Food delivery and e-commerce platforms such as Swiggy, Zomato and Zepto could soon come under Maharashtra’s bike-taxi regulatory framework, The Indian Express reported. The state government is proposing rules that would require the “doorstep-delivery” platforms to maintain electric vehicle (EV) fleets and contribute 2 per cent of the fare from each ride to a driver welfare fund.

The proposed changes seek to amend the Maharashtra Bike-Taxi Rules, 2025, which currently apply to ride-hailing aggregators.

Flipkart has entered the gourmet grocery segment through its quick-commerce arm Minutes, adding premium and speciality food products as competition in the category intensifies, Moneycontrol reported on Saturday.

The company has also launched a private label, Pykd, for the segment, the report said.

The Centre has asked Meta to take corrective measures against deepfakes and other harmful AI-generated content on its platforms, news agency PTI reported on Saturday. The government is also examining whether Meta continues to qualify as an “intermediary” under Indian law, particularly given the role of its recommendation systems in deciding what content users see.

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) said on Friday that additional nationwide testing of E20 petrol found no evidence to support claims of high moisture or chloride contamination, with fuel quality remaining within prescribed limits across the supply chain.

The intensified testing followed recent media reports alleging the presence of moisture and chloride in E20 (20 per cent ethanol blended petrol).

The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill to punish Russia and key buyers of its petroleum products, such as China and India, claiming that such trade helps fuel the Ukraine war.

The bill, renamed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, was approved by the Senate by an 86-11 vote.

India's food safety regulator will not agree to demands by global beverage companies to extend to one year its 90-day deadline to drop "energy drink" labels, a government source said on Friday, a decision which is set to disrupt the industry.

PepsiCo, Red Bull, Monster Beverage and billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance have locked horns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's food regulator amid strict enforcement actions over how alcohol, ‌beverage and food companies label their products.

The head of India’s only dedicated bullion exchange has stepped down, dealing a setback to the four-year-old platform as it struggles to gain traction in one of the world’s largest gold markets.

Ashok Kumar Gautam, the first chief executive officer of India International Bullion Exchange IFSC Ltd., has resigned citing personal reasons, according to people familiar with the matter.

India needs to be proactive on the safety and security of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector as firms increasingly adopt the technology, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday. He cautioned that the sector may not have the luxury of waiting for risks to materialise before responding.

Four-year-old Akasa Air on Friday launched its loyalty programme as the airline seeks to provide enhanced travel experience and various benefits to passengers.

The airline, which started flying on August 7, 2022, on Friday completed four years, with its Founder and CEO Vinay Dube describing the journey so far as "extremely exciting".

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that the conspiracy behind the Neet-UG 2026 paper leak was not a last-minute operation but a carefully planned exercise in which National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts were allegedly cultivated months before the examination and used to obtain confidential question papers in return for illegal monetary gains.

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