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Paytm to launch co-branded credit cards linked extensively to its digital financial ecosystem

Paytm, the over $10Bn valued Indian digital payments giant, is announcing the…
Reliance

Reliance Retail gets $498Mn from General Atlantic

It seems as if the exact same storyline keeps repeating itself time…
Google

Several of core Google services are back up after a brief outage

Several of Google’s core services, such as Meet, Classroom etc. were down…

Unacademy acquires Coursavy, a UPSC-focused test preparation platform

Fresh from a $150Mn Softbank-led round, edtech platform Unacademy has announced acquisition…
Reliance

Reliance Retail gets $747Mn from KKR for a 1.28% stake at a $57B pre-money valuation

Mukesh Ambani is leveraging his existing investor firepower from the over $20Bn…

Homegrown robotics upstart GreyOrange scores $100Mn at a $700Mn valuation

GreyOrange robotics, one of India’s finest and perhaps most prominent homegrown robotics…

Twitter confirms PM Modi’s personal website twitter account was hacked

In what would add up to the recent hacking of Twitter accounts…

Delhi government committee calls Facebook “co-accused” in February Delhi riots

In what would act as a fresh blow to an already troubled…

Newly appointed TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns post Trump’s executive order to ban the app

In what would be a serious body blow to an already troubled…
byjus

Byju’s raises more money, gets $122Mn from billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST Global

Byju’s phenomenal fundraising spree ins’t coming to a halt anytime soon. After…

Blackberry phones with physical keyboard will make yet another comeback in 2021

Blackberry in the smartphone world is becoming more like the “rising from…

Masai School gets $2.5Mn in Pre-Series A for its unique skills-focused schooling program

Masai School, an online+offline skilling platform that imparts industry-relevant skills instead of…

Congress party says Facebook favours India’s ruling BJP when it comes to content moderation

Taking their political rivalry to the social media field, India’s primary opposition…
Uber

Uber might temporarily shut services in California due to driver reclassification court ruling, says CEO

Companies like Uber and Lyft have found a way to employ a…
Twitter Logo

New Twitter feature that limits replies to tweets, is now available for all

For some time now, Twitter has been testing a new setting with…
Amazon Prime

Over 1 million Prime members shopped during its biggest ever India Prime day sale, says Amazon

In a long rundown of the milestones that Amazon achieved during its…
Xiaomi

Xiaomi to release a new version of its MIUI in India without pre-installation of newly blocked apps

India recently announced extending its Chinese app bans to a few other…

Twitter, Youtube and Facebook take down Trump video clip where he claims children are immune to COVID-19

In a rare uniform action taken across the aisle by social media…