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B2B platform Solv raises $40 million in Series A funding round

Will use the funds to launch additional high-margin product categories and expand to more than 300 cities

More than a quarter of MSMEs lost market share due to pandemic

Half of them suffered a contraction in their EBITDA margins because of a sharp rise in commodity prices

Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers not to sell below the base price of ₹85

Many bought leaf tea factories are not in a position to make payments for green leaf being supplied by small tea growers

Inflation sparks global wave of protests for higher pay, aid

Economists say Russia's war in Ukraine amplified inflation by further pushing up the cost of energy, grains, cooking oils

Yashwant Sinha files nomination for prez poll

NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu has already filed her nomination papers last week

Acemoney launches offline UPI, wearable ATM cards

They are gadgets designed as key chains, rings that enable people to carry out cashless transactions without ATM cards, phones

Explainer: What's the impact of a Russian debt default?

Russia has defaulted on its international debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

Three things to know how Monkeypox is mutating and spreading

There have been more than 4,100 confirmed cases globally, including at least 13 in Australia

Organic India looks beyond Tulsi to strengthen its herbs & infusion portfolio

Firm begins selling chamomile and moringa hibiscus, plans six more products by year-end

How ‘shopoholic’ UPL adds muscle with takeovers

Homegrown agrochem MNC UPL believes in collaborations to drive growth and revenue

Birla-Adani in cement slugfest to be top player

With housing and roads expected see a boom, cement makers will be jockeying for the top slot

Uday Shankar: In the reckoning again

Former Star chief is back in the game with IPL digital bid

Matrimony.com buyback: Should you say Yes or No?

While there may be more steam left in terms of growth opportunities, given the premium valuation the buyback is offering, existing investors can tende

Weekly rupee view: Rupee at new low versus dollar

Fall may extend possibly dragging INR to 79 soon

Zomato-Blinkit deal: Quick commerce and late profits

The acquisition does not turn the tables for now

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up