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Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi to meet Hathras rape victim’s family today, Section 144 imposed ahead of visit

Rahul-Priyanka to meet Hathras rape victim's kin today, Sec 144 imposed from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3470qLW via IFTTT

Unclock 5.0: Will schools be reopened from October 15? Check details here

Unclock 5.0: Will schools be reopened from October 15? Check details here from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/36ha0Pg via IFTTT

Allbirds CEO Joey Zwillinger on the startup’s $100 million round, profitability, and SPAC mania

As people spend less time out and about and more time daydreaming about when a vaccine will arrive, lifestyle shoes are only gaining traction. One obvious beneficiary is Allbirds , the San Francisco-based maker of comfortable, sustainable kicks that launched in 2016 and quickly became a favorite in Silicon Valley circles before taking off elsewhere. Though the company saw its business slow this year because of the pandemic, its products are now available to purchase in 35 countries and its 20 brick-and-mortar stores are sprinkled throughout the U.S. and Europe, with another outpost in Tokyo and several shops in China. Investors clearly see room for more growth. Allbirds just closed on $100 million in Series E funding at roughly the same $1.6 billion valuation it was assigned after closing on $27 million in Series D funding earlier this year, and blank-check companies have been calling, says cofounder and CEO Joey Zwillinger. He talked with us  earlier this week in a chat that...

Pakistan to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province: A move to please China?

Pakistan to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province: A move to please China? from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3l3qIpu via IFTTT

Minor gang-raped by 3 men in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone

Minor gang-raped by 3 men in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/36kd39d via IFTTT

No evidence: How LK Advani, MM Joshi and others got acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case

No evidence: How LK Advani, MM Joshi and others got acquitted in Babri Masjid demolition case from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/2EO3wfr via IFTTT

Rajasthan: Two minor girls from Baran gang-raped for 3 days; police deny

Rajasthan: Two minor girls from Baran gang-raped for 3 days; police deny from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3igCsmM via IFTTT

Japan's 'Twitter killer' admits murdering 9 people, his lawyers say killed with 'consent'

Japan's 'Twitter killer' admits murdering 9 people, his lawyers say killed with 'consent' from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3n8dOYY via IFTTT

Hathras rape case Live Updates: Protests erupt across country; Priyanka Gandhi may meet woman’s family today

Hathras rape case LIVE: Protests erupt across country, Priyanka may meet victim’s family today from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3cIN0tI via IFTTT

Unlock 5 guidelines in 10 points: Cinemas to reopen, bigger gatherings allowed, states to decide on schools

Unlock 5 Guidelines in 10 Points: Cinemas to reopen, states to decide on schools from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/36k5Gi3 via IFTTT

Shah Rukh Khan retweet's Sachin Tendulkar's post after KKR beat RR: The great man has spoken

Lots of pyaar from a little afar: Shah Rukh sends his love to KKR after RR win from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/30kwsD6 via IFTTT

Coronavirus Live Updates: India’s Covid-19 tally nears 63 lakh as Centre relaxes more rules

Coronavirus LIVE: India’s Covid-19 tally nears 63 lakh as Centre relaxes more rules from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/36n9tLE via IFTTT

Indian startups explore forming an alliance and alternative app store to fight Google’s ‘monopoly’

Google, which reaches more internet users than any other firm in India and commands 99% of the nation’s smartphone market, has stumbled upon an odd challenge in the world’s second largest internet market: Scores of top local entrepreneurs. Dozens of top startups and firms in India are working to form an alliance and toying with the idea of launching an app store to cut their reliance on Google, five people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The list of entrepreneurs include high-profile names such as Vijay Shekhar Sharma, co-founder and chief executive of Paytm (India’s most valuable startup ), Deep Kalra of travel ticketing firm MakeMyTrip, and executives from PolicyBazaar, Sharechat and many other firms. The growing list of founders expressed deep concerns about Google’s “monopolistic” hold on India, and discussed what they alleged was unfair and inconsistent enforcement of Play Store’s guidelines in the country. The conversations, which began in recent weeks, escalate...

Indian startups explore forming an alliance and alternative app store to fight Google’s ‘monopoly’

Google, which reaches more internet users than any other firm in India and commands 99% of the nation’s smartphone market, has stumbled upon an odd challenge in the world’s second largest internet market: Scores of top local entrepreneurs. Dozens of top startups and firms in India are working to form an alliance and toying with the idea of launching an app store to cut their reliance on Google, five people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The list of entrepreneurs include high-profile names such as Vijay Shekhar Sharma, co-founder and chief executive of Paytm (India’s most valuable startup ), Deep Kalra of travel ticketing firm MakeMyTrip, and executives from PolicyBazaar, Sharechat and many other firms. The growing list of founders expressed deep concerns about Google’s “monopolistic” hold on India, and discussed what they alleged was unfair and inconsistent enforcement of Play Store’s guidelines in the country. The conversations, which began in recent weeks, escalate...

Loving a white guy doesn’t make me embarrased of my Indian heritage: Glenn Maxwell’s fiancee Vini Raman

Glenn Maxwell’s fiancee slams fan for ‘troubled white guy’ comment from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3jmuJ88 via IFTTT

Delhi HC declines PIL seeking action against Twitter for 'waging war against India'

Delhi HC declines PIL seeking action against Twitter for 'waging war against India' from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/3jjKEnE via IFTTT

Baidu’s smart voice unit to raise independent round on $2.9B valuation

Baidu, China’s dominant search service and a leader in artificial intelligence research, is further diversifying into the smart voice space as its smart living group is poised to raise an independent round on a 20 billion yuan ($2.94 billion) post-money valuation. The fundraising move signals a potential spinoff of the smart living group down the road. The unit is best known for its voice assistant DuerOS, the search giant’s Alexa equivalent, which was active on 200 million devices including both Baidu’s own branded speaker and a variety of third-party gadgets as of early 2019. Baidu shipped around 15 million units of its Xiaodu speakers in 2019, making it the second-largest player in China following Alibaba and ahead of Xiaomi, according to market research firm IDC . Investors including Citic Private Equity Funds Management (CPE), state conglomerate Citic’s asset management firm, as well as Baidu’s venture arm Baidu Capital and IDG Capital, have entered definitive agreements t...

Babri Masjid demolition verdict: CBI judge says incident not pre-planned, all accused acquitted

Babri Masjid demolition: CBI judge says incident not pre-planned, all accused acquitted from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/33fdZd5 via IFTTT

Anurag Kashyap summoned for questioning to Versova police station tomorrow in sexual offence case

Kashyap summoned by Mumbai Police for questioning in sexual assault case from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/34a5wHB via IFTTT

Honda H'ness CB 350 launched in India at Rs 1.90 lakh; Royal Enfield Classic 350, Jawa get new rival

Honda H'ness CB 350 launched in India at Rs 1.90 lakh; Royal Enfield Classic 350, Jawa get new rival from India Today | Latest Stories https://ift.tt/348EiAV via IFTTT

Papaya Global raises $40M for a payroll and HR platform aimed at global workforces

Workforces are getting more global, and people who work day in, day out for organizations don’t always sit day in, day out in a single office, in a single country, to get a job done. Today, one of the startups building HR to help companies provision services for and manage those global workers better is announcing a funding round to capitalise on a surge in business that it has seen in the last year — spurred in no small part by the global health pandemic, the impact it’s had on travel and the way it has focused the minds of companies to get their cloud services and workforce management in order. Papaya Global , an Israeli startup that provides cloud-based payroll, as well as hiring, onboarding and compliance services for organizations that employ full-time, part-time, or contractors outside of their home country, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding led by Scale Venture Partners. Workday Ventures — the corporate investment arm of the HR company — Access Industries (v...