PwC India Foundation has stepped up efforts to strengthen sustainable livelihoods and women's economic empowerment in Rajasthan, expanding a programme designed to build durable income-generating opportunities in underserved rural communities.
India's Social Stock Exchange is gaining traction as a mechanism to connect social enterprises with fund providers, promoting transparency, accountability and measurable social impact within the country's growing impact-investing ecosystem.
Sightsavers India CEO RN Mohanty argues that strategic, outcome-driven corporate social responsibility can help close India's persistent eye-health and disability-inclusion gap, building on the country's decades-old blindness-control legislative framework.
Bournvita maker Mondelez India, Amway and several other packaged food companies have dropped or modified health and nutrition claims on their products following action by India's food safety regulator, FSSAI.
The Ministry of Rural Development has launched the second phase of its National Campaign on Entrepreneurship under DAY-NRLM, a three-month drive focused on accelerating farm and non-farm enterprises led by rural women self-help group members.
Karnataka's food safety authorities have suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket, citing compliance lapses that raise fresh questions about regulatory oversight in India's fast-scaling quick-commerce sector.
Flipkart Minutes has overtaken Swiggy Instamart in both dark-store count and pincode coverage across India's top ten cities, intensifying competition in the country's fast-growing quick-commerce sector.
Honasa Consumer, the parent of Mamaearth and The Derma Co, has called off its proposed ₹135 crore acquisition of Fluence Pharma, saying it remains committed to its nutraceuticals strategy and will continue to evaluate other opportunities in the category.
Pet-care startup Scooby's Club has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed round led by TDV Partners, funding that will support its expansion to two new properties across Bengaluru and the hiring of additional canine coaches.
Purple Style Labs has fixed a price band of ₹546 to ₹575 per share for its ₹680 crore initial public offering, valuing the luxury fashion platform at up to ₹4,604 crore as it prepares to open the issue for subscription on August 31.