On 19 January, Arunachal East MP Tapir Gao claimed that the youth had been abducted from Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district. Missing teenage boy from Arunachal found, China's PLA tells defence officials The Congress leader said that the party will fight 'unitedly' and expressed hope that the people of Goa will repose faith in the Congress party to elect their governmentĪrvind Kejriwal claims ED set to arrest Delhi health minister Satyendar Jainĭelhi chief minister said that as per their sources, right before Punjab polls in coming few days the ED is going to arrest Delhi health and home minister Satyendar Jain Goa Assembly elections: Congress announces 36 of 37 candidates, last name to be out soon, says Chidambaram Punjab polls: PLC chief Captain Amarinder releases first list of candidates ex-CM to contest from Patiala urbanĪmarinder said all these candidates had strong political credentials and were known faces in their respective constituencies But unlike many of its loss-making peers, Nykaa is profitable. Others going public this year include food delivery giant Zomato, whose shares have since risen 80 percent, and mobile payments pioneer Paytm which is conducting its IPO, India's biggest, this week. Technology start-ups in India have attracted record investment this year, with more than 33 "unicorns", companies valued at more than $1 billion, created, benefiting from investors spooked by a crackdown on technology giants in China. Nykaa's three-day IPO was over-subscribed by nearly 82 times last week. In the list of India's other superrich women, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Biocon) and Divya Gokulnath (Byju's) are the only other self-made billionaires. Nykaa expects India's beauty and personal care market to nearly double in size from 2020 to 2025, reaching nearly 2 trillion rupees.Įven after selling 4.8 million shares via the IPO, Nayar, along with her husband and twin children, continues to own more than half of the company, valuing her stake at $7 billion. It has a growing high street presence with 80 stores across 40 Indian cities. Nykaa has also manufactured its own in-house brand of products since 2015 and recently began selling clothes and household products. I always find something new there."Įndorsements from social media influencers and celebrities, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has invested in the firm, helped cement Nykaa's popularity as it battles giants such as Amazon and Flipkart.
"They have everything from major luxury brands to smaller niche ones and even lesser-known Korean skin care products. "The best part about Nykaa is that it lets me access so many global brands that had never been sold in India before," 30-year-old loyal customer Sanaeya told AFP. Nykaa (the Sanskrit word for actress) quickly became popular with young tech-savvy Indians, predominantly women, who preferred the wide selection of brands compared with what was on offer at their local shops. "I hope the Nykaa journey, an Indian-born, Indian-owned and Indian-managed dream-come-true, can inspire each of you," Nayar said at the listing ceremony on Wednesday. Investment banker Nayar turned entrepreneur at 50 with the launch of the e-commerce platform in 2012, selling beauty and personal care products via its mobile app and website. Nayar, 58, joined only six other Indian women dollar billionaires as her beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa's parent company FSN floated on the Mumbai stock exchange, hitting a valuation of 1 trillion rupees ($13.5 billion) in the first five minutes of trade.Īlso read: Nykaa's parent company FSN E-Commerce Ventures makes stellar debut, stock lists at Rs 2,018 with 79% premium Mumbai: India's only woman-led unicorn Nykaa made its market debut Wednesday, tripling founder Falguni Nayar's net worth and making her the country's newest self-made billionaire in an ongoing IPO boom.