Indian messaging service Gupshup raises $100M from Tiger Global at a $1.4B valuation, bringing its total raised to $150M

  Techmeme   ·   2 days ago

API Holdings, the parent company of Indian online pharmacy Pharmeasy, raises $350M; sources say the deal gives Pharmeasy a post-money valuation of $1.5B

  Techmeme   ·   4 days ago

Facebook is testing a new opt-in feature for select users in India that will promote their Instagram Reels on Facebook

  Techmeme   ·   1 month ago

Cyber-attack campaigns originating from Russia, China, Korea, and the Middle East have been targeting pharmaceutical companies.

  Reddit   ·   1 month ago

Amazon partners with Foxconn to establish its first device manufacturing line in India, operational later this year, to make Fire TV sticks locally

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

KreditBee, which offers personal loans and loans for consumer products, raises $75M Series C from Azim Premji's PremjiInvest and others

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

VerSe Innovation, parent of news aggregator Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ Series H led by Qatar Investment Authority

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

PayPal says it will wind down its domestic payment operations in India by April 1 and focus on its existing cross-border trade business

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Signal gaining popularity in India after WhatsApp policy changes

  Hacker News   ·   3 months ago

India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind news app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ at $1B+ valuation from Google, Microsoft, and others

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Pine Labs, which makes POS software and provides last-mile retail transaction tech for merchants, raises $75M-$100M at a $2B valuation

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Google unveils an open source multilingual language model supporting 16 Indian languages to help researchers and students build tech in local languages

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Snap executive says Snapchat's DAU in India grew 150% YoY in Q3, as Snap announces a slate of new India-specific original series and mini games

  Techmeme   ·   6 months ago

After pushback from Indian developers, Google says it will delay the enforcement of its 30% cut on IAPs from Play Store in India from Sept. 2021 to April 2022

  Techmeme   ·   6 months ago

India and France to build and launch satellites to trace spillage of oil and for tracking and monitoring ships

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Indian IT services company HCL Technologies acquires Australian IT firm DWS for $115.8M to expand its offerings in Australia and New Zealand

  Techmeme   ·   7 months ago

IIT Bombay, Shiv Nadar researchers develop environment friendly,cost efficient lithium batteries

  Reddit   ·   7 months ago

Sources: India is examining an additional 275 Chinese apps, including PubG, AliExpress, and Resso, for a potential ban citing national security and user privacy

  Techmeme   ·   9 months ago

Apple has started making its flagship iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant near Chennai, the first time it has manufactured a top-of-the-line model in India

  Techmeme   ·   9 months ago

‘Embarrassed’ Twitter reveals 130 accounts were hacked, 8 profiles downloaded

  Reddit   ·   9 months ago

TikTok predicts over $6 bn loss from India’s ban: Report

  Reddit   ·   9 months ago

How countries are using technology to fight coronavirus

  Reddit   ·   1 year ago

Indian phone-maker Lava International says it has signed an agreement for a $90M investment over the next three years with Global Emerging Markets Group

  Techmeme   ·   1 year ago

LG announces CEO Jo Seong-jin will be replaced by Brian Kwon Dec. 1, amid 2020 leadership shakeup and LG smartphone division's 18th straight quarterly loss

  Techmeme   ·   1 year ago

AngelList launches its VC and angel fund product in India, which will allow individuals to raise small blind pools of capital and deploy them within 6-12 months

  Techmeme   ·   1 year ago

Hackers attack Indian healthcare website, steal 6.8 million records. | A US-based cyber security firm said cyber criminals – mostly China-based are directly selling data stolen from healthcare organisations and web portals globally including in India in the underground markets.

  Reddit   ·   2 years ago

H-1B Visa denials at all-time high

  Hacker News   ·   2 years ago

ByteDance to set up a data center in India to store Indian user data locally, says its social app Helo has 50M MAUs and TikTok has 120M MAUs in the country

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

India-based MogliLabs, which operates the B2B industrial goods marketplace Moglix, raises $60M Series D, sources say at a valuation between $200M and $300M

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Sources: as part of a new strategy to drive value in India instead of volume, Apple stopped selling the iPhone SE, 6, 6 Plus, and 6s Plus in the country

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

Sources: Apple's Wistron contractor in India has begun exporting 70%-80% of iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 units assembled to European markets

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

India-based Razorpay, which helps businesses process and manage digital payments, raises $75M Series C at what sources say is a valuation of ~$450M

  Techmeme   ·   2 years ago

New draft law in India proposes a 10 year jail term for dealing in cryptocurrencies. Besides making them illegal, the bill makes holding any cryptocurrency a non-bailable offence.

  Reddit   ·   2 years ago