TOI Tech

• newHow to block spam calls on Android
  Since most Android smartphones come with the Google Phone app, we will be guiding you through the process of blocking numbers on the Phone app. Here is how you can block spam calls on Google’s Phone…
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• newXiaomi India paid Rs 4,663 crore to Qualcomm as royalty remittance
  After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized nearly Rs 5,551.3 crore from Xiaomi India under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for illegal remittances to foreign entities, reliable sources said…
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• newTerraUSD backer says will compensate some users; Bitcoin back below $30,000
  An affiliate of the company behind collapsed stablecoin TerraUSD said on Monday it had spent the bulk of its reserves trying to defend its dollar peg last week, and would use the remainder to try to c…
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• newChina's semiconductor output shrinks to 2020 level
  China has suffered a major setback as its semiconductor output shrank 12.1 per cent to 25.9 billion units in April, its lowest since December 2020, the media reported on Monday.
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• newV Rising: 10 things about the vampire game
  
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• newTech firms ask US Supreme Court to block Texas social media law
  Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large soci…
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• China regulator says Tesla recalling 107,293 China made Model 3, Model Y vehicles
  TESLA-China regulator says Tesla recalling 107,293 China-made Model 3, Model Y vehicles
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• Bitcoin back below $30,000; European regulators renew crypto warnings
  FINTECH-Bitcoin back below $30,000; European regulators renew crypto warnings
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• Temasek hikes stake in e-commerce companies Amazon, Pinduoduo
  USA-FUNDS/Temasek hikes stake in e-commerce companies Amazon, Pinduoduo
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• Google accused of 'biggest-ever data breach'
  Call it mother of all data security breaches as the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on Monday revealed that Google and other internet giants are processing and passing people's data billions…
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• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4 to enter mass production next month: Report
  Samsung’s next foldables – the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 – have been doing the rounds of the internet for quite some time now. Now according to a new report, the next Galaxy foldables…
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• How to pin a chat in WhatsApp
  
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• Alibaba fires 40% of AliExpress Russia staff: Report
  Alibaba Group Holding has laid off about 40% of the staff in its Russian joint venture as the ongoing Ukraine crisis disrupts cross-border business, the Nikkei reported on Friday.
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• Here's when Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to send next tourist flight to space
  NS-21 is expected to lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:30 a.m. CDT, the company said in a statement.
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• IAMAI urges GST Council to keep 18% tax on online gaming
  The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday urged the GST Council to continue maintaining the GST on online gaming at 18 per cent and any further increase will hamper the overall we…
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Business Today Tech

• Vivo Y01 launched with a 5000mAh battery under Rs 10,000
  India is the second market to get the Vivo Y01 after select African markets. The specifications of both Indian and African models are the same. Let's take a closer look.
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• OnePlus Nord 2T launching with MediaTek Dimensity 1300 chip, company confirms
  On May 19, the OnePlus Nord 2T will go official in Europe. Reports suggest that the smartphone will hit the Indian market a few weeks after its global release.
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• WhatsApp’s status updates might get support for rich link previews soon
  The under-development feature has been spotted by WABetaInfo on WhatsApp beta for iOS.
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• Apple likely to launch a cheaper Apple TV soon: Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
  Kuo predicts that the cheaper Apple TV might come later this year
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• Netflix tells employees to quit if they do not like content it offers
  In the updated guidelines, Netflix has asked employees to be prepared to work on the content they may not agree with. The company added that anyone who doesn't like the content offered on the platform…
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• Vivo X80 and Vivo X80 Pro launching in India on May 18: What to expect
  The Vivo X80, which will be the standard model in the series, is expected to be priced under Rs 45,000 to give a tough competition to popular phones like the OnePlus 9RT.
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• Google, Samsung have joined hands to help Android developers sync fitness data across apps
  The platform is going to be called “Health Connect”.
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• OnePlus Ace Racing Edition key specifications announced ahead of May 17 launch
  OnePlus will launch the OnePlus Ace Racing Edition in China on May 17 and right before the event, the company CEO announced the key specifications of the upcoming phone.
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• Elon Musk says he and his wife are bots amid Twitter deal controversy
  Responding to a Twitter user who asked if he is also a bot, Elon Musk said that he himself is a bot and so is his wife. There's no clarity on what he actually meant.
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• New leak shows WhatsApp is planning to make Status section more useful
  WhatsApp update: A new leak shows a new feature on the platform that allows a user to add links to any website or source in the Status section.
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• Oppo Reno 8 series launch date is May 23, here is what to expect
  Oppo is expected to launch three phones this time again. There could be a Reno 8, a Reno 8 Pro, and a Reno 8 SE.
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Techmeme

• newA California judge has struck down a 2018 state law requiring public companies in California put female directors on their boards, citing it as unconstitutional (Theo Francis/Wall Street Journal)
  Theo Francis / Wall Street Journal:A California judge has struck down a 2018 state law requiring public companies in California put female directors on their boards, citing it as unconstitutional …
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• newThe US DOJ says that Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, a cardiologist in Venezuela, created, rented to cybercriminals, and profited from Jigsaw and Thanos ransomware (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
  
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• newApple now lets developers auto-renew users for increased subscription prices once a year as long as the increase doesn't exceed $50 or 50% of the annual price (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
  Juli Clover / MacRumors:Apple now lets developers auto-renew users for increased subscription prices once a year as long as the increase doesn't exceed $50 or 50% of the annual price  —  Apple t…
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• newLogs: the alleged Buffalo gunman spoke explicitly in a private Discord server about his plans to carry out and livestream an attack since at least December 2021 (Bloomberg)
  Bloomberg:Logs: the alleged Buffalo gunman spoke explicitly in a private Discord server about his plans to carry out and livestream an attack since at least December 2021  —  The accused gunman b…
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• Metatheory, co-founded by Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin to build games and virtual worlds using blockchain tech like NFTs, raises a $24M Series A led by a16z (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
  Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:Metatheory, co-founded by Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin to build games and virtual worlds using blockchain tech like NFTs, raises a $24M Series A led by a16z  —  Twitc…
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• Uber unveils a new option to book a bus or a passenger van, a trip itinerary feature for booking rides during an extended trip, event guest vouchers, and more (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC)
  Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:Uber unveils a new option to book a bus or a passenger van, a trip itinerary feature for booking rides during an extended trip, event guest vouchers, and more  —  - Ub…
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• Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
  Mike Masnick / Techdirt:Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed  —  As yo…
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• Elon Musk says a Twitter deal at a lower price wouldn't be "out of the question", speaking to a Miami tech conference crowd; Twitter stock closes down 8%+ (Bloomberg)
  Bloomberg:Elon Musk says a Twitter deal at a lower price wouldn't be “out of the question”, speaking to a Miami tech conference crowd; Twitter stock closes down 8%+  —  Elon Musk stoked spec…
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• Microsoft tells employees it will nearly double its global budget for merit-based salary bumps and raise its range for annual stock-based compensation by 25%+ (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
  Todd Bishop / GeekWire:Microsoft tells employees it will nearly double its global budget for merit-based salary bumps and raise its range for annual stock-based compensation by 25%+  —  Microsof…
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• AAA tests find active driving assist in a Hyundai Santa Fe, a Subaru Forester, and a Tesla Model 3 often fails to prevent hitting cyclists and oncoming cars (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)
  Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register:AAA tests find active driving assist in a Hyundai Santa Fe, a Subaru Forester, and a Tesla Model 3 often fails to prevent hitting cyclists and oncoming cars  — …
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• Analysis: $7.6B of Tether has been withdrawn since Thursday, nearly twice its cash reserves at the end of 2021; Tether also holds $60B+ in "cash-like" assets (Alex Hern/The Guardian)
  Alex Hern / The Guardian:Analysis: $7.6B of Tether has been withdrawn since Thursday, nearly twice its cash reserves at the end of 2021; Tether also holds $60B+ in “cash-like” assets  —  Fig…
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• Construction robotics startup Dusty raises a $45M Series B led by Scale at a $250M valuation and says it has deals with construction firms DPR, PARIC, and more (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)
  Brian Heater / TechCrunch:Construction robotics startup Dusty raises a $45M Series B led by Scale at a $250M valuation and says it has deals with construction firms DPR, PARIC, and more  —  Anot…
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• [Thread] Twitter CEO gives context on how Twitter counts spam, saying "multiple human reviews" of thousands of accounts seen as mDAUs have found <5% are spam (Parag Agrawal/@paraga)
  Parag Agrawal / @paraga:[Thread] Twitter CEO gives context on how Twitter counts spam, saying “multiple human reviews” of thousands of accounts seen as mDAUs have found <5% are spam  —  Let's…
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• Analysis: 44,058 randomly selected public Twitter accounts that have tweeted in the past 90 days and could resemble mDAUs shows 19.42% are likely spam or fake (Rand Fishkin/SparkToro)
  Rand Fishkin / SparkToro:Analysis: 44,058 randomly selected public Twitter accounts that have tweeted in the past 90 days and could resemble mDAUs shows 19.42% are likely spam or fake  —  TL;DR…
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• MiamiCoin is down ~95% in value from its September peak, after the city promoted it to Miami residents and made millions of dollars through its CityCoins deal (Quartz)
  Quartz:MiamiCoin is down ~95% in value from its September peak, after the city promoted it to Miami residents and made millions of dollars through its CityCoins deal  —  On Feb. 2, the city of M…
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Forbes Tech

Techcrunch India

• Daily Crunch: Better.com CEO Vishal Garg says he’s on the hook for $750M SoftBank loan
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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• Indian food delivery giant Swiggy is acquiring Dineout for $200 million
  Swiggy has amassed millions of users in India, helping them order food and grocery online in the country. The seven-year-old startup, India’s most valued food tech, is now looking to reach those who…
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• Daily Crunch: Terraform Labs CEO goes public with strategy to re-peg sliding UST stablecoin
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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• Google launches Google Wallet to help you store your credit cards, tickets and more
  At its I/O developer conference, Google today launched Google Wallet, a new Android and Wear OS app that will allow users to store things like credit cards, loyalty cards, digital IDs, transit passes,…
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• Google Translate adds 24 new languages, including its first indigenous languages of the Americas
  In addition to improving Google Assistant’s ability to communicate with users in a more natural way, Google today announced improvements to its Google Translate service. The company said it’s addi…
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• Daily Crunch: Peloton CEO to shareholders: ‘Turnarounds are hard work’
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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• Zomato tumbles below its last private valuation
  Indian food delivery firm Zomato’s shares fell below 52 rupees apiece, giving it a market cap of $5.3 billion as tech stocks continue to nosedive across the globe. At a $5.3 billion market cap, Zoma…
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• BharatPe to claw back founder’s shares, terminate ‘several’ employees
  BharatPe says it has initiated actions to claw back co-founder Ashneer Grover’s restricted shares and terminate services of several employees who engaged with sketchy vendors as the Tiger Global-bac…
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• Daily Crunch: European startup studio eFounders unveils its next-generation CRM tool
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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• Amazon pledges $20 billion in exports from India by 2025
  Amazon said on Wednesday that it aims to export locally produced Indian goods worth $20 billion by 2025, doubling its initial goal of $10 billion set for the same time frame as the e-commerce group at…
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• Daily Crunch: Startup that transforms real-world items into NFTs raises $6.9M seed round
  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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• Paramount+ reaches nearly 40M subscribers, will expand to the UK, South Korea and India
  Paramount Global, formerly ViacomCBS, reported an overall total of 62.4 million global subscribers across its suite of streaming services, with Paramount+ alone adding 6.8 million total subscribers in…
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• Andreessen Horowitz plans $500 million investment in Indian startups
  Andreessen Horowitz, which made its maiden India investment last year, is looking to get aggressive in the world’s second largest internet market. The Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm has e…
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• Daily Crunch: Google unveils new options for removing personal data from search results
  Gooood [your time of day] startup fans! It’s a brand new week and we’re flippin’ psyched that it’s… wait, it is May? How’d that happen? In any case – May 2nd 2022, here we go. Spring is…
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• Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app, raises $200 million at $900 million valuation
  Instant grocery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its 10-minute delivery service to more cities in India and grow its network of dark stores. Existin…
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TechCircle

• Enterprise payments firm Airpay secures Series A funding from Kalaari Capital, others
  Mumbai-based payment services startup Airpay has raised Rs 24 crore ($3.6 million) as part of a Series A round led by Kalaari Capital and existing investors Rakesh and Rajesh Jhunjhunwala. The company…
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• Exclusive: Tiger Global may be part-exiting Flipkart with 3x return
  Tiger Global, the biggest investor in Flipkart, may have struck a deal with Microsoft and other new investors to sell a part of its stake in the e-commerce company in the latest fund-raising round tha…
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• Two Bangalore women give a ‘clean’ twist to co-working spaces
  Co-working spaces – the idea of an open and communicative work culture – is finally picking up in the Indian startup ecosystem. The past two years have witnessed many startups, including Innov8, I…
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• Bombay High Court bars taxi unions from disrupting Uber’s operations
  US-based Uber Technologies Inc’s India subsidiary Uber India Technologies Pvt. Ltd has obtained a restraining order from the Bombay High Court that prevents dissenting taxi union bodies from disrupt…
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• ShopClues looks to raise $75-100 mn in pre-IPO round
  Clues Network Pvt. Ltd, which runs e-commerce company ShopClues, is looking to raise $75-100 million (Rs 490-652 crore) in fresh funding even as it begins discussions with merchant banks for an initia…
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• Exclusive: GrabOnRent close to raising Series A round
  Bangalore-based GrabOnRent Internet Pvt. Ltd, which runs product rental marketplace GrabOnRent, is close to raising $3 million (Rs 19.5 crore) in Series A funding from new and existing investors, two…
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• Flipkart raises $1 bn in down round: Report
  Flipkart Pvt Ltd, the Singapore-based holding company of India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, has reportedly raised $1 billion in a massive fundraising round. The funds were secured at a down rou…
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• Tips to make the Startup culture a resounding success
  The startup culture that is slowly gaining momentum calls for adequate support at various levels to sustain itself. In the absence of the same, the enthusiasm may soon lose its vitality. It is necessa…
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• Snapdeal strategy head Jason Kothari formally takes over at FreeCharge
  E-commerce firm Snapdeal, operated by Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, has appointed Jason Kothari as chief executive officer of its mobile recharge platform FreeCharge. Kothari will also continue his key le…
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• After venture capital, startups taking ‘vendor capital’ for granted
  The bloodletting in the Indian startup ecosystem continues with hotel-booking app RoomsTonite shutting shop on the heels of the Stayzilla fiasco, which is still playing out in the media. I have previo…
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Inc42

• newD2C Sampling Startup Smytten Raises INR 100 Cr, Valuation Doubles
  D2C sampling platform Smytten has raised INR 100 Cr in a pre-Series B funding round led by Fireside Ventures and…
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• ASL Bags $5 Mn To Help Students With Their Overseas Education Journey
  Overseas education aggregator startup Adventum Student Living (ASL) has raised $5 Mn in a Pre-Series B funding round led by…
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• Mamaearth Acquires Majority Stake In Skincare Brand Dr. Sheth’s
  Mamaearth’s parent company, Honasa Consumer has acquired a majority stake in skincare brand Dr. Sheth’s at a valuation of INR…
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• SEBI Seeks To Ban Celebrity Endorsements Of Crypto
  The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reportedly suggested that prominent public figures such as celebrities and sportspeople…
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• Lenskart’s Thrasio Styled Venture Neso Brands Raises $100 Mn From KKR, SoftBank
  Neso Brands, an eyewear-focussed, Thrasio-style startup backed by omnichannel eyewear unicorn Lenskart, has raised $100 Mn in India’s largest seed…
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• D2C Unicorn Mamaearth Allots Bonus Shares Worth $17.4 Mn To Investors, Founders
  D2C beautycare unicorn Mamaearth is allotting 136 Mn equity shares as bonus shares to its 12 investors, including founders. The…
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• Reliance Steps Up Pharma Biz With New Commerce, Records 2X Jump In Merchants, Scales To 1,900 Cities
  At a time when Reliance Retail is bolstering its online presence, the new commerce division of its pharma segment is…
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• Indian Startup Employees Have Made Over $159 Mn Through ESOP Buybacks In 2022
  As the startup ecosystem grows in the country, one of the trends that picked up over the last few years…
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• Zilingo Creditors Recall Loans Amid Controversies & Absence Of CEO
  For the past couple of months, Singapore-based Zilingo has been plagued with controversies akin to the BharatPe mess. Now, in…
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• Paytm Mall Pivots To ONDC As Primary Focus; Early Investors Alibaba, Ant Group Exit
  Paytm E-commerce, the parent company of Paytm Mall has shared plans to pivot to Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)…
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• Paytm Disburses $221 Mn Worth Loan In April 2022; Clocks In $12.7 Bn GMV
  Publicly listed fintech giant Paytm has said its lending business has grown to 2.6 Mn loan disbursals worth $221 Mn,…
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• Amazon Digitises Over 4 Mn Small Businesses In India
  The Indian economy is largely small and medium-sized enterprises. These businesses contribute to nearly a third of India’s GDP and…
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• Reliance Coming Up With A Separate Platform To Host Its Third Party Sellers
  In its major ecommerce push, Reliance Industries is developing a new platform to host third party sellers. Besides, the Mukesh…
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• Navi Technologies To Raise INR 600 Cr Via Public Bond Sale In A Sector First Move
  IPO-bound Navi Technologies will raise INR 600 Cr via a public issuance of bonds in a move that is the…
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• How Organic D2C Beauty Brand Bella Vita Organic Aims To Achieve INR 250 Cr GMV In FY23
  Building a business from the ground up is not a cakewalk. But for Aakash Anand, the opportunity fell into his…
  - 19 hours ago 16 May 22, 7:49am -