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Zomato creates Guinness World Record for largest first aid lesson

The event was held at Nesco, Goregaon in Mumbai, and attended by more than 4,300 delivery agents, making it the world's largest on-ground first aid training programme ever conducted

Zomato to invest Rs 300 cr in Blinkit, total rises to Rs 2,300 cr

It will separately invest Rs 100 cr in live events and ticketing business

Baron Capital boosts food delivery firm Swiggy valuation to $15.1 billion

The food delivery firm's investors have been consecutively marking up the company's valuation over the last year as it gears up for an IPO this year

Zomato Q4 results preview: Analysts expect rise in food delivery revenues

Q4 FY 24 results: Zomato is expected to deliver strong earnings growth in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2023-24

Delhi HC asks Swiggy, Zomato to delist 13 eateries using Domino's trademark

Domino's initiated a lawsuit for trademark infringement against 13 restaurants operating names such as 'Dominic Pizza', 'and Dominek's Pizza', among others

Zomato starts crowd-supported weather infrastructure network: CEO Goyal

Food aggregator Zomato has launched a crowd-supported weather infrastructure network consisting of 650 on-ground stations to provide real-time information on key parameters such as temperature and rainfall, its co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said on Wednesday. The network, weatherunion.com, provides localised, real-time information on key weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and rainfall, among others, Goyal said. In a post on micro-blogging platform X, Goyal said that weatherunion.com, which is presently available in 45 large cities, shall be expanded to other Indian cities "very soon". "At Zomato, it was crucial for us to have access to precise and real-time weather information to make the right business decisions to serve our customers better. Hence, we took it upon ourselves to develop a solution capable of empowering us on this front," Goyal stated. He also informed that a lot of Zomato employees have hosted weather stations at their homes. "As we

Why the failed delivery of Rs 187 ice cream, cost Swiggy more than Rs 5,000

The customer sought Rs 10,000 as compensation and an additional Rs 7,500 in litigation expenses from Swiggy for its failure to deliver the ice cream and subsequent refusal of a refund

Blinkit now more valuable than Zomato's food delivery biz: Goldman Sachs

Zomato currently has a market capitalization of around $20 billion

Blinkit now more valuable than Zomato's food delivery biz: Goldman Sachs

Blinkit, formerly Grofers, was acquired by Zomato in 2022 in a distress sale via an all-stock deal for $568 million

Swiggy delivery agent caught on camera stealing shoes, company reacts

Swiggy reacts to a viral video where a delivery boy can be seen stealing Nike shoes outside a Gurugram flat. The company asked the complainant to contact the legal team or file a police complaint

Gaza aid to resume soon as 1,000 tons of food await delivery, says Cyprus

The U.S. plans to set up a dock, with a target date of May 1, on Gaza's Mediterranean coast that will enable aid deliveries which will be pre-screened in Cyprus, with Israeli oversight

Swiggy deliveres 6 million plates of Biryani this Ramzan, up by 15%

Cities such as Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bhopal, and Meerut saw a drastic increase in orders placed for Iftar sweet dishes, including Malpua, Dates, and Phirni during Ramzan

Bengaluru techie turns Swiggy agent for a day, shares her experience

Bengaluru techie shared her experience as a Swiggy agent for a day. She shared how technology has empowered the supply chain to make life easier. Here's what she learnt as an agent

Swiggy's executive exodus continues as vice president Karan Arora quits

The Vice President and Head of Supply Chain Management at Swiggy, Karan Arora, will join Convenio, an offline retail startup, as co-founder

What are the speed-breakers faced by Indian gig-workers on the fast lane?

The Congress party has recently promised to bring in a new law for the gig and platform economy. Take a look at the lives of gig workers as they navigate through an unregulated sector

Tata Neu changes its look with a new UI, eyes online food delivery foray

Source in the know also said that the firm is likely to roll-out its food delivery services during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL)

Zomato axes colour-coded veg fleet day after launch amid row: Explained

Zomato had earlier announced an exclusive "pure veg mode" and "pure veg fleet" for its vegetarian customers but scrapped the colour-based fleet plan after a social media backlash

'All riders wear red': Zomato drops green colour from pure veg fleet

Within a day of announcing its new 'pure veg fleet', Zomato received media backlash with customers raising concerns over driver safety and misidentification of delivery partners in red uniforms

Zomato launches 'pure veg mode' to woo vegetarian customers: All details

Food delivery company Zomato announced the launch of a special feature - 'pure veg mode' - that will include restaurants that only serve veg food

Innovating constantly driving next versions of our biz: Zomato CEO Goyal

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday said the company's culture of embracing disruption and being paranoid in order to evolve and stay ahead, is driving innovation in its business. He hinted that in one year's time Blinkit could be bigger than Zomato. Goyal - who is counted among India's growing tribe of celebrity founders - said the mantra for Zomato is "how do we disrupt our own businesses" and not become complacent. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh event, Goyal said "Zomato has a business plan competition going within the company, which is going to offer funds to a small team which will disrupt the businesses that we are in, and that could lead to Zomato version 5 or Blinkit version 2." Blinkit - the quick commerce platform - itself is part of Zomato 'version 4' he said, adding "in one year's time Blinkit could be bigger than Zomato, so I don't know how long Zomato will have its own relevance." During a fireside chat with Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Goyal said the