Rapido looks to take slice of food delivery sector as it gears up to challenge Swiggy, Eternal

Ownly will not charge restaurants any commission fees and has committed to maintaining price parity between dine-in and delivery orders | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Rapido, the ride-hailing platform, has launched ‘Ownly’, a zero-commission food delivery platform that promises to disrupt the duopoly of Swiggy and Zomato in the online food ordering space. “We are…

Republican Antitrust Officials Shouldn’t Behave Like Progressives

Reference to the Republican Party’s three greatest presidents can serve as a tool with which to judge and anticipate the still unsettled course of antitrust enforcement in the second Trump administration. Trumpian antitrusters have professed their intent to break from policies of the Biden appointees Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter. However, the 47th president’s enforcement…

Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle 

Xi Jinping China’s long standing and presumably long-term leader, well known for his use of political purges to centralize power, and ensure his ongoing position within the Chinese Leadership.  In each of his previous terms he has launched at least one major campaign that has radically changed the make-up of China’s political establishment. Recently, The…

BDL and L&T to Build Pinaka Mk-III with DRDO; contract Could Exceed Rs 25,000 crore

In a major boost to India’s indigenous defense capabilities, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and L&T Defence are set to jointly develop the next-generation Pinaka Mk-III multi-barrel rocket launcher system in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). On the development, Bharat Dynamics traded higher with gains of over 1 per cent at Rs…