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UK’s Zapp EV plans to expand globally with an early start in India

Zapp is launching its urban electric two-wheeler in India in 2025 as it plans to expand globally.

UK’s Zapp EV plans to expand globally with an early start in India

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX announced on Saturday a controversial plan to “socialize” the $230 million loss from its recent security breach among all its customers, a move that has sent…

WazirX to ‘socialize’ $230 million security breach loss among customers

Google Maps is improving navigation through flyovers and narrow roads in India through new feature updates.

Google Maps adds a slew of features to entice Indian drivers, commuters and travelers

India’s Jio has partnered with Taiwanese semiconductor giant MediaTek to launch its 4G smart dashboards for electric two-wheelers.

Jio partners with Taiwan’s MediaTek to tap into two-wheeler EV market

A hacker claims to be selling data relating to thousands of current and former employees of India’s Piramal Group.

Hacker claims theft of Piramal Group’s employee data

CRED, an Indian fintech startup, has rolled out a new feature that will help its customers manage and gain deeper insights into their cash flow, as the startup seeks to…

CRED launches personal finance manager for India’s affluent

India’s federal government has removed the so-called angel tax for all classes of investors, delivering a major victory to the country’s startup ecosystem that had lobbied for years against the…

India scraps ‘angel tax’ in boost for startups

Indian food delivery and quick commerce startup Swiggy is pivoting one of its smaller businesses, Swiggy Minis, into a link-in-bio service.

Swiggy turns Minis into a link-in-bio platform

WazirX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has “temporarily” suspended all trading activities on its platform days after losing about $230 million, nearly half of its reserves, in a security…

WazirX halts trading after $230 million ‘force majeure’ loss

Google has become one of the latest investors in Moving Tech, the parent firm of Indian open source ridesharing app Namma Yatri that is quickly capturing market share from Uber…

Google backs Indian open source Uber rival

Mitti Labs aims to transform rice farming in India and other South Asian markets by reducing methane emissions by 50% and water consumption by 30%.

Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India

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India clings to cheap feature phones as brands struggle to tap new smartphone buyers

India is struggling to get new smartphone buyers, as millions of Indians don’t go for an upgrade and continue to be on feature phones.

India clings to cheap feature phones as brands struggle to tap new smartphone buyers

Last month, the company also started applying an international authentication rate for activities like sending login codes for cross-border users.

WhatsApp now allows businesses to send authentication codes to users in India

For over a decade, real-money gaming companies and fantasy sports startups have marketed themselves as video game companies. But as these businesses face increasing regulatory scrutiny, a coalition of more…

Indian game firms want to distance themselves from fantasy sports

The Indian social media platform Koo, which positioned itself as a competitor to Elon Musk’s X, is ceasing operations after its last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed. Despite securing over…

Indian social network Koo is shutting down as buyout talks collapse

Apple unveiled iOS 18 last month at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Since then, the company has released two developer betas in the last few weeks with extended support for…

Apple adds support for new languages across lock screen, keyboard and search on iOS 18

India’s top AI startups include those building LLMs and setting up the stage for AGI as well as bringing AI to cooking and serving farmers.

Here are India’s biggest AI startups based on how much money they’ve raised

Reliance Jio and Airtel, the two largest telecom operators in India, have initiated what analysts expect to be an industrywide increase in tariffs in the world’s second largest wireless market,…

Reliance Jio, Airtel kick off Indian telecom price hike

A hacker claims to be selling an extensive database associated with an Indian government portal meant for blue-collar workforce emigrating from the country.

Hacker claims data breach of India’s eMigrate labor portal

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has quietly started rolling out a payments app, dubbed Super.money, as it broadens its fintech ambitions. 

Flipkart Group launches payments app, Super.money, in fintech push

Accel, India’s most successful e-commerce investor, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages.

Accel turns to rural India in hunt for future unicorns

Rocketlane initially aimed to support customer onboarding. However, it has broadened its scope and doubled down on addressing the needs of professional services teams.

Rocketlane snags $24M to bring AI-led experiences for professional services teams

The Gurugram-based startup works with Indian factories to help them manufacture fashion wear for global brands.

India’s Zyod raises $18M to expand its tech-enabled fashion manufacturing to more countries

After a few months of testing during the general elections, Meta is making its Llama 3-powered AI chatbot available to all users in India. However, Meta AI currently only supports…

Meta makes its AI chatbot available to all users in India

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General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push

General Catalyst is linking up with Venture Highway to make a deeper push into India, where it plans to invest over $500 million in coming years.

General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push

Meta AI removes restrictions around answering election-related queries in India while Google is still restricting them.

Meta AI removes block on election-related queries in India while Google still applies limits

Google has released its dedicated AI mobile app Gemini in India — over four months after its debut in the U.S. — with support for nine Indian languages alongside English. The…

Google brings Gemini mobile app to India with support for 9 Indian languages

Oyo, the Indian budget-hotel chain startup, is finalizing a fresh fundraise of about $100 million to $125 million that slashes its valuation to $2.5 billion, two people familiar with the…

India’s Oyo, once valued at $10B, finalizes new funding at $2.5B valuation

Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the U.S. The platform,…

Google’s updated AI-powered NotebookLM expands to India, UK and over 200 other countries

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Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

Amazon has agreed to acquire key assets of Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet, the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make its services and brand popular in smaller cities and towns in the key overseas market.  The two firms reached a…

Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player