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Ola to fire about 1,000 employees across verticals even as focus shifts to electric mobility

The entire restructuring exercise – which is expected to be on for a few weeks more - is to focus more on its electric mobility business, where it is hiring “aggressively”, according to executives engaged in the recruitment process. The process has been ongoing across verticals including mobility, hyperlocal, fintech, and its used cars businesses.

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Focus is on payments, distribution of lending products: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma reiterated that the company continues to be on track to achieve operating profitability by September 2023.

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Swiggy workers go on strike again, this time in Delhi

Swiggy delivery personnel went on strike in Bengaluru last week and in Mumbai earlier.

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Vedanta says semiconductor business can rake in $3 billion annually

Vedanta executives said at the conference that the company would target volumes of 240,000 sheets a month for its integrated display fab built at a $12 billion investment, and about 50,000 Wafer Starts Per Month (WSPM) from the semiconductor factory.

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Swiggy begins selling private label brand Supreme Harvest on Instamart

The brand is marketed by Scootsy Logistics Pvt Ltd and sells pulses, oils, spices, mixed seeds, flour, and other cooking essentials.

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Retail clients in Europe, UK seek to accelerate transformation: TCS

Eight out of 10 retail clients are seeking to deliver their business plans faster than ever and are also open to 100% offshoring to meet these goals, said Abhijit Niyogi, vice president and business unit head - retail UK & Europe, TCS.

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VCs are flooded with unprecedented funds but in no rush to deploy capital

While the pace of early-stage deals is still moderately higher, there is no rush to issue a term sheet (an agreement sent by an investor before finalising funding), indicating a reversal of sentiment from 2021 among the investor community.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...