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Pronto’s Second Shift
Anjali Sardana and Pronto entered India’s domestic services market in 2025 to solve a familiar urban problem: finding reliable…
Workflow, AI, health: test your business creativity with Edition 257 of our weekly quiz!

Artist Bhagya Ajaikumar explains how good curation balances individual expression and collective vision

New-Age Tech Stocks Extend Rally, CarTrade Leads With 23.3% Gain
New-age tech stocks extended their rally this week, with 54 of the 69 companies under Inc42’s coverage posting gains ranging…
Vast, varied, vivid: How this art festival celebrates pan-India creativity
In this photo essay, we feature more highlights from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath’s national art festival.
VibeCode30 2026: The 30 AI-built products to watch from India
From healthcare and education to housing, travel, and developer tools, YourStory's inaugural VibeCode30 spotlights 30 live products showing how AI is making software…
From GIVA To EloElo Group — Indian Startups Raised $255 Mn This Week
Startup funding activity gathered steam in the first week of November. As per Inc42 data, 20 Indian startups cumulatively raised…
Mamaearth parent’s profit surges 87%; Goyal defends Temple amid backlash
Honasa Consumer, the parent company of Mamaearth, registered an 87% YoY rise in net profit for Q2FY27, while revenue rose 36%. In other news, Deepinder Goyal has posted a…
OYO Parent PRISM’s Profit Jumps 17% YoY To ₹353 Cr In Q1
IPO-bound hospitality chain PRISM, the parent entity of OYO, reported a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of ₹353 Cr in…
ED Searches CoinDCX & Delta Exchange Over Alleged Illegal Cross-Border Transfers
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at three premises linked to crypto exchanges CoinDCX and Delta Exchange India (DEI) over…
Delhi HC upholds interim protection for BharatPe’s shareholder rights, dismisses Unity Bank’s appeal
The court has now, on two occasions, declined to let the bank and its promoter proceed on reserved matters without the prior written consent of RIPL, as the Shareholders’…
(Weekly funding roundup Oct 31-Nov 6) Sharp rise in capital inflow
The total funding for the first week of November was $263 million across 23 deals, compared to just $115 million in the previous week.
Stockal’s US Trading Row: Missing Consent, A Chinese Microcap, And Unanswered Questions
Indian investors who held Apple, Amazon, Tesla, and Nvidia shares allege they logged into their Stockal accounts to find those…
Mamaearth parent company Honasa's Q2 net profit rises 87%
The company reported a net profit of Rs 73.24 crore in Q2FY27. Revenue rose 36% YoY to Rs 731.18 crore.
MobiKwik To Begin NBFC Operations Within 6 Months Post RBI Clearance
MobiKwik’s wholly owned subsidiary, MobiKwik Financial Services Pvt Ltd (MFSPL), has received a Certificate of Registration (CoR) from the RBI…
Brokers In October: Angel One Climbs To The Second Spot With 2.4 Lakh New User Additions
Indian stockbrokers’ combined total active user base shrunk by 0.5% to 4.59 Cr in October, dropping from 4.61 Cr users…
How a Rs 500 Cr bet put Bihar Museum ahead of the Met and Louvre
How did Bihar Museum enter the global top 10? Shradha Sharma reflects on Nitish Kumar's vision, legal challenges and the persistence behind its success
AvenuesAI Q2 Net Profit Rises 6% YoY To ₹72 Cr, Revenue Up 47%
AvenuesAI (formerly Infibeam Avenues) reported a 6% growth in its net profit to ₹71.7 Cr in the quarter ended September…
MakeMyTrip Acquires Majority Stake In Quick Ride To Enter Ride Pooling
Nasdaq-listed traveltech major MakeMyTrip has expanded into the carpooling segment via the acquisition of a majority stake in Bengaluru-based Quick…
MakeMyTrip enters shared mobility space with majority stake in Quick Ride
MakeMyTrip has acquired the Quick Ride brand and its ride pooling business with a majority stake in this entity.
