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Naturis Cosmetics, a Jammu-based beauty and personal care contract manufacturer, has raised ₹33.74 Cr (approximately USD 3.5 million) in its maiden Seed round led by Sharrp Ventures, with participation from Mirabilis Investment Trust, as publicly reported on 2026-07-13.

Employer surveillance DPDP India laws allow monitoring of company devices, but the DPDP Act 2023 and privacy rulings now set clearer limits on how far employers can go.

Early backer Augusta TBO (Singapore) Pte Ltd. sold a 2.04% stake in listed B2B travel tech platform TBO Tek via open-market transactions on 13 July 2026, with the deal estimated at ~₹327.5 crore based on the stock's last closing price. The transaction trims Augusta TBO's holding from 5.54% to 3.5%.

Viatris subsidiary Mylan has launched a ₹3,481 crore (approximately $363 million) block deal to fully exit its 5.64% stake in Bengaluru-based biopharmaceutical company Biocon. The secondary sale, announced on 13 July 2026, was executed with Citigroup Global Markets India and Jefferies India acting as joint bookrunners.

Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space has secured ₹60 crore in a Bridge Round from the Antariksh Venture Capital Fund (AVCF), the government-backed fund's first-ever investment. The deal takes the company's ongoing pre-Series B round to ₹275 crore in total capital raised.

AI-powered edtech startup sortmyprep has closed a $350,000 pre-seed round backed by a group of Indian and global angel investors, including Boman Irani and Sameer Mehta. The capital will go towards strengthening the company's vertical AI infrastructure, expanding curriculum coverage, and accelerating growth in India and international markets.

Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Ltd has received SEBI's approval to proceed with its IPO, targeting a fundraise of up to ₹4,200 crore through a combination of fresh equity shares and an offer for sale by existing shareholders. The Bengaluru-based B2B contract manufacturing platform, founded in 2018, now moves closer to its public market debut.

Pune-based OneCard (FPL Technologies) is raising Rs 72 crore in a fresh Series D tranche led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Z47, Hummingbird Ventures, and a cohort of angel investors, as publicly reported on 13 July 2026. This latest close is part of the company's ongoing Series D round and adds to a substantial equity funding history for the mobile-first credit card platform.

Seven years after the Jharkhand High Court granted him bail, the Supreme Court refuses to cancel Lalu Prasad Yadav's sentence suspension in the Deoghar fodder scam — and orders a six-month deadline for the pending appeals.

Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has been convicted for the murder of IB staffer Ankit Sharma — a landmark verdict in one of the most chilling cases to emerge from the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

A Srinagar magistrate declared police machinery had "collapsed" — then registered a suo motu criminal case against SSP Dr GV Sundeep Chakravarthy for defying court warrants thrice.

Delhi HC rules humanitarian grounds cannot override PMLA proceedings — Vivo exec Guangwen Kuang alias Andrew denied permission to visit his critically ill father in China amid no-extradition-treaty flight risk.