Delhi HC issues notice to RBI and others on cryptocurrency order
The Delhi High Court has admitted a petition by Ahmedabad based cryptocurrency exchange CoinRecoil which challenges the RBI's order that barred all reg…
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Chat is Google’s attempt to bring text messages on par with WhatsApp and others
This article has been rewritten after it was pointed out that the previous version had factual errors Google is taking another shot at getting a foo…
Meru starts rolling out EVs in Hyderabad; status of EVs in India
Mumbai-based cab service provider Meru Cabs has partnered with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd to roll out electric vehicles (EVs) in India, starting with …
Paytm claims to have 100 million KYC-compliant wallet customers
Payments company Paytm has revealed that more than 100 million of its wallet customers have completed their know-your-customer (KYC) process, as mandat…
RBI updates KYC norms, makes linking Aadhaar with bank accounts mandatory
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made seeding of Aadhaar number in bank accounts mandatory as part of updated ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ guidelines,…
Beauty e-tailer Nykaa raises Rs 75 crore in fourth funding round
Cosmetics and beauty e-commerce platform Nykaa has raised Rs 75 crore funding in a new round, reports Economic Times. The company, ET says, is being va…
Healthtech startup Visit secures funding from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone & others
Delhi-based healthtech startup Visit has raised a funding of undisclosed amount from Twitter's co-founder Biz Stone has invested an undisclosed amount,…
Netflix has no near-term plans to lower its pricing in India
In its earnings call with investors, on a question about taking a more aggressive approach in emerging markets with lower price points in countries lik…
Rootconf brings you the best in DevOps, SRE and security – #Ad
Technology infrastructure is complicated and messy. Recent debates on Aadhaar and security breaches from leaky infrastructures across industry and gove…
Top 10 stories of the week: April 16th to 22nd April 2018
In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 22nd April 2018 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for t…
Google disallows domain fronting, evading censorship becomes difficult
A recent change in Google’s network built has disallowed the usage of the platform for domain fronting, much to the discomfort of many. The change was …
Star India claims highest 1st-week viewership for IPL; 22% from Hotstar
Star India has claimed that the viewership for IPL 2018 in the first week has been the highest-ever in the decade-long history of the tournament. Inter…