Meesho's Q3 losses balloon & other earningsEcommerce firm Meesho's losses widened despite strong revenue growth. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
30 Jan, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
India AI Mission cohort 2.0; Tata's Apple windfallIndia AI Mission has selected eight more firms to build foundational AI models. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
18 Sep, 2025, 07.42 PM IST
Ban-hit real money gaming companies fire 2,000 setting off a scramble for jobsNearly 2,000 employees at real money gaming (RMG) firms including MPL, Games24x7, Zupee, PokerBaazi, and Head Digital have lost jobs after ...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.39 AM IST
Kavin Bharti Mittal’s Hike to shut operations amid govt’s real money gaming banHike, the 13-year-old startup founded by Kavin Bharti Mittal, is shutting down following the Indian government's ban on real money gaming. ...
13 Sep, 2025, 06.29 PM IST
Zupee to lay off 170 employees, restructure ops amid new regulatory frameworkZupee has announced a layoff impacting 170 employees. This decision follows the enactment of the Online Gaming Act, 2025. The act bans real...
11 Sep, 2025, 08.45 PM IST
BigBasket top brass churn; RMG ban pain manifestsHappy Tuesday! BigBasket CEO Hari Menon is expected to take a step back as part of a leadership transition. This and more in today's ETtech...
02 Sep, 2025, 07.33 AM IST
Real-money gaming apps see sharp decline in downloads, begin layoffsThe Online Gaming Bill, 2025 triggered a collapse in real-money gaming apps, with downloads plunging 60–95% for MPL, Winzo, and Zupee. Drea...
02 Sep, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Real money gaming ban leaves 2,000+ workers searching for new jobsFollowing the recent ban on online money games in India, over 2,000 gaming professionals are seeking new opportunities. Real money gaming c...
01 Sep, 2025, 12.46 PM IST
How layoffs reordered Indian startups this year, and other top tech stories this weekStartups laid off over 28,000 people just in the first three quarters of 2023. This alone was over 50% higher than 2022, when companies let...
23 Dec, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
Deepfakes a ticking bomb for video KYCs; Indian startups cut 28,000 jobs in brutal 2023Nithin Kamath, the chief executive of Zerodha, one of India’s largest stockbrokers, took to social media to post a deepfake image of himsel...
19 Dec, 2023, 09.02 AM IST
Online gaming companies to slow spends during cricket world cupA senior executive at one of the large online real money gaming platforms told ET that the company is planning to spend only a fourth of wh...
20 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Layoffs and shutdowns as GST chars real-money gaming companiesLarger firms, with real-money gaming as a part of their strategy, may acquire smaller ones.
11 Aug, 2023, 12.08 PM IST
Tech earnings a mixed bag in Q3 & other big stories this weekMost of the listed tech companies have seen stock valuations halve as investors dumped them in favour of established businesses.
11 Feb, 2023, 07.29 AM IST
MeitY ban on loan apps includes non-Chinese players too; Dell to lay off 6,650 employeesOn Sunday, the Indian government issued orders to block 138 betting and gambling apps and 94 loan providing apps due to foreign links on an...
06 Feb, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
Angel tax: valuation rules under review; online gaming firms miffed with IAMAIThe Budget 2023-24, presented in Parliament last week, sparked fears of the government bringing foreign investors under the ambit of angel ...
06 Feb, 2023, 09.51 AM IST
Tax sops top crypto, gaming firms’ budget demands; govt urged to mandate local storage of dataThe crypto industry meanwhile has asked the government to reduce the 1% TDS on crypto transactions, and review income tax provisions to all...
17 Jan, 2023, 07.57 AM IST
Despite turbulence in sector, some startups still bullish on campus hiringThe Gurgaon-based startup has already made around 30 offers across IITs and 25 offers across Lady Shri Ram College (LSR), SRCC (Shri Ram Co...
11 Dec, 2022, 06.11 AM IST