Take One: Big story of the day
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Crypto and Web3 startups in India attract funding despite the broad sell-off in digital assets
The meltdown is just a bump in the road, according to experts. There's plenty of capital available in the system for early-stage startups and the funding indicates investors' long-term bullishness
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Women at work: Can we bridge the gender pay gap once and for all?
Income disparity is a result of systemic biases, socio-cultural norms, and low representation of women at the workplace, which companies can address by being more intentional about equity, and the government, through policy change
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How China's growing supply chain constraints are giving Apple's India play a big boost
The attention to India is very high now for the smartphone manufacturer thanks to the government's production-linked incentive. The push towards localisation in the country has helped Apple in its domestic sales too
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Square peg in a round hole: Meet LeadSquared, India's first unicorn without VC money
How sales automation SaaS platform sharply focussed on India, roped in a clutch of angels and PEs and barged into the coveted $1 billion-valuation club
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Genrobotics: Scaling up while cleaning up
The Kerala-based robotics startup, which began with machines to clean sewers, is growing in size and scope while doing social good
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The necessary 5G gamble for telcos
The entry of enterprises into the 5G technology ecosystem increases revenue uncertainties for telcos. The 5G rollout is imminent by 2022-end, but monetising this is going to be tough
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Super apps have never really worked in India. Can Tata Neu change that?
Tata group is banking on its large network of companies and getting its war chest ready for the long battle. Experts see potential in bringing all brands under one umbrella, but warn that on-boarding new users and retaining them won't be easy
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What will learning in the metaverse look like?
Online learning just became mainstream, and now a handful of startups have started reimagining the future of education once again in India by working to integrate the metaverse into everyday learning
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Udayy's Saumya Yadav: In search of a new dawn
After three years, Saumya Yadav's edtech venture Udayy shut down this April, and not for lack of funding. Now the gritty founder is valiantly picking up the pieces
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Fighting Superbugs: How an Indian Avenger is building a life-saving weapon
Big pharma has little interest in antibiotics because there's not enough money in it, making Bugworks, with its R&D in India, among a handful of startups that is attempting the impossible
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RBI turns hawkish to sail ahead of the 'storm'
RBI Monetary Policy Committee hikes the repo rate by 50 bps to 4.9 percent to tame inflation which it forecasts at 6.7 percent versus earlier projection of 5.7 percent for FY23