This week in Indian Startup News: Swiggy will soon start the pilots for middle-mile drone deliveries, Flipkart will reportedly enter Metaverse with the launch of "Flipverse", Mahindra Logistics acquired Rivigo for an undisclosed amount.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  00:00 Introduction 00:13 Swiggy pilots middle mile drone deliveries 02:07 Flipkart will reportedly enter the Metaverse 03:12 Bird's Eye Segment 05:18 Sponsored Segment 06:56 Mahindra Logistics acquires Rivigo  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Swiggy will soon start pilots for middle-mile drone deliveries:  1. The flight corridors have been approved by the government: Swiggy CTO Dale Vaz 2. Customer-directed drone deliveries could involve fraud, and safety constraints while the middle-mile opportunity is insulated from such challenges.   Flipkart will reportedly enter Metaverse with the launch of "Flipverse":  1.Flipkart has reportedly partnered with social media giant Meta and Ethereum Layer-2 scaling startup Polygon for the project. 2. Flipkart will likely announce the Metaverse offering during the ongoing ‘Big Billion Day Sales’ and launch the project around Diwali. 3. Flipverse is expected to deploy Web3.0 technologies to elevate current 2D user experience to include virtual reality and other interactive features.    Funding this week:   This week at least 10 Indian Startups raised more than $1 Million, in total raising $99 Mn. These are the top three-  1. Unravel Data raised $50 Million 2. Elucidata raised $16 Mn 3. Saveo raised $21 Million    Quick Update:  Mahindra Logistics has acquired Rivigo for an undisclosed amount.