Rajputana Stainless' ₹254.98 crore IPO is open for subscription from March 9 to 11. Manpower and toll plaza management services provider Innovision's ₹322.84 crore IPO will be open from March 10 to 12. State-owned NHAI-sponsored Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT)'s ₹6,000 crore IPO and Apsis Aerocom's ₹36 crore SME IPO will be open from March 11 to 13.

Jerai Fitness has partnered with Plus Fitness to support the launch of 100 gyms across the country. The collaboration combines Jerai’s domestic equipment manufacturing with Plus Fitness India’s global franchise model. Led by Rajesh Rai, Siraj Lalani, and Faiz Sopariwala, the initiative aims to simplify gym setup and expand organised fitness infrastructure across metro and emerging Indian markets.

Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart has laid off around 300 employees as part of its annual performance review cycle, according to a Moneycontrol report. The job cuts account for nearly 1.5% of the company's total workforce. Flipkart currently employs about 20,000 people across its various business verticals, the report added.

Once valued at $6.5 billion, Snapdeal was backed by SoftBank, Alibaba and Foxconn, with around 32% market share, 25 million users and 50,000 sellers. But as Amazon committed billions to India and Flipkart intensified competition, Snapdeal’s share dropped to around 4% by early 2017, turning one of India’s biggest e-commerce success stories into a cautionary tale.

Rozana, a rural-focused omnichannel retail platform founded by Ankur Dahiya, Adwait Vikram Singh and Mukesh Christopher, has raised ₹290 crore in a Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments. The company operates across 21,000 villages and serves over one million households. The new funding will help expand stores, strengthen technology, and scale rural commerce across northern India.

The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed a ₹56-lakh service tax case against veteran actor Rajinikanth. The case was in relation to rent from a building, leased to Vasantha Bhavan Hotels for hotel operations, owned by Rajinikanth in Chennai. Rajinikanth was accused of non-payment of service tax on rent for the property leased between 2007 and 2012.

About 15 Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams raided 10-12 locations in Mumbai and Hyderabad linked to Reliance Power and other companies of Anil Ambani. The raids are part of ED's ongoing investigations into an alleged ₹40,000-crore bank loan fraud and money-laundering scheme involving his group companies. Earlier in February, the ED questioned Ambani for over nine hours at its Delhi headquarters.

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Oracle might lay off thousands of employees across multiple business units as it's facing a cash crunch linked to heavy spending on AI-focused data centres, Bloomberg reported. The spending is driven by Oracle's reported $300-billion commitment to support OpenAI's infrastructure needs. The cuts could begin as early as March and may target roles expected to become redundant due to AI.

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