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Mahindra and Mahindra Chairperson Anand Mahindra shared an ANI video capturing the rescue of a 5-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Pipliya Rasoda village of Rajgarh district. He wrote on X (Twitter), "This may not have captured as much attention as the Silkyara tunnel rescue, but to the parents of this child, their whole world was about to disappear. Children falling into borewells happens all too frequently in our country. Clearly, some safety regulations need to be enforced. And once again, we need to voice our gratitude to the disaster response forces of our country. Like our Jawans, they battle 24X7 to keep us safe."
Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani wrote on X (Twitter), "As world leaders gather for @COP28, Adani Electricity stands out with its green initiatives. We are on course to provide 60% renewable electricity to Mumbai by 2027, setting a global record for a major city. Currently, over 38% of our supply is green. This Diwali, we achieved a landmark by fuelling Mumbai entirely with 100% renewable energy, demonstrating our dedication to a sustainable future."
Biocon Limited's Kiran Mazumdar Shaw wrote on X (Twitter), "We can create the world’s largest ideas economy which can generate countless economic opportunities. What we need is an investment ecosystem that catalyses new ideas and venture funding that scales the potential of some of these great ideas to deliver their commercial value. VCs need to be given exits to capital markets."
Shaadi.com Founder Anupam Mittal commented on the revenue model of Google Ads and Google Play Store. He wrote on X (Twitter), "Many startups pay anywhere between 20-50% as Google Tax to get distribution & protect their own brand from bidders. It’s the Digital East India Company."
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath wrote on X (Twitter), "In the business updates post I shared in August this year, I mentioned how we hadn’t had any large tech issues for a couple of years. Unfortunately, we have had two episodes in quick succession in the last two months, affecting between 5 and 20% of our active customers. The issues on Nov 6th and Dec 4th were triggered due to edge cases with our external dependencies. This is no excuse, and I understand that, as a platform, we are responsible for all the issues you face. But I wanted to share with you what went wrong and what we are doing about it."
Nithin Kamath shared a link to an article with an apology from the company as well as details of the tech issues that Zerodha faced. His post came after multiple users faced issues in using Zerodha's trading platform Kite
RPG Enterprises Chairman Sanjiv Goenka wrote on X (Twitter), "Marketing lesson: Be distinct or be extinct!"
Mamaearth Co-Founder Ghazal Alagh shared insights on the work culture at the brand’s parent company Honasa Consumer Limited. She wrote on X (Twitter), "Honasa isn’t just a workplace but a community of aspirants: Where we nurture dreams, celebrate every achievement, feed our collective spirit and passion. A culture of “we” before “me", that most companies only dream of & we live it every day."
MD & CEO Edelweiss Mutual Fund Radhika Gupta wrote on X (Twitter), "We have always believed in launching innovative products, across passive and active strategies, and equity and fixed income. We also are a proponent of momentum as a valid investment approach. Our BAF (hybrid) uses a trend based model to capture market momentum and we were also one of the first to launch this unique index fund, midcap momentum."
Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared a photo of a shopkeeper using Paytm and wrote, "Spotted it"