india

India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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Alphabet and Bharti Airtel Deploying Laser Internet Technology in India
Alphabet and Bharti Airtel Deploying Laser Internet Technology in India
June 26, 2023  |  Technology

Alphabet is reportedly using laser internet technology to improve access in remote areas of India. The parent company of Google has a project called Taara that...

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Amazon Will Invest $26 Billion India by Decade’s End
Amazon Will Invest $26 Billion India by Decade’s End
June 25, 2023  |  Amazon Investments

Amazon intends to invest $26 billion in India by 2030 amid increasing competition with Walmart. As Reuters reported Saturday (June 24), the company made that announcement after CEO Andy Jassy met...

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Walmart CFO: India’s Flipkart and PhonePe Could Be Worth $100 Billion
Walmart CFO: India’s Flipkart and PhonePe Could Be Worth $100 Billion
June 15, 2023  |  Walmart

Could Walmart’s Indian eCommerce and payments operations become $100 billion businesses? The retailer’s chief financial officer seems to think so, Reuters reported Wednesday (June 14)....

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One Billion Consumers at Risk of India’s COVID Vaccine Data Breach
One Billion Consumers at Risk of India’s COVID Vaccine Data Breach
June 12, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is investigating what it called baseless reports of a data breach of its COVID vaccine database. The ministry...

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart’s Shopsy App Tops 175 Million Downloads in India
Walmart-Owned Flipkart’s Shopsy App Tops 175 Million Downloads in India
June 08, 2023  |  Mobile Applications

Walmart-owned Flipkart Group’s Shopsy app is growing both in numbers and geographically across India. The eCommerce app for discounted resale products has tripled its number...

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Zaggle Launches ‘DIY’ Employee Expense Automation Platform for Growing Businesses
Zaggle Launches ‘DIY’ Employee Expense Automation Platform for Growing Businesses
June 07, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Indian B2B FinTech Zaggle has launched an employee expense automation platform designed for growing businesses. The new XPNS platform is designed to be a “do-it-yourself” solution that helps businesses...

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India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce Expands to B2B Transactions
India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce Expands to B2B Transactions
June 05, 2023  |  eCommerce

India’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has begun facilitating B2B transactions. The government-backed eCommerce network started testing the B2B expansion in May after beginning to...

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India’s UPI Real-Time Payments System Tops 9 Billion Monthly Transactions
India’s UPI Real-Time Payments System Tops 9 Billion Monthly Transactions
June 01, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

India’s monthly Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction count has topped 9 billion in a single month. The real-time payments system’s transaction count hit 9.41 billion in May,...

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Amazon Reportedly Expanding Restaurant Efforts With on-Premises Payments in India
Amazon Reportedly Expanding Restaurant Efforts With on-Premises Payments in India
May 30, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon appears to be trying out new ways to insert its technology into the restaurant ordering experience — part of the eCommerce giant’s bid for...

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