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• Jubilant FoodWorks (Domino's India) saw 19% revenue growth in Jan–Mar 2025, beating rivals like Westlife (McDonald's) and Sapphire (KFC, Pizza Hut).

• It runs 2,000+ stores across 407 cities and is Domino's biggest franchise outside the US.

• But with little room left to grow and rising low-cost rivals like Ovenstory and La Pinoz, future gains may slow.

Can the king of ₹99 pizzas win in a country hungry for more than just value?

Rakesh Gangwal, who once slammed IndiGo's governance, saying a "paan ki dukaan" runs better, has sold shares worth ₹11,564 Cr.

• After a fallout with cofounder Rahul Bhatia, Gangwal began stepping away in 2022.

• His stake dropped from 36.6% to 7.8%, earning nearly ₹30,000 Cr.

• IndiGo is now valued at over ₹2 lakh Cr. 

• Gangwal, 71, is now chairman of Southwest, worth ₹1.5 lakh Cr. 

From IndiGo to Southwest, did Gangwal trade paan for peanuts?

Also check: How IndiGo Kills Competition with Scary Hack!

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• Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini are leaving the company they started; Sumit Jain will take over as CEO.

• They’ll now focus on AirLearn, a language learning app with 70,000 daily users and a ~₹16.61 Cr. yearly revenue run rate.

• Unacademy dropped its ~₹6,846.4 Cr. deal with Allen Career Institute and is now focusing on offline coaching.

• Unacademy made ₹840 Cr. in FY24 but lost ₹631 Cr. The company still has ₹1,200 Cr. in the bank.

Will this bold move help them bounce back in the tough edtech world?

Also read: Is EdTech the next big export from India?

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• Nestlé India is going through big changes as it drops out of the Sensex 30 list on June 23.

• Manish Tiwary becomes MD in August 2025, replacing Suresh Narayanan, who led after the Maggi ban in 2015

• Sales have grown only 7% a year recently; profits fell 5% last quarter

• The stock has grown 8% yearly in 5 years, while the Sensex grew 15%

• Still trades at a high 65x price-to-earnings ratio—many say it’s too expensive

Can the new leader bring back growth and trust for this household name?

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• A new battle is on in the AI world—this time, over who writes your code.

  • Google launched Jules

  • Microsoft released GitHub AI

  • OpenAI added Codex 

• These tools rival startups like Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable—Cursor alone earns ~₹2,491.41 Cr. annually.

• Google and Microsoft say 30% of their code is AI-written; InMobi says it’s already at 50%.

• The market for AI coding tools is set to hit $12.6 billion by 2028.

Will AI turn developers into copilots—or passengers?

Also Read: Is ChatGPT making you an AI Slave?

Bengaluru’s 60-minute fashion delivery startup, Slikk, just raised ₹85 Cr. in fresh funding led by Nexus Venture Partners.

• Lightspeed, which led a ₹27.42 Cr. round in March 2025, also participated.

• Funds will fuel new lifestyle categories, instant returns, and expansion beyond Bengaluru.

• Founded in 2024, it hosts 150+ brands like Snitch, The Souled Store, and Bewakoof—targeting 500 by December

• Dark stores to grow from 2 to 6–8 by September

Is instant fashion the future of urban shopping—or a race against sustainability?

As competition and regulations squeeze profits, top payment aggregators are turning to fraud detection tech as a revenue source.

• PayU, Razorpay, and PhonePe now offer fraud detection tools to banks and fintechs.

• PhonePe’s real-time tool helps banks build custom rules for spotting suspicious activity.

• PayU uses Wibmo to secure transactions; Razorpay built a white-label solution for banks.

• India saw 1,100 Cr. UPI and 60 Cr. card transactions in April alone—fraud cases are rising.

• Smaller banks, unable to build such tech, are key clients

Will this new strategy help payment firms stay one step ahead of fraudsters?

Also Read: India's Biggest Financial Scams

Online investment platform Groww has taken the first step toward going public.

• It filed a confidential IPO draft with SEBI under its entity, Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd.

• The IPO may raise $700 million –$1 billion and list on the NSE and the BSE.

• Singapore's GIC plans to invest $150 million for a 2.14% stake via Viggo Investments in a pre-IPO round.

• This round could value Groww at $7 billion—more than 2X its valuation in 2021.

Groww is where investors invest—now the question is, will investors invest in Groww?

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is still recovering from a major outage that began on 23 May.

• X Engineering confirmed on 24 May (5:33 AM IST) that logins, signups, notifications, and premium tools remain affected.

• Users report missing messages, delayed DMs, and broken access to X Pro (formerly TweetDeck).

• The company hasn't revealed the cause, sparking concern over data security and transparency.

• After Elon Musk's 2022 takeover, X cut key engineering roles, raising doubts about system reliability.

Is X suffering from the "Elon Musk" side effect?

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• President Trump wants Apple to build iPhones in the US—but experts say it's nearly impossible.

• Trump threatened a 25% tariff on iPhones sold but not made in the US.

• Commerce Secretary Lutnick says robots would replace "millions" of screw-tightening workers.

• Apple CEO Tim Cook told him the tech needed isn't ready yet.

• Trump could use emergency powers under IEEPA to force tariffs.

• Experts warn US-made iPhones could cost $3,500 or ~₹3 lakh and take a decade to build.

Will "Making America Great Again" mean making phones unaffordable?

Ola Electric will raise up to ₹1,700 Cr. via non-convertible debentures, its first funding move since its August IPO.

• Shares have dropped to ₹51.5, down from the IPO price of ₹76.

• Lost EV two-wheeler crown to TVS in April, with market share falling to 21.46%.

• Faced scrutiny over sales discrepancies and missing trade certificates.

• Net loss surged 50% to ₹564 Cr. in Oct–Dec 2024; revenue fell 19%.

Can raising debt keep Ola Electric's growth charged amid rising headwinds? Track Ola’s share price to see how the story unfolds.

Urban mobility startup Rapido's gross order value soared 2.5x to ₹10,312.5 Cr. in FY25.

• Rapido now handles 30 - 35 lakh daily orders across bikes, autos, cars, and logistics.

• It captured 40% of India's ride-hailing market, eating into Ola's four-wheeler share.

• Launched car rides in Dec 2023, plans to expand to 500 cities.

• Monthly cash burn hit ₹33 - ₹41.2 Cr. in 2025 as it preps for a food delivery push.

Can rapid growth justify rising losses in the race for dominance?

Also read: Will Rapido Break the Zomato-Swiggy Duopoly?

The Reserve Bank of India has cut repo rates twice since February 2025—each by 25 basis points—but the real interest rate still hovers near 3%, nearly 2x the ideal 1%-1.5%.

• Inflation has stayed below 4% for 3 months, averaging 3.4%

• GDP growth forecast dropped to 6.3%-6.5% from 8%

• Economists like Rumki Majumdar and Nagesh Kumar say more cuts are needed

• Risks from the US recession, trade wars, and weak consumption persist

With inflation under control, is the RBI being too cautious to protect growth?

Also read: What are the impacts of Repo Rate Cuts by RBI?

As India braces for record summer power demand—set to peak at 277 GW—Adani Green Energy has boosted its renewable capacity to 14,528.4 MW with a new 187.5 MW solar plant in Khavda, Gujarat.

• Adani's latest solar project goes live on 22 May 2025

• Gas-based power capacity has dropped 20% in 3 months to 20.13 GW

• Govt revives idle gas plants to avoid blackouts, citing emergency powers

Can India balance clean energy goals with urgent power needs?

Fintech player MobiKwik's financials paint a mixed picture—losses are rising, but parts of the business still show promise.

• Q4 FY25 loss widened to ₹55 Cr. despite flat revenue of ₹265 Cr.

• Lending slowdown cut margins, and loan disbursals fell 41% to ₹5,358 Cr.

• Full-year loss jumped to ₹122 Cr. from a ₹9.3 Cr. profit last year.

• The payments business grew strong, boosting FY25 revenue 31% to ₹1,164 Cr.

Active users rose to 17.6 Cr., while new merchants onboarded reached 45.9 lakh, fueling payment volumes.

Can MobiKwik balance rapid growth with sustainable profits?

India's e-commerce shipping giant Shiprocket is getting ready to go public, filing confidential IPO papers with SEBI in the coming days.

• It's planning to raise ₹2,000–2,500 Cr., including a fresh issue of ₹1,000–1,200 Cr. 

• Backed by Zomato and Temasek, it's hired Axis Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial, and Bank of America as advisors.

• Revenue rose 21% to ₹1,316 Cr. in FY24, but losses jumped to ₹595 Cr. from absorbing multiple acquisitions.

Now cash-flow positive in FY25—but can this growth stay sustainable?

Also read: Why do most companies want to be listed on stock exchanges?

Inox Green Energy Services has signed new deals to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) for 285 MWp of solar projects for 2 major renewable energy firms, just weeks after entering the market.

• This deal grows Inox Green's solar O&M portfolio to 1 GW.

• Projects are spread across multiple sites.

• CEO SK Mathu Sudhana highlights India's fast-growing solar capacity as a major opportunity.

• Inox aims to expand rapidly with its tailored solar O&M solutions.

Can India's solar boom create lasting opportunities beyond power generation?

PhonePe, backed by Walmart and aiming for an IPO, is still heavily dependent on payments, despite trying to grow into a full financial platform.

• In FY24, ₹4,856.6 Cr. (95%) of its ₹5,064 Cr. revenue came from payments.

• It invested ₹800 Cr. in financial services since 2021, but earned just ₹207.4 Cr.

• Insurance did best—₹114 Cr. in FY24, up from ₹32.5 Cr., with ₹426 Cr. invested

• Rivals like Paytm (₹1,703 Cr.) and MobiKwik (₹73 Cr. in one quarter) earn more from financial services.

• PhonePe was last valued at $12 billion after raising $850 million.

Will investors back a fintech that's still mostly a payments app?

Groww is making a big move into wealth management by acquiring Fisdom in an all-cash deal valued at around ₹1,237 Cr.

• Fisdom, started in 2015, offers services like mutual funds, bonds, PMS, and tax filing

• Backed by Prosus, Saama, and Quona, it operates across 15+ Indian cities

• Revenue grew 28% to ₹84 Cr. in FY24, with losses down to ₹57.4 Cr.

• Groww eyes this as a key step before its IPO, following a recent investment move by Singapore’s GIC

Can tech-led platforms simplify financial planning for millions?

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From the streets of Chennai to the roads of Southeast Asia, EV startup Fyn Mobility is shifting into high gear.

• Backed by over ₹20 Cr. from investors like Vijay Kedia and Swiggy CFO Rahul Bothra.

• Fyn plans to expand its electric fleet and upgrade its tech for smarter logistics.

• The company serves giants like Amazon, Flipkart, and Blue Dart, cutting delivery costs by up to 20%.

• Now eyeing global markets, it's in talks to raise another $10 million for international growth.

Can India’s EV pioneers drive global change in clean logistics?