TOI Tech

• newUS FCC votes to advance proposed ban on Huawei, ZTE equipment approvals
  Under proposed rules that won initial approval, the FCC could also revoke prior equipment authorizations issued to Chinese companies.
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• newChinese apps could face subpoenas or bans under Joe Biden order: Sources
  The U.S. Department of Commerce may issue subpoenas to collect information about certain smartphone, tablet and desktop computer software applications. Then the agency may negotiate conditions for the…
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• newUS House panel to vote on bills targeting Big Tech next week
  The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a package of six antitrust bills, including several targeting the market power of Big Tech, the panel said on Thursday.
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• newApple awards grants for computer chip courses to historically Black schools
  Apple Inc said it will give $5 million to four historically Black universities to help expand their engineering programs for designing the chips that power electronic devices.
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• newGoogle's cloud taps AMD for new service as chip wars heat up
  Cloud computing providers such as Google, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp are some of the biggest buyers of data center chips. They build services on top of the chips to rent the computing power out…
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• newSatya Nadella, Sundar Pichai boost Indian tech prowess on world map
  With Microsoft now electing CEO Satya Nadella as also the Chairman -- a first in two decades after the legendary Bill Gates, who has now retired from both the positions -- the Pichai-Nadella duo is no…
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• newHow to be a drone pilot in India: Courses, fees, license and all details you need to know
  
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• newByteDance founder tells staff he's shifting away from his daily work as CEO
  In May, Zhang unexpectedly announced that he will step down as CEO of the TikTok owner amid Chinese' regulators' tightened scrutiny of the country's biggest technology firms.
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• Blowhorn develops real-time tracking platform for timely delivery of medical aid
  Logistics firm Blowhorn on Thursday said it has developed a real-time tracking platform to aid the fight against COVID-19 in the national capital by ensuring timely delivery of life-saving medical equ…
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• eCourts project has made legal system more inclusive: Prasad
  The eCourts project has brought a digital revolution in the legal system, making it more inclusive and accessible for the citizens, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday.
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• Technology helps disabled student play the harp with her eyes
  Alexandra Kerlidou sits in her wheelchair on stage in Athens. With only the shift of her eyes across a computer screen, the 21-year-old fills the air with harp music.
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• Google Cloud VMware Engine now available in India
  Google Cloud VMware Engine is now available in India for enterprises looking to migrate their VMware environments to the cloud and advance their digital transformation journeys, the company announced…
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• Canon develops 'smile recognition' technology for employees
  Canon has come up with a new AI-enabled 'smile recognition' technology through which AI cameras in the offices of its Chinese subsidiary Canon Information Technology only lets smiling workers enter ro…
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• IKEA launches ecommerce service and mobile shopping app in Bengaluru
  Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA announced on Thursday the launch of its eCommerce services and mobile shopping app in Bengaluru. There will be over 8,000 home furnishing products and solutions t…
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• Internet outages hit Australian lenders, central bank
  Australia's central bank, the postal service and several commercial lenders as well as other companies grappled with internet outages on Thursday, disrupting customer services and financial transactio…
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Business Today Tech

• newRealme Narzo 30 5G, Narzo 30 4G, and 32-inch smart TV launching in India on June 24, check out their details
  Realme will bring two new smartphones under the Narzo 30 series next week.
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• newMotorola may launch another phone with 108-megapixel, Snapdragon 778 SoC
  To refresh your memory, the Lenovo-owned smartphone company had recently launched the Moto G60 in India with a 108-megapixel camera.
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• newOnePlus Nord CE 5G now receiving its first OxygenOS update, brings camera enhancements for HDR, nightscape
  OnePlus Nord CE 5G smartphone is now available in India and comes in three RAM and storage models. The Nord CE 5G price in India starts at Rs 22,999.
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• newGoogle Meet improves hand raise feature to make raised hands noticeable during meetings
  Google Meet in its blog stated that the hand raise feature so that it is easier to notice and address raised hands.
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• ESPL 2021 Level 1 Group A starts, where and how to watch the stream
  The tournament features a massive prize pool of Rs 25,00,000 distributed among the top 8 teams in the grand finals.
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• After Zoom, Microsoft tweaks Teams for hybrid work
  One of the features called 'front row' brings the video gallery to the bottom of the screen so that people calling in remotely are displayed at eye level with those in the conference room
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• New survey claims majority of users prefer reusing passwords risking self, workplace security online
  A new survey conducted by IBM Security warns of the rising negligence of online security as users increase digital activities during the pandemic.
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• Vodafone Idea led in terms of upload speed in May, Jio gave highest download speed
  This is the first time when TRAI clubbed a network speed of Vodafone and Idea after their merger in August 2018.
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• ESPL 2021: Check all the important details including the format, dates, and streaming platforms
  It is a nationwide eSports tournament first of its kind Free Fire tournament where teams will compete against rivals to represent eight cities across the country.
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• Sony India announces four-day special price offers on headphones, earbuds, speakers and other audio products
  The special price offer will go live from June 18, 2021, and will be valid till June 21, 2021, and can be availed across Sony retail stores.
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Techmeme

• newPUBG Mobile returns to Google Play Store in India with new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, after being banned for nine months on national security grounds (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
  Manish Singh / TechCrunch:PUBG Mobile returns to Google Play Store in India with new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, after being banned for nine months on national security grounds  —  Krafton,…
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• newSenate confirms ex-NSA director Chris Inglis as national cyber director; Congress still has not funded his office, despite authorizing him to hire 75 employees (Eric Geller/Politico)
  Eric Geller / Politico:Senate confirms ex-NSA director Chris Inglis as national cyber director; Congress still has not funded his office, despite authorizing him to hire 75 employees  —  Inglis,…
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• newSplash Financial, a digital lending platform specializing in student loan refinancing, raises $44.3M Series B led by DST Global, Citi Ventures, and more (Jeremy Nobile/Crain's Cleveland Business)
  Jeremy Nobile / Crain's Cleveland Business:Splash Financial, a digital lending platform specializing in student loan refinancing, raises $44.3M Series B led by DST Global, Citi Ventures, and more …
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• newAPK teardown of new version of Google Play Services suggests that Google is working to build an Android device network like Apple's Find My (Mishaal Rahman/XDA Developers)
  Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers:APK teardown of new version of Google Play Services suggests that Google is working to build an Android device network like Apple's Find My  —  Because Apple tigh…
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• newSeattle-based Leafly, which runs an online marketplace for cannabis, raises $23M from existing investors; Leafly has 120M annual visitors (Laurel Deppen/GeekWire)
  Laurel Deppen / GeekWire:Seattle-based Leafly, which runs an online marketplace for cannabis, raises $23M from existing investors; Leafly has 120M annual visitors  —  Seattle-based online cannab…
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• new23andMe goes public via merger with a Richard Branson SPAC, raises $600M in IPO at a valuation of $3.5B; shares were up 21% on its first day at Nasdaq (Eric Rosenbaum/CNBC)
  Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:23andMe goes public via merger with a Richard Branson SPAC, raises $600M in IPO at a valuation of $3.5B; shares were up 21% on its first day at Nasdaq  —  - 23andMe, the ge…
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• newJPMorgan buys UK-based digital wealth manager Nutmeg, which has 140K+ customers and about $5B in assets under management; sources say deal is worth about $1B (Simon Clark/Wall Street Journal)
  
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• newTransform, which develops tools for businesses to query and build metrics from data troves, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A, after $4.5M seed in 2020 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
  Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:Transform, which develops tools for businesses to query and build metrics from data troves, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A, after $4.5M seed in 2020  —  The b…
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• Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
  Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments  —  Podcast…
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• Emails from 2016 show Ring provided ~100 LAPD officers with free devices or discount codes and encouraged them to promote its devices to fellow LAPD, the public (Johana Bhuiyan/Los Angeles Times)
  Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times:Emails from 2016 show Ring provided ~100 LAPD officers with free devices or discount codes and encouraged them to promote its devices to fellow LAPD, the public …
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• Adobe beats in Q2 with revenue of $3.84B, up 23% YoY, vs est. of $3.73B, with YoY revenues of Digital Media up 25%, Creative up 24%, and Document Cloud up 30% (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet)
  Stephanie Condon / ZDNet:Adobe beats in Q2 with revenue of $3.84B, up 23% YoY, vs est. of $3.73B, with YoY revenues of Digital Media up 25%, Creative up 24%, and Document Cloud up 30%  —  Adobe…
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• Nielsen announces a new metric, The Gauge, to measure streaming viewing in ~14,000 US homes via hardware that watches internet traffic passing through a router (John Koblin/New York Times)
  John Koblin / New York Times:Nielsen announces a new metric, The Gauge, to measure streaming viewing in ~14,000 US homes via hardware that watches internet traffic passing through a router  —  T…
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• Palmer Luckey's Anduril raises $450M Series D led by Elad Gil, with a16z and others participating; Anduril is now valued at $4.6B, up from $1.9B in July 2020 (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)
  Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:Palmer Luckey's Anduril raises $450M Series D led by Elad Gil, with a16z and others participating; Anduril is now valued at $4.6B, up from $1.9B in July 2020  —  The…
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• Study: 48% of ad traffic on "fake" news publishers and 32% of ad traffic on "low credibility sites" like Breitbart is served by Google (Ryan Barwick/Morning Brew)
  Ryan Barwick / Morning Brew:Study: 48% of ad traffic on “fake” news publishers and 32% of ad traffic on “low credibility sites” like Breitbart is served by Google  —  It's about a third…
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• Delivery startup Gopuff buys rideOS, which builds real-time routing and dispatch software for autonomous car fleets, source says for $115M in cash and stock (Liana Baker/Bloomberg)
  Liana Baker / Bloomberg:Delivery startup Gopuff buys rideOS, which builds real-time routing and dispatch software for autonomous car fleets, source says for $115M in cash and stock  —  Delivery…
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Forbes Tech

Techcrunch India

• Hit game PUBG Mobile returns to India with scores of questions
  Krafton, which filed for an IPO earlier this week, has built a gigantic gaming empire. If the firm is able to raise the target $5 billion from the IPO it will be the largest public offering in its hom…
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• Apna raises $70 million to help workers in India secure jobs
  Indian cities are home to hundreds of millions of low-skilled workers who hail from villages in search of work. Many of them have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic that has slowed several…
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• UBS investment makes Byju’s the most valuable startup in India
  Edtech giant Byju’s has become the most valuable startup in India after raising about $350 million in a new tranche of investment from UBS Group and Zoom founder Eric Yuan, Blackstone and others tha…
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• Temasek and General Atlantic in talks to back Indian neobank Open
  Bangalore-based neobank Open is in advanced stages of talks to raise about $100 million, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Temasek, the Singaporean government’s sovereign wealth fun…
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• Tiger Global in talks to invest in Classplus at over $250 million valuation
  Tiger Global is in talks to lead a $30 million round in Indian edtech startup Classplus, according to sources familiar with the matter. The new round, which includes both primary investment and second…
  - 7 days ago 11 Jun 21, 5:47am -
• Apple announces its 2021 Apple Design Award winners
  Apple incorporated the announcement of this year’s Apple Design Award winners into its virtual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) online event instead of waiting until the event had wrapped, lik…
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• Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film
  Jumpcut founder Kartik Hosanagar is a professor at the Wharton School, but about 10 years ago, he spent his summer in an unlikely way: he wrote a screenplay. Set in India, his script garnered some int…
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• Tata Digital to acquire majority stake in online pharmacy 1mg
  Tata Digital, the subsidiary of Tata Sons, said on Thursday it is acquiring a majority stake in digital health startup 1mg, the latest in a series of investments as the salt-to-steel Indian conglomera…
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• Refyne raises $20.1 million to help workers in India get faster access to wages
  A young Indian startup that is betting that earned wage access solutions will take off in the South Asian nation said on Wednesday it has closed a new round from high-profile investors. Bangalore-base…
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• Twitter restricts accounts in India to comply with government legal request
  Twitter disclosed on Monday that it blocked four accounts in India to comply with a new legal request from the Indian government. The American social network disclosed on Lumen Database, a Harvard Uni…
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• Paytm, India’s most valuable startup, confirms plan for an IPO
  Paytm, India’s most valuable startup, confirmed to its shareholders and employees on Monday that it plans to file for an IPO. In a letter to shareholders and employees, Paytm said that it plans to r…
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• Indian giant Tata Digital to invest $75 million in fitness startup CureFit
  Tata Digital, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, said on Monday it has signed a deal to invest up to $75 million in fitness startup CureFit. As part of the deal, CureFit co-founder and chi…
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• Investors race to win early-stage startup deals in India
  India may be grappling with the second wave of the coronavirus, rising unemployment and a dwindling economy, but the South Asian nation’s burgeoning startup ecosystem has never had it better. High-p…
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• Locus raises $50 million for its logistics management business
  Locus, a startup that uses AI to help businesses map out their logistics, said on Wednesday it has raised $50 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its presence. The new round, a Seri…
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• Home services platform Urban Company raises $255 million at $2.1 billion valuation
  Home services marketplace Urban Company said on Wednesday it has raised $255 million in a new financing round and confirmed a valuation of $2.1 billion, joining over a dozen other startups in India th…
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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

• EVs This Week: Electric Two-Wheelers In India Get Cheaper; Delhi’s Charging Infra Push & More
  The government has increased the incentive for electric two-wheelers to INR 15,000 per kWh from the earlier uniform subsidy of INR 10,000 per KWh for all EVs
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• Ultra HNIs And Family Offices Likely To Invest Up To $30 Bn In Indian Tech Startups By 2025: Report
  Ultra high net worth individuals (UHNI) are likely to invest up to $30 Bn+ in tech startups in India by…
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• India’s Crypto Economy | Hotbed For Global Giants
  Dear Reader, India has been a marketplace for the world since time immemorial. Home to more than 130 Cr people,…
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• Early Access To PUBG BattleGrounds India Begins For Selected Few
  South Korean videogame developer  Krafton Inc., announced that it would be opening up early access to its newly released game…
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• Nazara Technologies Acquires Gaming Agency Publishme For INR 20 Cr
  Gaming and sports media platform, Nazara Technologies Ltd has acquired a majority stake of 69.82% in Turkey and West Asia…
  - 18 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 10:26am -
• Amazon, Flipkart Challenge Karnataka HC Order Which Upheld CCI Probe
  Ecommerce majors including Flipkart and Amazon have challenged Karnataka High Court’s June 11 order which dismissed an earlier plea by…
  - 19 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 10:01am -
• Talent Recruitment Platform Sense Raises $16Mn In Series C Funding Round
  Talent engagement platform Sense has raised $16 Mn in a Series C round of funding led by Avataar Ventures, along…
  - 19 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 9:51am -
• Furniture Behemoth IKEA Launches Ecommerce Service In Bengaluru
  Swedish furniture and household appliances retailer IKEA announced the launch of its ecommerce services and unveiled  a mobile app for…
  - 19 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 9:33am -
• Etailers May Have To Suggest Indian Alternatives For Foreign-Made Goods Soon
  The Centre may tighten the ‘country of origin’ norms for ecommerce players in a bid to push the sale of…
  - 20 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 8:53am -
• Understanding The Right Metrics To Boost Your Revenue With Product Analytics
  The Indian startup ecosystem has matured over time, and businesses in this space have started to figure out the nitty-gritty…
  - 21 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 8:13am -
• Paytm Steps On The Pedal For $3-Bn IPO By Hiring Four Investment Banks
  Fintech giant Paytm has hired four banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs for its proposed initial public offering, according…
  - 21 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 8:12am -
• NV Capital Targets INR 500 Cr Corpus For Maiden Media & Entertainment Fund
  NV Capital will look to invest in content creators, India's rapidly-growing over-the-top audio and video streaming market as well as gaming and entertainment startups.
  - 21 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 8:10am -
• PharmEasy Sees Valuation Jump To $1.8 Bn With B Capital’s $20 Mn Transaction: Report
  B Capital is said to have picked up a minority stake in the online pharmacy and teleconsultation platform with the $20 Mn secondary deal
  - 23 hours ago 17 Jun 21, 5:54am -
• How D2C Startup Durmeric Is Innovating To Carve A Niche In INR 71K Cr Ayurvedic Products Market
  Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of health and well-being practised for more than 5,000 years, has apparently lost its mainstream…
  - 1 day ago 17 Jun 21, 3:10am -
• Will Paytm’s Transition Beyond Payments To Broader Fintech Play Lead To IPO Success?
  Paytm has a strong acquisition channel and a diverse revenue model through investments, insurance, banking, lending and other digital financial services, to supplement its core business of payments
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