Gig Workers Get National Social Security Board
India has constituted a National Social Security Board for unorganised workers and for gig and platform workers, the labour ministry said in a statement on Friday, creating a single central body to design and monitor welfare schemes for workers outside the employer-employee relationship. The board will be chaired by the …
Let’s Game Now Raises Rs 30 Crore Led By Anand Mahindra
Let’s Game Now, a Bengaluru based esports and gaming platform, has raised Rs 30 crore in a round led by industrialist Anand Mahindra, with Bestvantage Investments and an undisclosed family office from the UAE. The company will put the money into the Indian Super Gaming League, the franchise based competition …
7 Lakh Applications For 12,405 UP Teacher Posts
Uttar Pradesh’s first primary school teacher recruitment in eight years has drawn more than 7 lakh applications for 12,405 posts, according to figures reported on 30 October, and the window is still open. The seats are fixed. The queue outside them is the story. The vacancies are split between 11,508 …
Cognizant In Talks To Buy Stake In Sarvam At $3.5-4 Billion Valuation
Cognizant Technology Solutions is in talks to take a small stake in Sarvam AI as part of a funding round that would value the Indian artificial intelligence startup at $3.5 billion to $4 billion, people aware of the matter told The Economic Times in a report on 28 October. Sarvam …
Info Edge CEO Hitesh Oberoi Steps Down After 27 Years
Info Edge said on 28 October that Hitesh Oberoi will step down as managing director and chief executive on 2 December 2026, closing a full-time run of nearly 27 years at the Naukri.com parent. Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani will take charge as executive vice chairman, managing director and group CEO from …
Nvidia Backs Simplismart In $14 Million Series B Round
Simplismart, a Bengaluru startup that sells software for running AI models on existing graphics chips, has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by Dallas Venture Capital, with Nvidia joining as an investor. The all-primary round, announced on 27 October, values the four-year-old company at about $100 million …
BEL Opens 350 Probationary Engineer Posts Today
Bharat Electronics Limited opened online applications at 2 pm on Wednesday for 350 Probationary Engineer posts. Advertisement 17556/HR/All-India/2026, dated 28 October, carries 200 vacancies in Electronics and 150 in Mechanical, all in the E-II grade and on an all India basis. The window closes at 11:59 pm on 18 November. …
Jio Platforms Lists At 21 Percent Premium
Jio Platforms listed at Rs 1,358 a share on the NSE and the BSE on Wednesday, a premium of 21.36 percent to its issue price of Rs 1,119. At that price the telecom arm of Reliance Industries is worth Rs 12.5 lakh crore, or about $131.5 billion, making it India’s …
Carlsberg India Files Public IPO Papers For 86.42 Million Shares
Carlsberg India took its listing plan into public view on 28 October, filing an updated draft prospectus for an initial public offering that is entirely an offer for sale of 86.42 million shares by its Danish parent. The document is dated 27 October and was submitted late on Tuesday. No …
Wabtec Wins Rs 839 Crore Vande Bharat Sleeper Order
Wabtec Corporation has won orders worth about $94 million, or Rs 839 crore, from Indian Railways to supply onboard systems for the Vande Bharat Sleeper programme, the Pittsburgh-based rail equipment maker said on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. The packages cover brake systems, doors and gangway solutions for the long-distance sleeper …
Mochatrade Raises $5.5 Million For US Stock Perpetuals
Mochatrade, a platform that lets Indian residents take positions on US stock prices without opening an American brokerage account, has raised $5.5 million, about Rs 52.3 crore, in a seed round led by CoinFund. Coinbase Ventures and Zero Knowledge Ventures general partner Nicky Montana joined the round announced on 27 …
Infinix GT 50 Pro Launches In India At Rs 69,999
Infinix launched the GT 50 Pro in India on 27 October at Rs 69,999 for the single 12GB RAM and 256GB storage variant. Pre-orders are open on Flipkart and the Infinix India store, sales begin 30 October, and buyers can pick Black Abyss or Red Blaze. Each unit ships with …
