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  1. Bengaluru-based social commerce startup Meesho has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Silicon Valley giant Facebook.
  2. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is reportedly close to making an investment of $150 million for an 8 per cent stake in Indian logistics unicorn Delhivery.
  3. The human mind has no boundaries and Zomato has proven that. The food tech unicorn successfully tested its first attempt to deliver meals using a hybrid drone.
  4. Online travel services platform Yatra.com landed in a legal soup after its acquired company filed a lawsuit against it. Air Travel Bureau has accused Yatra of cheating, falsification of accounts, criminal breach of trust and forgery of documents.

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