india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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India-Based Car-Sharing Platform Zoomcar Completes Business Combination, Goes Public
India-Based Car-Sharing Platform Zoomcar Completes Business Combination, Goes Public
December 29, 2023  |  IPO

Zoomcar, an India-based peer-to-peer car-sharing platform focused on emerging markets, has gone public. The firm completed a previously announced business combination with Cayman Island-registered special...

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India to Block 9 Offshore Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers
India to Block 9 Offshore Virtual Digital Asset Service Providers
December 28, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU IND) aims to block the URLs of nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers (VDA SPs). The regulator has...

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IndusInd Bank Launches Corporate Credit Card on RuPay Network
IndusInd Bank Launches Corporate Credit Card on RuPay Network
December 27, 2023  |  Credit Cards

IndusInd Bank has launched a corporate credit card on the RuPay network. With this launch, the new eSvarna corporate credit card will integrate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) functionality, the bank...

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Indian Cloud Kitchen Firm Kitchens@ Raises $65 Million
Indian Cloud Kitchen Firm Kitchens@ Raises $65 Million
December 22, 2023  |  Investments

Indian cloud kitchen firm Kitchens@ has secured $65 million in Series C funding from London-based emerging growth investment firm Finnest. The company will use the...

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Paytm CEO Forecasts Profitability in Under a Year
Paytm CEO Forecasts Profitability in Under a Year
December 20, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Paytm is reportedly overhauling its wealth management operations as the FinTech aims to fast-track profitability. Part of the plan also involves the Indian company hiring more than...

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Meta Launches Small Business Partnership With India’s ONDC
Meta Launches Small Business Partnership With India’s ONDC
December 19, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta has teamed with India’s ONDC to help smaller merchants do business on WhatsApp. The partnership with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is...

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December 18, 2023  |  Business

There’s no smooth sailing for corporates into the end of 2023. As 2023 becomes 2024, and as we spotlighted here, the pandemic era relief has...

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Indian FinTechs Struggle After Crackdown on Unsecured Loans
Indian FinTechs Struggle After Crackdown on Unsecured Loans
December 18, 2023  |  Loans

India’s recent crackdown on unsecured consumer loans has reportedly placed increased pressure on FinTech lenders. The Financial Times (FT) examined the state of companies such...

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AI Startup Krutrim Rolls out India’s First Multilingual Large Language Model
AI Startup Krutrim Rolls out India’s First Multilingual Large Language Model
December 15, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Krutrim, an artificial intelligence startup founded by serial entrepreneur and CEO of Ola Group, Bhavish Aggarwal, made waves in the field of AI with the...

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