India, Feb. 6 -- In a move that has surprised many, the online food delivery platform, Zomato, has decided to change the name of its parent company 'Zomato Limited' to 'Eternal Limited.'

In a letter to shareholders, Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal said that the company's board has approved the name change. "Our corporate website will transition from zomato.com to eternal.com. We will also change our stock ticker from ZOMATO to ETERNAL. Eternal will comprise four major businesses (as of now) - Zomato, Blinkit, District, and Hyperpure," he said in the letter.

The new name along with the logo will now encompass the company's four core businesses -- Zomato, Blinkit, District and Hyperpure.

The news of the rebrand spread on social media and man...