Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let’s take a look.
05 Jul, 2025, 07.26 AM IST
New players in UPI sweepstakes; Urban Company’s IPO papersHappy Tuesday! In the longstanding UPI battle, fresh players are giving incumbents a tough fight. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning D...
29 Apr, 2025, 07.30 AM IST
India’s emerging as next chip-making destination: Ashwini Vaishnaw; VCs reach out to CBDT on angel taxHappy Friday! Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told ET in an interview that some major players expect India to be the next chip-making de...
02 Jun, 2023, 07.38 AM IST
MeitY’s new online gaming rules explained and other top stories this weekThe Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) will notify at least three self regulatory organisations (SROs), which will de...
08 Apr, 2023, 08.15 AM IST
How startups are cutting cloud costs, renegotiating deals with service providersOver the past months, several startups have been approached by AWS rivals to switch over for lesser pricing, multiple founders who have bee...
27 Mar, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
Cloud services wage price war as startups cut costs; wary IT firms may halve hiring of engineersAmid the ongoing funding crunch, Indian startups are cutting their spends on cloud storage and renegotiating contracts with service provide...
27 Mar, 2023, 07.24 AM IST
Festive sales stoke demand; EPAM sacks 100 in IndiaThe buoyant start to the festive sales – which will continue till Diwali -- comes after muted growth over the past six to eight months, owi...
03 Oct, 2022, 07.23 AM IST
Musk moves to delay Twitter trialElon Musk and Twitter are scheduled to face off in a Delaware court from October 17 as the social media company looks to force through a $4...
03 Sep, 2022, 07.53 AM IST
India’s five-year wait for a data law continuesHere’s a look back at how the legislation first came to be, and the twists and turns it took before landing back at square one.
06 Aug, 2022, 09.06 AM IST
WhatsApp, Grammarly, and other Ukrainian startup gemsWhatsapp was cofounded in 2009 by Jan Koum, a Ukrainian emigrant to the US. Koum was born in 1976 in Fastiv, the city where Russia began it...
26 Mar, 2022, 10.09 AM IST
Data centre firms ask govt to ease rules; Meesho served notice for 'flouting rules'If data centre companies want to set up their own dark fibre networks, they will have to come to a similar revenue share arrangement under ...
25 Mar, 2022, 08.11 AM IST
Do reconsider, Amazon tells FRL directors; data bill waivers worry IT firmsAmazon India has shot off another letter to Future Retail’s independent directors after they rejected the US-based etailer’s bailout offer ...
28 Jan, 2022, 05.40 AM IST
Flipkart’s priorities in 2022; crypto firms seek tax clarityFlipkart will put diversification on hold and focus on key verticals like grocery, hyperlocal deliveries and value-focussed ecommerce this ...
04 Jan, 2022, 07.43 AM IST
Meesho's non-discount; crypto bill to ban transfers between exchangesWhen Meesho wrote to its sellers earlier this week about an upcoming sale, the company chose its words carefully, saying it would offer a m...
09 Dec, 2021, 06.26 AM IST
Govt to move bill banning all 'private' crypto; stock options are the new goldIndia's long wait for cryptocurrency regulations could be coming to an end. Next week, the government will table a bill in Parliament that ...
24 Nov, 2021, 07.06 AM IST
Exclusive interview with Prosus CEOToday we bring you an exclusive interview with Bob van Dijk, CEO of Prosus, which announced on Tuesday that it would pay a whopping $4.7 bi...
03 Sep, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
How smart MSMEs are harnessing digital wave to come out of twin shocks of GST and note banA digital wave and formalisation are ending old practices, helping sturdier and stronger companies emerge.
24 Nov, 2019, 09.59 AM IST