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India built a Rs 50,000 crore MSME fund to fight VCs’ tech bias. It still became a tech backer

Of the 750 companies the fund has invested in, seven out of 10 are tech-heavy—defying the fund’s intention of backing traditional manufacturers

04.06.2026 20

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What does Zoho offer as India’s new official email provider: security or Indianness?

As the world migrates to open-source software, India is going the opposite way—to a closed, proprietary stack it claims is safer

30.04.2026 40

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Adani’s think tank flexes its muscles in Delhi

Chintan Research Foundation, just two years old, is already claiming a role in shaping policy—while staying tethered to a powerful patron

07.04.2026 30

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Inside Bihar’s plan to disrupt VC-fuelled farm advisory

India is laying down public digital farm-advisory infrastructure that could complement or rival agritech firms. And Bihar is showing the way

19.03.2026 40

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Accel to Antler: how VCs are reining in India’s AI startups

12.02.2026 30

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New data law has HDFC Bank, Amazon, Paytm, and others shopping for help

“No, you cannot reach out to a customer on your own and take consent on Whatsapp,” Gaurav Mehta told a client.  “But my chatbot is already in...

18.01.2026 30

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Can Duolingo keep India speaking when AI can translate everything?

02.12.2025 30

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Big AI shows up in India. The antitrust regulator hasn’t got the memo

04.11.2025 20

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Reliance, NTT-Oracle power India’s data-centre boom. Smaller rivals are left with their dreams

03.10.2025 20

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IRMA’s rural MBA wasn’t broken. Delhi fixed it anyway

01.09.2025 30

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