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The latest startup and technology news coming out of India.

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Amazon is fumbling in India

Amazon’s decision to overlook quick-commerce in India is now looking like a significant misstep.

Amazon is fumbling in India

Reliance, India’s largest conglomerate, reduced its workforce by 11%, or more than 42,000 people, in the financial year ended March 2024. 

Indian conglomerate Reliance slashed over 42,000 jobs last financial year

Manish Tiwary, the head of Amazon’s India operations, is leaving the firm “to pursue an opportunity outside of the company” as the U.S. e-commerce giant grapples with mounting pressure from…

Amazon’s India chief resigns amid intensifying competition

Indian space-tech startup EtherealX aims to test its fully reusable medium-lift vehicle in 20.

India’s EtherealX puts $5M seed toward fully reusable launch vehicles

Payments infrastructure firm Infibeam Avenues has acquired a majority 54% stake in Rediff.com for up to $3 million, a dramatic twist of fate for the 28-year-old business that was the…

Rediff, once an internet pioneer in India, sells majority stake for $3M

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Indian startups gut valuations ahead of IPO push

Ola Electric and FirstCry are set to test investor appetite with public listing, both pricing their shares below their previous valuation asks.

Indian startups gut valuations ahead of IPO push

Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chip to 5G smartphones in the sub-$100 price segment in India and other emerging markets.

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip aims to bring 5G to sub-$100 devices

Uber is now letting riders in India book up to three rides simultaneously.

Uber now lets users in India book three trips at once

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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

iCloud Private Relay has not been working for some Apple users across major markets, including the U.S., Europe, India and Japan.

Apple reports iCloud Private Relay global outages for some users

Apple has reduced prices of its iPhone models in India by 3-4% following a cut in import duties in the South Asian market.

Apple cuts iPhone price in India amid China slowdown

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

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

The Mumbai-based firm said one of its multisig wallets had suffered a security breach, and it was temporarily pausing all withdrawals from the platform.

WazirX halts withdrawals after losing $230 million, nearly half its reserves

The smart ring has long played second fiddle to the smart watch. While tech giants like Apple and Google duked it out over wrists for years, the ring has been…

Ultrahuman’s smart ring gets AFib detection

An Indian court has initiated insolvency proceedings against edtech giant Byju’s, once-valued at $22 billion.

Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, faces insolvency proceedings

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

When people start navigation on Google Maps, the vehicle’s speed is shown in miles or kilometers, depending on the region.

Google Maps is rolling out speedometer, speed limits on iPhone and CarPlay globally

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Investors chase wealth tech startups in India as affluent class grows

The high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth segments are booming in India, prompting some wealth management firms to aggressively expand their relationship manager networks to capture this market.

Investors chase wealth tech startups in India as affluent class grows

Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, on Friday denied any breach of its systems following reports of an alleged security lapse that has caused concern among its customers. The telecom group,…

India’s Airtel dismisses data breach reports amid customer concerns

CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based…

CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push

Unacademy is slashing another 250 jobs in latest round of cuts as Indian edtech sector continues to struggle.Q

Indian edtech Unacademy cuts another 250 jobs

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