11 posts tagged ‘india’
Accel could raise billions for India, but it’s sticking to $650 million
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Accel has maintained its India fund size at $650 million for its eighth vehicle, even as other venture firms in the region are racing to raise increasingly larger pools of capital. The firm had ample opportunity to raise “multi-billion dollars,” said Shekhar Kirani, partner at Accel, in an interview with TechCrunch. But unlike peers who […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Hindustan Unilever in talks to acquire Peak XV-backed Minimalist for up to $350M
Consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever is in advanced talks to acquire four-year-old direct-to-consumer startup Minimalist for up to $350 million, according to two people familiar with the matter. An acquisition would add to the Unilever subsidiary’s buying spree in India, where it expanded into the health and wellbeing category by acquiring Oziva and Wellbeing Nutrition […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
More than half a dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention from government authorities, TechCrunch has learned. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders for the apps, according to a document reviewed by TechCrunch and a disclosure made […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Hair dryer explodes in woman's hand. Police investigate foul play
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A 37-year-old woman from Karnataka, India, suffered severe injuries to her palms and fingers after a hair dryer exploded in her hand. Police are now investigating the incident and suspect foul play. According to The Independent, Basavarajeshwari Yarnal collected a parcel on behalf of her neighbor, identified only as Sasikala. — Read the rest The post Hair dryer explodes in woman's hand. Police investigate foul play appeared first on Boing Boing.
Lawsuit to Reveal Wikipedia Editors
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Glyn Moody: As Techdirt stories attest, Wikipedia has been attacked in the past for publishing true information that somebody doesn’t like. As well as wanting articles to be censored, those behind such attacks often also demand the names of those who worked on the article. Something similar is now happening in India, where the Indian […]
Google Drive Blackout in Italy
Andy Maxwell (via Hacker News): After blocking Cloudflare [link] to prevent IPTV piracy just a few months ago, on Saturday the rightsholders behind Piracy Shield ordered Italy's ISPs to block Google Drive. The subsequent nationwide blackout, affecting millions of Italians, wasn't just a hapless IP address blunder. […] The domain/subdomain blocked in the image above […]
Half of Apple’s India smartphone shipments are now iPhone 15
The iPhone 15 and its many iterations comprised more than half of Apple’s Q4 smartphone shipments of nearly 2.8 million units in India, Canalys said in its quarterly report. The handset has seen remarkable success in India as Apple pushed the latest models during the festive sales, which occur across online and offline channels in […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google pulls Binance, other global crypto apps from India store
Google pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India on Saturday in what is the latest blow to the world’s second largest internet market’s already dwindling web3 dream. The ban comes two weeks after these global crypto exchanges were flagged for operating “illegally” in the South Asian market. Financial […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.