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Bengaluru, India
Joined June 2016
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AI agents will come for govt data. Govt is yet to decide which door they’ll use One door is API Setu, the government’s audited data marketplace. The others are side deals, one of which leaked vehicle owners’ details for Rs 5
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Hundreds of government websites are running on revoked security certificates. Who’s checking? Aftermath of the eMudhra debacle shows just how equipped India’s government is for a cyber crisis
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A British official mocked India's first steel dream, vowing to eat every pound of rail the Tatas managed to make. Jamsetji Tata built it anyway — the plant that became a whole city. The full story, and of TCS: yt.openinapp.co/ieyfo
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India needs about 2 million caregivers. The govt has trained fewer than 40,000 Senior-care companies offer hospital-level pay, food, and housing, yet can't find enough caregivers. Without a training pipeline, the silver economy has no one to staff it
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Don’t cut the LTCG tax on equity, finance minister Let the market do its thing as a tough tuition teacher
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JioHotstar’s real overseas rival is a $10 per month pirate box When streaming rights stopped at borders and regional shows went missing, viewers abroad found a cheap fix. Can JioHotstar still win them over? Tune in to today's Daybreak.
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‘Winner’ to patsy: what the radical insurance reforms could mean for the patient Neither cutting broker commissions nor mandating patient co-pay is a sure cure for increasing medical costs. But that’s about the only choice right now
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Jewellery makers find a magic wand to wish away their woes Struggling with cash flow, manufacturers are using more than half of their IPO proceeds to pay off debt or to buy more inventory
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Read in this week's Long and Short: the-ken.com/?post_type=long_…
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TCS built India's biggest stock exchange, which overtook the old one within a year. Years later, when it finally went public, it listed its own shares on the exchange it had built. The full story of TCS: yt.openinapp.co/ieyfo
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New-age venture capital would rather manufacture founders than find them From Entrepreneurs First’s co-founder speed dates to The Foundery’s idea vault, a new wave of venture studios believe that plug-and-play founders are safer for their portfolios
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Without a UPI, Africa pays a toll on cash. Airtel Money collects it Airtel earns about $373 million by charging Africans when they withdraw cash. As countries start building their own UPI though, that toll may disappear Tune in to today's Daybreak.
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