China-Plus-One Was Just China All Along

India's electronics manufacturing self-reliance strategy requires reliance on its biggest rival

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Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more | TechCrunch

Pocket FM is building LLM to help users write faster and in turn, produce more audio shows.

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Indian fintech #Paytm received #approval from the #ReserveBank of #India to operate as a #paymentservicesprovider for online merchants. The approval allows Paytm to onboard new online merchants and operate as a service provider for them, enabling them to accept various payment methods. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/indian-fintech-paytm-wins-a-major-regulatory-battle-days-after-key-investor-exit/?eicker.news #India #Tech #IndiaTech #Technews
Indian fintech Paytm wins a major regulatory battle days after key investor exit | TechCrunch

Paytm has received approval from India’s central bank to resume onboarding new online merchants and offer its digital payment services.

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Tax filing and planning now made simpler with this new feature on the JioFinance app

India Technology News

Kind of dislike the fact that a lot of apps and services that are made in #India require the user to sign up with their phone numbers instead of an email/password. I get it its to make everything convenient for most of our population for whom their phones are the only way they can connect to the Internet, but atleast give us an option to use an email/password man, I or many others don't want to link our phone numbers to EVERYTHING.

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