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Parliamentary Panel seeks CCI response on safeguarding small retailers amid quick commerce dominance

The parliamentary standing committee asks CCI to submit its responses on the steps taken to safeguard the interest of small retailers.

The parliamentary standing committee is also taking a comprehensive view of the e-commerce sector as well to protect the interest of retailers who make up 20% of the population

Lodha brothers settle brand dispute: Macrotech emerges as sole owner

Lodha brand dispute settled

Both brothers will not have rights to each other’s businesses and both parties will communicate “widely” that the two entities are different from each other

Havas reports organic growth in net revenue of 2.1% in Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, Havas posted a net revenue of 649 million euros, up 5.2% in the corresponding quarter last year.

Diamond Brand Wars: As lab-grown sparkles rise, traditional giants push back

India’s jewellery brands are making a foray into the $15 billion lab-grown diamond industry.

ChatGPT, Instagram top list as world’s most downloaded apps in March

ChatGPT app witnessed a 28% month-on-month rise in downloads in March 2025

ChatGPT registered 46 million downloads in March 2025, with 13 million on iOS and 33 million on Android

The Good Glamm Group sells MissMalini Entertainment to Creativefuel

Creativefuel acquires MissMalini Entertainment

This marks another ‘distress sale’ for the Good Glamm Group which sold ScoopWhoop to meme marketing agency Wubba Lubba Dub Dub (WLDD) in an all-cash deal of Rs 20 crore, earlier this year. Good Glamm acquired ScoopWhoop for Rs 100 crore in 2021.

Dabur India’s Hajmola in GST soup: 12% or 18% tax rate?

Hajmola under GST scanner: Dabur India faces tax classification dispute

Earlier, Dabur faced a similar classification challenge in the pre-GST regime. At that time, the Supreme Court ruled in the company’s favour

Madhur Bajaj, former vice chairman of Bajaj Auto, passes away at 63

He was also the former president of SIAM and the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Agriculture (MCCIA).

Born on August 19, 1952, Madhur Bajaj had a distinguished educational background. He was an alumnus of Doon School, Dehradun. Later he pursued an MBA from the International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland, which he completed in 1979.

Google’s cost-cutting drive leads to layoffs in Android, Pixel, and Chrome teams: Report

In February this year, Google told staffers in "People Operations" and cloud organizations to cut employees.

The latest layoff is part of the company’s restructuring effort that began last year when Google merged Android and Chrome teams under the Pixel and Devices group

TCS presses pause on salary hikes; plans to hire 42,000 engineers from campuses in FY26

The attrition rate of TCS has increased to 13.3% in the last 12 months

TCS will continue with quarterly variable payouts. According to the filings, 70% of employees will receive 100% variable pay in the Q4 FY25 while the remaining will be based on the business performance