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An economic powerhouse of over 1 billion people, India continues to be a hotbed of technology that molds the old with the new.

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Singapore links up with India to ease cross-border funds transfers

Link between both countries' real-time payment systems is touted as the first to tap a cloud-based infrastructure and that includes non-bank financial institutions as participants.

February 21, 2023 by Eileen Yu in Finance

Sequoia offers to connect SEA, India early-stage startups with tech veterans

VC firm says its Pathfinders platform aims to connect early-stage founders from Southeast Asia and India with "seasoned" business leaders, particularly in the US, who can guide the startups in their go-to-market plans and potentially invest in these young companies.

September 8, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Startups

Singtel to divest Bharti Airtel shares valued at $1.6B

Singapore telco will sell off a 3.3% direct stake to its Indian joint venture Bharti Telecom for SG$2.25 billion ($1.61 billion), with plans to tap the funds to drive its growth plans that include 5G.

August 25, 2022 by Eileen Yu in Mobile Carriers

The rise of India's latest edtech unicorn holds lessons for other startups

Alakh Pandey has produced astonishing results with no marketing spend, while his competitors burned billions of dollars. How did he do it?

July 20, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

As kids return to school, Indian edtech faces challenges ahead

Companies have spent billions of dollars to expand their services but there could be change ahead for some.

July 7, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

Remote work is fuelling global IT's unsustainably sky-high attrition rates

While remote tech workers hold the advantage in the short run, they will need to constantly upgrade their skill set in order to prevent their replacement by automation.

May 26, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Productivity

India reaffirms commitment to new cybersecurity rules

Service providers will be required to maintain a database that includes user IP addresses, names, and contact information.

May 19, 2022 by Julian Bingley in Security

Musk's vague ideas of free speech and Tesla's ambition could spell doom for India's minorities

OPINION: His position may allow a lethal flow of hate speech targeting minorities to flourish on Twitter, while Tesla could be given a special deal in return for a free pass to stifle Twitter-based criticism of the Modi government.

May 10, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Social Media

Directorate of Enforcement seizes $725 million from Xiaomi India

The company responded by claiming its actions were all 'legit and truthful'.

May 1, 2022 by Julian Bingley in Mobile Carriers

India's EV industry faces heat as electric scooters go up in flames

Just as the industry was poised to soar, e-scooter makers will have to work fast to win back consumer confidence.

April 21, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

Extended cyber detection and response facing implementation challenges in APAC

The lack of implementation expertise, in-house staff resources, and recognition of cyberthreats by organisation leaders are the main reasons for the lack of certain cyber solutions, according to a Trellix survey.

April 13, 2022 by Campbell Kwan in Security

Paytm's greater fools: Lessons from a disastrous IPO

How did so many people dupe themselves into thinking that Paytm was a sure bet? Not paying attention to some basic rules of how to value a fintech company, or any company, did them in.

March 23, 2022 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation

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