Generations of actresses, from Suchitra Sen and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Mahi Gill, have played the demure Paro in the various film adaptations of Devdas,…
OK GOOGLE, I DO
450,000 Indians have proposed to Google Assistant
Spike Jonze’s Her hits very close to home for many Indians, it seems. Google Assistant, available in Hindi and English, has increasingly become popular in…
THE SQUEEZE IS ON
All of this year’s H-1B visas have already been taken
Once again, the availability of H-1B visas has been exhausted. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ran the H-1B lottery yesterday (April 11) to…
NATURAL CHOICE?
With its subscription model, this Indian startup wants to make menstrual hygiene a habit
For years, Tanvi Johri, a business school graduate from New Delhi, had suffered allergies and chaffing rashes caused by the regular sanitary napkins available in…
MAKING AMENDS
Mark Zuckerberg is confident he can “protect the integrity” of the 2019 Indian elections
Facebook is trying to pick up the pieces in wake of the massive Cambridge Analytica voter-manipulation scandal. “2018 is an incredibly important year for elections…
A NEW MESSAGE
WhatsApp is looking to hire an India head for the first time ever
In India, WhatsApp’s roots are growing deeper. While the messaging service’s parent company, Facebook, has employees in Hyderabad and Mumbai, the app itself wasn’t as…
NOT GOOD AND SIMPLE
Many companies in India don’t understand the country’s largest tax reform
When the Narendra Modi government rolled out India’s goods and services tax (GST) last July, the aim was to replace multiple state and federal taxes…
MORE EYES
Facebook will go on a hiring spree to get India’s 2019 elections right
As the world’s largest democracy gears up for the election season, Mark Zuckerberg does not want another disaster on his hands. Facebook has been making…
TOTAL CONTROL
An Indian state is using blockchain to collect DNA data of 50 million citizens
Amidst a raging global debate over the massive data breaches involving both private firms and government agencies, an Indian state has sought to add another…
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India’s ministry of defence website was hacked, part of a disturbing trend
India’s government websites are under attack. On April 06, India’s official ministry of defence (MoD) website—mod.gov.in—was reportedly hacked. Instead of the homepage, visitors to the…
BUT SILICON VALLEY 📈
This year, the H-1B visa will find fewer takers among India’s big IT companies
The number of hoops companies have to jump through to bring foreign workers into the US is only growing under the Trump administration. And Indian…
STILL SEARCHING
Now India is more interested in ethereum than bitcoin
Bitcoin is not king in India. Ethereum topped bitcoin as the most searched-for cryptocurrency in India over the past five months, commanding a 34.4% share…
