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Zomato

Zomato reports first quarterly profit, revenue jumps 54% YoY to reach ₹2786 crore

Zomato reported its Q1’24 earnings today, with the headline being the company…

ISRO successfully places Chandrayaan-3 into orbit, lunar landing expected August 23rd

India’s space agency ISRO has successfully launched and placed into orbit, country’s…

Gmail will now let you share availability from Google Calendar

Gmail is getting more intuitive by the day, with a new release…

Online gaming, casinos to attract 28% GST in India, country’s highest indirect tax bracket

In a setback to a fledgling online gaming industry in the world’s…

Smartstaff raises $6.2Mn in Series A as it expands its blue collar workforce management platform

Smartstaff, the Blume Ventures / Nexus VP-backed blue collar workforce management and…

India will “regulate AI in same way as other emerging tech”, says Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

In a press conference today that highlighted India’s progress in terms of…

Byju’s sues ‘hawkish, predatory’ lenders over $1.2B term loan, cancels any future payments till resolution

EdTech giant Byju’s has recently filed a lawsuit against its lenders concerning…

WWDC 2023: Apple announces a new M2 Ultra chip, a 15-inch Macbook Air and 2 new Macs

While most of the anticipation for this year’s Apple WWDC was focused…

Byju’s says it will aim for an IPO for test-prep arm Aakash in 2024

Aakash, the offline test preparation giant that Byju’s acquired in 2021 for…

Google has announced the Pixel Fold

Pretty much validating the rumours we have been hearing all around, Google…

Pando raises $30Mn in Series B for its AI-powered logistics platform that eases supply chain disruptions

Global supply chains, across sectors, across industries, haven’t remained the same in…

Tech consulting major Accenture to lay off 19000 employees, 2.5% of its global workforce

In a sector that was generally being seen a safe bet for…
Lenskart

Lenskart raises $500Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Confirming reports from last week, Lenskart has confirmed raising a $500Mn round…

OpenAI releases GPT-4, a new multimodal AI available to its paying users via ChatGPT Plus

OpenAI, the parent behind the infamous AI chatbot ChatGPT, has announced the…

Zomato tries hand at affordable daily meals delivery through ‘Zomato Everyday’

Zomato is looking to try its hand at a brand new delivery…

Oil & gas major Petronas backs Indian battery-tech startup Log9 in $40Mn Series B fundraise

Petronas, the Malaysian oil & gas major, has backed Log9, an Indian…
PhonePe Flipkart

PhonePe gets $350Mn in latest round from General Atlantic, valued at nearly $12Bn

Fundraising hasn’t been as bright as it was during 2021 for Indian…

Breathe Well-being, a healthtech platform that helps cut down Type 2 Diabetes medication, gets $6Mn from General Catalyst, others

India, for a significantly long time, has been among top 3 nations…
Microsoft

Microsoft confirms 10,000 employees are being laid off across divisions

Confirming earlier reports of a big job cut coming in at Microsoft,…
AutoX fleet

GoMechanic, the Sequoia India-backed auto services startup, lays off 70% employees amid financial misreporting

In a story that would once again highlight the “growth at all…