian team, led by Virat Kohli, showed its support for the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement on Sunday by taking a knee before their T20 World Cup match against arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai, according to reports. “We received this information from the company’s upper management. Following our agreement with the Pakistani team to pay their respects to the same cause, we were able to accept…