Your food delivery from Zomato or Swiggy is taking longer than usual because there is an acute shortage of delivery executives across major metros, causing service delays and hurting the number of orders these platforms are able to take from customers. With the economy opening up and jobs coming back into the picture, many who entered the gig workforce because there were no other jobs, are now moving away as jobs become available.

Vodafone CEO Nick Read had earlier stated that the company was pursuing mergers with rivals in multiple European markets.

CNBC-TV18’s Nisha Poddar spoke Pramod Kumar, MD & Head -Invst Banking at Barclays Bank India; Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; and Rahul Bhasin, Managing Partner at Baring Private Equity Partners to find out from the deal makers about the winds of change and the new trends developing.

Rays Power has been entirely debt-free as a result of this portfolio sale, according to a business statement, with additional capital to fund its next phase of green energy growth.