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Swami Vivekananda Statue in Seattle
Lite Updates · 12 Apr 2026 · 2 min

Seattle and India Unveil First Swami Vivekananda Statue Supported by US City Government

Positioned steps away from Amazon's headquarters, this historic civilizational monument signals the Indian community's transition from transient tech workforce to permanent civic stakeholder.
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Harshita Arora Y Combinator
Lite Updates · 9 Apr 2026 · 2 min

Harshita Arora Appointed Youngest General Partner at Y Combinator After Scaling $700M Fintech AtoB

After building AtoB into a $700 million financial infrastructure powerhouse for the US trucking sector, 25-year-old Harshita Arora signals a structural adjustment in Silicon Valley’s venture leadership model.
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KreditBee Founders
Funding · Banking & Finance · 9 Apr 2026 · 2 min

KreditBee Raises $280 Million in Series E Led by Hornbill and Motilal Oswal to Scale Lending Book

The Bengaluru-based digital lender secures its unicorn status on the back of ₹2,700 crore in revenue, expanding into secured assets and prepping for a public market debut following its recent reverse-flip to India.
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Aman Gupta Offbeat
Funding · 7 Apr 2026 · 2 min

Aman Gupta’s OffBeat Studios Raises ₹100 Crore in Seed Round Led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

The boAt co-founder’s newly minted venture secures massive seed capital from Bessemer Venture Partners, signaling a strategic shift toward global technology and AI-driven models rather than a pure financial play.
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Aman Gupta Offbeat Studios
Lite Updates · 6 Apr 2026 · 2 min

How boAt’s Co-Founder Turned a Fake Controversy into a Viral Launch

The Shark Tank India judge sparked widespread online speculation with a cryptic relationship note, only to reveal it was a clever marketing hook to generate organic reach for his new venture.
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Publicis Groupe and Microsoft Deal
SaaS & Tech · 4 Apr 2026 · 3 min

Microsoft Shifts $700 Million Global Media Account From Dentsu to Publicis Groupe

The transition of the massive ad account underscores a structural industry shift where enterprise clients are aggressively prioritizing proprietary data architecture over traditional agency relationships.
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Side-by-side split image. On the left, thousands of counterfeit Sensodyne toothpaste tubes packed in brown cardboard boxes seized during a police raid. On the right, clean promotional images of authentic Sensodyne toothpaste packaging
D2C · 4 Apr 2026 · 2 min

Delhi Police Busts Fake Sensodyne Manufacturing Unit in Kanjhawala, Seizes Over 13,000 Tubes

Authorities seized 130 kilograms of chemical paste and thousands of fake tubes, highlighting a massive parallel economy that exploits fragmented retail channels and consumer trust in premium brands.
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Deloitte COO Nitin Kini
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 2 Apr 2026 · 3 min

Deloitte Pushes Ahead with 50,000 Hires in India as COO Nitin Kini Rejects AI Job Loss Fears

While the broader tech sector braces for automation-driven layoffs, Deloitte South Asia is pivoting toward complex problem-solving by training 30,000 existing employees and hiring 50,000 more to build its capability pipeline.
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Xovian Aerospace Founders
Funding · 1 Apr 2026 · 2 min

Xovian Aerospace’s $2 Million Infusion Accelerates India’s Push into Space-Based Signal Intelligence

The fresh capital positions the Bengaluru-based spacetech startup to deploy its proprietary hardware and capture the underutilized radio frequency spectrum for defense, maritime, and climate applications.
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Bachatt Founders
Funding · Banking & Finance · 31 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Bachatt Raises $12 Million in Series A Led by Accel to Expand Micro-Savings Platform

The wealthtech startup plans to use the fresh capital to scale its user base to 30 million and introduce AI-driven advisory and credit solutions tailored for merchants with fluctuating cash flows.
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Fanon Team
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 31 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Fanon Raises $1 Million in Pre-Seed Round Co-Led by Kalaari Capital and Gruhas

The Bengaluru-based social platform is consolidating the highly fragmented fandom economy, pulling Gen Z creators and audiences away from legacy forums into a single monetizable ecosystem.
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Zetwerk Founders
Funding · SaaS & Tech · 30 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Zetwerk Files Confidential Papers for ₹4,200 Crore IPO; Eyes ₹500 Crore

The contract manufacturing giant aims to strengthen its balance sheet with a ₹500 crore pre-IPO bridge round while shifting revenue dependence toward high-margin aerospace and defense contracts.
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Airtel Reddit Post
Lite Updates · Telecom · 30 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Frustrated Customer Buys AirtelBlack.com to Automate Public Complaints Against Telecom Giant

After facing 30 days of network downtime, a Reddit user purchased a premium Airtel domain and built an AI-powered wall of shame, forcing corporate to intervene and issue a refund.
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Raghav Chadha Telecom
Policy · Telecom · 29 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Government Pushes 30-Day Telecom Recharge Plans Following Raghav Chadha's Parliamentary Intervention

After AAP MP Raghav Chadha explicitly called out the 28-day billing cycle in Parliament as a mathematical trick to extract a 13th month of revenue, the government is leaning on telecom giants to enforce true monthly plans.
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Portrait of Vijaypat Singhania
Lite Updates · Founders · 29 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Vijaypat Singhania, Former Chairman of Raymond Group, Passes Away at 87

The Padma Bhushan awardee and legendary aviator turned a modest woollen mill into a retail powerhouse, establishing 'The Complete Man' as an iconic staple of Indian corporate history.
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Arjun Vaidya
D2C · 29 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Arjun Vaidya Warns D2C Founders: Legacy Brands Are Now Directly Cloning Your Products

Arjun Vaidya Warns D2C Founders: Legacy Brands Are Now Directly Cloning Your Products
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Beast Life Founders
Funding · D2C · 28 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Gaurav Taneja's BeastLife Silences Shark Tank Critics With a ₹320 Crore Valuation Jump

Months after a brutal rejection on national television, Gaurav Taneja’s profitable D2C nutrition brand secures ₹20 crore to aggressively scale offline distribution and hit a ₹500 crore revenue target.
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Jefferies Atunu Chakraborty HDFC
Lite Updates · Banking & Finance · 27 Mar 2026 · 2 min

HDFC Bank Faces Institutional Sell-Off Following Chairman's Abrupt Exit Over Governance Concerns

A sudden exit by the chairman over unspecified internal practices, followed by a total portfolio liquidation by a major global brokerage, raises urgent questions about HDFC Bank's risk management and post-merger realities.
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Puch AI Founder and UP CM Yogi
Policy · SaaS & Tech · 27 Mar 2026 · 3 min

UP Government Cancels ₹25,000 Crore MoU With Puch AI Over Financial Due Diligence Failure

Invest UP unilaterally terminated the massive artificial intelligence infrastructure agreement, citing the startup's critical lack of net worth and failure to establish credible financial linkages.
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Kuku Founders
Lite Updates · 27 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Kuku Enters Theatres With India's First Campus Zombie Comedy Following 1 Crore Subscriber Milestone

After capturing the mobile screens of over 10 million paying users, the content giant is weaponizing artificial intelligence and deep audience consumption data to build a highly scalable, tech-driven theatrical portfolio.
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Vijay Mallya RCB
Lite Updates · 26 Mar 2026 · 3 min

From ₹450 Crore to $1.78 Billion: The Mechanics Behind RCB’s Historic Buyout

What began in 2008 as a highly criticized branding exercise for a liquor company has just culminated in a $1.78 billion private equity and corporate mega-deal, permanently redefining the valuation floor for global sports assets.
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Kiran Mani
Lite Updates · SaaS & Tech · 26 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Kiran Mani Quits JioStar to Join OpenAI as Managing Director for Asia-Pacific

OpenAI has appointed former JioStar CEO Kiran Mani to a newly created role based in Singapore, signaling an aggressive push to capture the rapidly growing enterprise and consumer AI markets across India, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
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Dream Street Founder
Lite Updates · Markets & IPO · 25 Mar 2026 · 3 min

Dream Sports Enters Stock Broking With Dream Street to Take On Groww and Zerodha

Following a steep decline in gaming revenue and strict regulatory headwinds, the Dream11 parent company is leveraging its massive user base to challenge established discount brokers in the wealth management sector.
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Zepto founders
Lite Updates · Banking & Finance · 25 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Zepto Launches In-House Pay Later Facility With ₹10,000 Credit Limit

By launching an embedded 15-day credit cycle and one-tap checkout, Zepto is shifting the industry battleground from logistical speed to financial stickiness and user retention.
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Zomato and Swiggy Delivery Boy
Lite Updates · 25 Mar 2026 · 2 min

The Hidden Cost of Convenience: Why a ₹80 Restaurant Order Costs ₹250 on Zomato and Swiggy

A stark price comparison by content creator Nalini Unagar has ignited a broader ecosystem debate about platform commissions, hidden markups, and the unsustainable unit economics of online food delivery.
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Euler Motors Founder Saurav Kumar
Funding · EV & Mobility · 25 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Euler Motors Raises ₹437.5 Crore in Series E Led by Lightrock to Double Manufacturing Capacity

The commercial EV startup also secured an additional ₹250 crore in debt financing to expand its product line, boost production to 2,000 units per month, and scale its presence across 100 Indian cities.
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RCB IPL Trophy
Lite Updates · 25 Mar 2026 · 2 min

United Spirits Sells Royal Challengers Bengaluru to Aditya Birla Group and Blackstone Consortium for ₹16,660 Crore

The all-cash acquisition marks a major structural shift in the Indian sports business, bringing top-tier private equity and legacy conglomerates together to scale the country’s most commercially successful cricket franchise.
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Somerset Indus Capital Partners Founders
Funding · Healthcare · 24 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Somerset Indus Closes Oversubscribed $288M Fund to Back Mid-Market Indian Healthcare

The Mumbai-based private equity firm has exceeded its initial $250 million target, drawing heavy commitments from global institutional investors to deploy capital across India's growing healthcare delivery and pharma manufacturing sectors.
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Raghav Chadha Speech
Policy · FMCG · 24 Mar 2026 · 2 min

AAP MP Raghav Chadha Urges Government to Crack Down on FMCG Brands Selling Sugar Syrup as Fruit Juice

The AAP MP raised critical questions in the Rajya Sabha, demanding stricter front-of-pack warning labels for high-sugar drinks currently masquerading as healthy fruit juices.
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Rajasthan Royals Kal Somani
Lite Updates · 24 Mar 2026 · 2 min

The Billion-Dollar IPL Takeover: Kal Somani-Led Consortium Acquires Rajasthan Royals in $1.63 Billion Deal

The landmark acquisition by the US-based tech entrepreneur, backed by the owners of Walmart and the Detroit Lions, signals a massive influx of American institutional capital into the Indian Premier League.
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Ananya Birla’s Svatantra Microfin Empire Scales Up: Hits ₹22,000 Crore AUM Following Chaitanya Merger
Banking & Finance · 24 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Ananya Birla’s Svatantra Microfin Empire Scales Up: Hits ₹22,000 Crore AUM Following Chaitanya Merger

Following final NCLT approvals, the integration of the former Navi Group asset creates a 25,000-employee powerhouse serving 5 million rural and underbanked customers.
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Aloke Singh Indigo
Lite Updates · 24 Mar 2026 · 2 min

IndiGo Appoints Former Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh as Chief Strategy Officer to Lead Global Expansion

The aviation veteran joins InterGlobe Aviation just weeks after the sudden resignation of CEO Pieter Elbers, signaling a crucial leadership reset as the carrier eyes aggressive international expansion.
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Swish founders
Funding · 24 Mar 2026 · 1 min

Swish Raises $38M in Series B Led by Hara Global and Bain Capital Ventures to Scale 10-Minute Food Delivery

10-minute food delivery startup Swish raises $38M in a Series B round led by Hara Global and Bain Capital Ventures, hitting a $140M valuation
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OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky
Lite Updates · 23 Mar 2026 · 2 min

OnlyFans Owner Leonid Radvinsky Passes Away at 43 Amid $5.5B Majority Stake Sale Talks

The Ukrainian-American tech entrepreneur transformed the digital creator economy with a highly lucrative subscription model, leaving behind a massive, privately-held cash engine currently exploring an acquisition.
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Coindcx founders
Lite Updates · Banking & Finance · 23 Mar 2026 · 2 min

CoinDCX Founders Arrested in ₹71.6 Lakh Fraud Probe; Company Cites Massive Impersonation Scam

Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal face police custody over an FIR alleging franchise fraud, highlighting a severe escalation in how impersonation scams are impacting India's digital finance leaders.
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Exponent Energy founders
Funding · EV & Mobility · 23 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Exponent Energy Raises $20M in Extended Series B Led by 360 One and TDK Ventures to Scale 15-Minute EV Charging Network

The Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup bags Rs 182 crore in an extended round, underscoring strong investor conviction in proprietary hardware that solves the ultimate commercial EV bottleneck: charging downtime.
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Neo Group founder Nitin Jain with team
Funding · Banking & Finance · 23 Mar 2026 · 2 min

Neo Group Raises Rs 500 Crore in Private Equity Round Led by TVS Capital to Expand Specialized Wealth Solutions

The Mumbai-based wealth and asset management firm joins the coveted unicorn club as demand for bespoke financial solutions among India's ultra-rich continues to surge.
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