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Sayan Chakraborty
Avataar launches $300 million fund for SaaS, B2B ventures

Former VC and Saas executives join hands, partner with HarbourVest for new fund
What to expect at the U.N. General Assembly this week

There's a question of what governments, especially that of Pakistan, might say about India's ending of the autonomous status of contested Kashmir. Some of the biggest moments and confrontations could happen early in the week.
At Howdy Modi, Trump plays second fiddle

The rally brought together two leaders with similar styles. Both rose to power by embracing right-wing populism. Both presented voters with a vision to make their respective countries "great again," and both have fanned tensions along religious, economic and social fault lines
Ambit Research
Ten interesting things we read this week

Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Politics (Apocalypse Now for democracy?), Technology (What is a Tech company?, How DeepMind is trying to solve complex problems), Society (How meritocracy is ripping America apart), Neuroscience (A step closer to solving the puzzle of consciousness), Language (When words fail), and Sports (How Chess grandmasters are trying to be world champions by not touching the chess board)
Amazon pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

Jeff Bezos announced that the ecommerce company is ordering 100,000 electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of a new effort called the Climate Pledge, which Amazon is the first to sign
Kal Penn isn't making a political point with his immigration sitcom

Penn's new sitcom, Sunnyside, is about trying to navigate the United States citizenship process, a premise timely in the Trump era—but its aims are more comic than didactic
Samar Srivastava
Why this is a good time to buy smaller company stocks

After a steep fall, a number of indicators points to why bottom-fishing may be a good idea for investors
Forbes India
What the corporate tax cuts mean for India, in four charts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slashed corporate tax rates for domestic companies from 30% to 22%, which formed India's biggest revenue source. A look at the major announcements
Divya J Shekhar
IPL brand value zooms 13.5% to Rs 47,000 crore

Mumbai Indians once again registered the highest valuation of Rs809 crore; RCB suffers 8 percent setback, cushioned by captain Virat Kohli's own brand value
Hard times in Silicon Valley? Not for the payments startup Stripe

Stripe, which helps businesses take payments, is now worth $35 billion, making it one of the most valuable startups in the world—and with a higher valuation than prominent names like Airbnb and DoorDash