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Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Zomato parent Eternal on Wednesday reported a sharp jump of 72.88 per cent in its consolidated profit for the December quarter (Q3) of FY26, helped by strong growth in revenue.The company said its consolidated net profit rose 72.88 per cent year-on-year to Rs 102 crore in Q3 FY26, compared with Rs 59 crore in the same quarter last financial year, according to an exchange filing.Eternal had also posted a net profit of Rs 65 crore in the October–December quarter of the curr…

Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Zomato’s parent firm Eternal Limited on Wednesday announced a major leadership change, with its CEO Deepinder Goyal resigning from his position with effect from February 1, 2026.The company said Albinder Dhindsa, who is currently the CEO of Blinkit, will take over as the new chief executive.In a letter addressed to the shareholders, Goyal said he has recently been drawn towards new ideas that involve higher levels of risk, experimentation and exploration.He explained that…

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Zomato sacks close to 5,000 gig workers a month due to cases involving fraud, while another 150,000 to 200,000 workers leave the fast food delivery platform on their own, its parent firm Eternal’s founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said.In a video podcast with YouTuber Raj Shamani, Goyal said that those who choose to leave the platform consider gig work as a temporary job.Several gig workers operating on quick commerce and food delivery platforms, including Zomato, had gone …

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A fresh debate on Saturday erupted over working conditions in India’s fast-growing quick commerce sector after a Telangana-based gig workers’ union sharply criticised Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal’s defence of the company’s delivery model, calling the current conditions “not decent work”.The pushback came after Goyal posted a detailed statement on X explaining how delivery partners earn on Zomato and Blinkit.He said that in 2025, delivery partners earned an avera…

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Amid the growing debate over gig workers, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said that politicising the gig economy will kill quick commerce, destroy jobs and push workers back into the informal sector.In a post on X, former G20 Sherpa Kant said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha and his party are “not job creators but job killers”.“Gig jobs are set to grow from 7.7 million to 23.5 million by 2030 — among India’s largest job-creation engines…

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Food delivery and quick commerce platforms Zomato and Blinkit achieved record delivery numbers on New Year’s Eve, despite calls for strikes circulating over the past few days, its co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said on Thursday.Goyal said that both platforms continued operations smoothly with the support of local authorities.In a post on social media platform X, Goyal said that support from local law enforcement helped control a small number of miscreants, allowing …