TikTok Competitor Chingari Raises $1.3 Million Seed Round
India’s social media upstarts are filling their war-chests to try to fill in the void created by the ban of TikTok. Homegrown TikTok…
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Flipkart Announces Accelerator Program Startup Leap, Will Give Equity-Free Grants Of $25k To Startups
From itself being a fledgling startup 13 years ago, to helping out new startups now, Flipkart seems to have come a full circle….
Zomato Introduces Controversial “Period Leaves”, Women Employees To Get Extra 10 Leaves Per Year
Indian startups might be mired in crores of losses, but they’re still experimenting with some controversial HR ideas. Zomato has introduced the concept…
Google, Facebook To Let Employees Work From Home Till Mid 2021
The biggest companies in the world seem to be in no hurry to return to offices after the coronavirus lockdowns had forced employees…
Byju’s Acquires 20-Month Old Mumbai Startup Whitehat Jr For Rs. 2,250 Crore
The coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a pall of gloom for India’s startup industry, but it’s also seen some incredible deals being…
Xiaomi’s Browser App, Bytedance App CapCut And Other Apps Banned By India After Initial Ban On 59 Apps
India has continued its hardline stand against Chinese apps, after having previously banned 59 Chinese apps in June. Several Chinese apps have been…
Vivo Pulls Out As IPL’s Title Sponsor In Most High-Profile China Boycott Move Yet
The ban of Chinese apps might just have been the first fallout of the India-China border standoff, which is still ongoing after over…
UPI Creates Record, Registers Highest-Ever Transactions And Transaction Values In July
It’s might be still early days to determine if India’s economy is bouncing back from the coronavirus crisis, but there’s an indicator that’s…
TikTok Agrees To Sell Its US Operations, Hours After Trump Threatened To Ban Chinese App: Reports
After India had banned TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps last month, the US also appears to have forced the app to leave…