Swiggy Debuts New App ‘Pyng’ For Professionals To List Services
Continuing its spree of launches, foodtech major Swiggy has now forayed into services marketplace segment with the launch of a new app, Pyng Professional. The app is available on Google Play Store as...
View ArticleIndiaAI Mission: Panel Calls For Setting Up Technical Secretariat To Govern AI
An advisory panel, formed under the IndiaAI Mission, has suggested sweeping reforms to the regulatory landscape to govern artificial intelligence (AI) systems in India and ensure the trustworthiness...
View ArticleFoxconn & Dixon Urge Govt To Clear Pending Subsidies
Electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Dixon Technologies have reportedly urged Indian authorities to clear their pending dues to the tune of INR 700 Cr. The payments pertain to the subsidies that the...
View ArticleNCLT Reserves Order On Appeals Filed By Creditors Of BYJU’S
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has reportedly reserved its order on the appeals filed by creditors of BYJU’S, Glas Trust and Aditya Birla Finance, seeking to be added to the committee of...
View ArticleInternet Shutdowns Cost India $322 Mn In 2024: Report
India suffered an economic loss of $322 Mn on account of internet shutdowns in 2024, as per a report by UK-based review platform Top10VPN. In contrast, the review platform had pegged the losses on...
View ArticleAvendus Floats Third Private Credit Fund With INR 4K Cr Corpus
Homegrown financial services firm Avendus on Thursday (January 9) announced the launch of its third private credit fund with a target corpus of up to INR 4,000 Cr. Floated by the company’s asset...
View ArticleKredX Gets RBI Nod To Launch TReDS Platform
Supply chain financing platform KredX said that it has received Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) final approval to launch a trade receivables discounting system (TReDS) platform. In a statement, KredX...
View ArticleAgentic AI Startup Quash Nets Funding To Build Autonomous QA Agents
Bengaluru-based agentic artificial intelligence (AI) startup Quash has raised $635K (about INR 5.4 Cr) in its pre-seed funding round led by Arali Ventures. The round also saw participation from Java...
View ArticleCCPA Again Seeks Additional Info From Ola Electric
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) continues to tighten its noose around electric vehicle (EV) maker Ola Electric. The watchdog has now shot off a third letter to the listed EV startup...
View ArticleCentre Unveils ‘Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform’
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal announced the launch of the ‘Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform’. The platform will look to unify stakeholders from policy, industry, finance, and research to spur...
View ArticleReliance Jio Rolls Out New 5.5G Network, Eyes Speeds Up 10 Gbps
Telecom giant Reliance Jio has reportedly announced the launch of its new “5.5G” network in India, which the company is touting as a “significant upgrade” over its existing 5G network. As per India...
View ArticleReliance Jio Rolls Out 5G Services At Siachen Glacier
Telecom major Reliance Jio has rolled out its 4G and 5G services at the Siachen glacier. In a post on social media platform Facebook, the telecom operator said that it has installed a 5G base station...
View ArticleNeed Tech Savvy Forces To Protect India’s Digital World: FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reportedly said that India needs to build “tech-savvy forces” to protect its digital world. As per Business Standard, Sitharaman said that cyber sleuths were...
View ArticleParl Panel To Summon Meta Over CEO’s Comments On Lok Sabha Polls
Meta’s regulatory skirmishes refuse to abate in India. Now, the parliamentary standing committee on communication and information technology plans to summon the social media juggernaut over Meta CEO...
View ArticleNorth Korea Behind $235 Mn WazirX Hack: US, Japan & South Korea
The US, Japan, and South Korea, in a joint statement, have blamed state-backed North Korean hackers for the $235 Mn hack at Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX last year. The trio attributed the...
View ArticleZetwerk Finalises Six Bankers To Helm $500 Mn IPO In 2025: Report
Peak XV-backed B2B marketplace Zetwerk has reportedly finalised six bankers to helm its potential $500 Mn initial public offering (IPO) later this year. Sources told Bloomberg that Zetwerk has...
View ArticleNational Startup Day: Decoding 9 Years Of ‘Startup India’ In Numbers
It was 2015 and the word “startup” wasn’t cool. That year on Independence Day (August 15), Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi announced the ‘Startup India’ initiative to encourage entrepreneurship among...
View ArticleNational Startup Day 2025: A Time To Recalibrate For The IPO Age
Three years after the first National Startup Day in 2022, there’s a totally different mood in the air. Back in early 2022, we had just emerged from the peak of startup funding in 2021, which created 42...
View ArticleNational Startup Day: How A Cohesive Policy Approach Fostered A Burgeoning...
India is celebrating the National Startup Day today. An ode to the vibrant homegrown startup ecosystem, January 16 commemorates the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in 2016, launched the Centre’s...
View ArticleZepto Clocks $3 Bn In Annualised GOV In January 2025
Zepto cofounder and CEO Aadit Palicha has claimed that the quick commerce startup clocked an annualised gross order value (GOV) of $3 Bn (nearly INR 24,500 Cr) in January 2025. In contrast, Zepto...
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