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Ola suspends shared ride option in India
Ride-hailing giant Ola said on Friday evening that it is temporarily suspending its pool ride option, called Ola Share, in…
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Disney+ India launch postponed
Disney said on Friday that it is postponing the launch of its eponymous streaming service in India, one of the…
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Y Combinator-backed Kosh is a neobank for blue-collar workers in India
Dozens of startups have stepped up in India in recent quarters to improve banking experience for millions of users and…
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Salesforce hires former banker Arundhati Bhattacharya as chairperson and CEO of India business
Salesforce, the global giant in CRM, said on Wednesday that former banker Arundhati Bhattacharya will be joining the company on…
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China clamps down further on dissent as it expels journalists from NYT, WSJ, and WaPo
As China continues to handle the fallout of the novel coronavirus that first originated in Wuhan in Hubei province in…
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Google employee in Bangalore tests positive for coronavirus
Google said on Thursday that an employee at its office in Bangalore, India has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus…
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Asian stock markets fall as COVID-19 is declared a pandemic
American stock markets plunged on Wednesday, after the World Health Organization officially declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic. In…
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India used facial recognition tech to identify 1,100 individuals at a recent riot
Law enforcement agencies in India used facial recognition to identify more than 1,100 individuals who allegedly took part in communal…
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Now streaming on Hotstar in India: Disney+
Disney+ has arrived in India — weeks ahead of its scheduled launch date. The American giant revamped Hotstar app and populated…
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XYZ Reality secures £5M to bring a hologram headset to the construction industry
Augmented reality technology did not, it turns out, light the touch paper on a booming new industry. What we got…
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