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Cash registers are set to ring. India's healthcare industry is worth more than $370 billion, and the Indian healthtech industry itself is set to grow at a pace of 39% for the next few years according to IAMAI-Praxis.

India on cusp of healthtech boom amid Covid-19 battle

India Global Business Staff

24 Aug 2021

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Time to reenergise investments. Workers dismantle old computers and electronics at an electronic waste recycling factory in Bengaluru, India. The rising flow of funds is buoying up valuations in the Indian start-up universe. This year, an estimated 25 start-ups attained unicorn status (valuation of $1 billion) compared to 12 such cases last year.

China’s loss is proving to be India’s gain

24 Aug 2021

5 min read

Delivery workers of Zomato, an Indian food-delivery startup, wearing face masks check their phones as they wait to collect orders outside a restaurant. Zomato also revealed a list of 186 "anchor investors" that bought into its IPO. Some of the biggest names in global investing.

Foreign investors set to fuel India's tech IPOs

India Global Business Staff

12 Aug 2021

4 min read

Mark Mobius of Mobius Capital Partners believes that the diversification of funds from China to markets like India and the US could be a short-term development but he personally was ‘heavily focused’ on the Indian market.

India, US seeing fund inflows after China crackdown - Mark Mobius

India Global Business Staff

11 Aug 2021

3 min read

Logos of Ant Group and Alibaba are pictured at the headquarters of Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, in Hangzhou, China. Beijing’s crackdown on the Chinese tech giants has made investors look towards Indian shores in a bid to finance start-ups and refocus on their expansion plans.

Indian tech can gain from China’s crackdown on internet giants

10 Aug 2021

5 min read

What does the future of work look like?

What does the future of work look like?

India Global Business Staff

07 Aug 2021

3 min read

A recent report found that while Covid-19 has rapidly accelerated new ways of working, the world's 'technology hubs' are here to stay although they may not be in Silicon Valley.

India among world's top countries for developing disruptive technologies

India Global Business Staff

27 Jul 2021

3 min read

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IT leads the charge in the Indian job market. The Indian IT sector is expected to hire 150,000 fresh graduates to rebuild its bench strength and the Big Four IT companies – Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCL Technologies and Wipro – are likely to account for 80 per cent of the new hires - that’s 120,000 new jobs.

Huge deal wins, skills shortage in US fuel hiring boom in Indian IT sector

21 Jul 2021

5 min read

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had announced plans to invest $10 billion in India over the next five-to-seven years. Google wants to work with the GoI and businesses of all sizes towards a shared vision for a Digital India where data would be the prime component.

Google takes a significant step towards localisation of Indian data

16 Jul 2021

4 min read

A worker adjusts Paytm hoarding. The pandemic has accelerated the fintech trend. Since the onset of coronavirus in India the number of UPI transactions has zoomed from $28 billion in March 2020 to $65 billion.

Fintech sector pushes financial inclusion in Covid-hit India

13 Jul 2021

4 min read

‘Social media cos are welcome, but have to follow Indian laws,” says Prasad

‘Social media cos are welcome, but have to follow Indian laws,” says Prasad

02 Jul 2021

7 min read

A Jio mobile phone is on display inside a digital store of Reliance Industries Ltd. Indian tech companies are making their way through the competition in the country’s unlimited digital space.

Home-grown Indian tech companies are sizzling this summer

India Global Business Staff

02 Jul 2021

3 min read

Indian PM Narendra Modi emphasised that several unicorns have come up in the recent years which endorses the fact that India offers what innovators and investors need.

India’s startups make their presence felt as pandemic opens new vistas

India Global Business Staff

21 Jun 2021

4 min read

Leaders from various platforms confirm participation at India Global Forum

Leaders from various platforms confirm participation at India Global Forum

India Global Business Staff

17 Jun 2021

1 min read

Learn from home. the Indian edtech industry will achieve a size of $30 billion over the next decade, a 40-fold jump from its current size of $700-800 million.

Indian edtech start-ups are showing the money

09 Jun 2021

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A call center in operation in India. The country is poised to adopt disruptive technology in telecommunications by introducing PLI schemes in the sector.

PLI scheme for telecom to help develop disruptive tech

07 Jun 2021

5 min read

NASSCOM is pegging the current Indian cloud computing market at $2.2 billion – forecasting it to grow at 30 per cent (year-on-year) to reach $7.1 billion by 2022.

Why cloud services in India are growing rapidly

India Global Business Staff

06 Jun 2021

3 min read

Tech Mahindra’s Anand Mahindra has ensured his company’s entry into the world of franchise sport by leveraging its technical assets and skills towards the creation and operation of the Global Chess League.

Tech Mahindra makes a move into Global Chess League

India Global Business Staff

05 Jun 2021

5 min read

Service at the push of a button. The rapid growth of internet use, expanding smartphone ownership and lower data costs have been major factors in enabling the growth of the fintech industry.

Why fintech is on a roll in India?

India Global Business Staff

03 Jun 2021

3 min read

An employee walks past a signage board in the Infosys campus at the Electronics City IT district in Bangalore. Several Indian IT majors have more than doubled their revenue despite the challenges posed by the second wave of the pandemic.

Indian IT firms are laughing all the way to the bank

India Global Business Staff

03 Jun 2021

4 min read

An Indian medical technician examines an MRI scan of a patient. Thanks to growing synergy between healthcare and technology, the sector is poised to grow at a 39 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next 3 years and reach a valuation of $50 billion by 2033.

Pandemic spurs rapid innovation in Indian health-tech

India Global Business Staff

02 Jun 2021

3 min read

India's successful IT industry is moving up from back-office outsourcing, and into the consumer market in English speaking countries. IT investors are reaping a bonanza in the markets at the moment.

Indian IT shares could be in for a sustained multi-year uptrend

01 Jun 2021

5 min read

A face-off between social media behemoths and individual governments is not something that is unique to India and most certainly not another alleged manifestation of the Narendra Modi government’s purportedly overarching desire to control and censor flow of information.

It’s not India vs Twitter, it’s democracies vs Big Tech

28 May 2021

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The Indian wearables market grew a massive 170.3 per cent year-over-year (YoY) in Q1 2021, between January and March, shipping 11.4 million units.

India's wearables market is the right fit for healthtech

India Global Business Staff

28 May 2021

3 min read

Bangaluru broke into the ranks of the Top 10 cities in global disruptive innovation map, ranking ninth, a jump of nine places over its rank of 18th the previous year.

India second to none in the disruptive technologies space

26 May 2021

5 min read

With the pandemic acting as a catalyst for behavioural changes in the IT and fintech sectors, India has emerged as one of the biggest fintech hubs in the world.

Will India’s fintech industry validate its value of $150 billion?

India Global Business Staff

19 May 2021

6 min read

The ‘altcoin’ version of cryptocurrency is highlighted in the photo. Long term interest is gradually moving away from Bitcoin and widening into other cryptocurrencies - collectively referred to as altcoins.

It is hard to ignore crypto - Altcoin edition

15 May 2021

5 min read

Inside the offices of Wipro in Bangalore. The impact on Indian IT service companies from the recent surge of Covid-19 cases will be limited as revenue from India contributes only 4 to 5 percent of the total revenue of these companies.

Why Indian IT services will expand strongly in the pandemic

India Global Business Staff

14 May 2021

5 min read

A fintech app being tested on a cell phone. UK fintech firm Revolut prides itself as one of the first UK fintechs to arrive in the Indian market, a move it hopes will further deepen trade and economic ties between both countries.

UK fintech Revolut makes a big play for the Indian market

India Global Business Staff

23 Apr 2021

4 min read

Riding on the back of huge profits Citigroup Inc will exit some overseas businesses, like India, as new chief executive Jane Fraser starts to make her mark on the country's third-largest lender.

Citi exit from Indian consumer banking opens up new prospects for fintech cos

20 Apr 2021

5 min read

With most businesses having gone digital the playing field for cyber criminals too has grown as have concerns as businesses struggle to protect themselves against hackers.

The Covid-19 pandemic has catalysed the urgent need for cyber security professionals

India Global Business Staff

16 Apr 2021

3 min read

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The revival of economic activities in India and growing consumer demand have played a key role in the growth of ICT spending. Enterprises have changed their business models to deliver digital first experiences.

Indian IT spend is all set to soar to a new high this year

India Global Business Staff

15 Apr 2021

3 min read

Even a chip can be a big deal. An computer hardware engineer, displays the 'ASIC' chip AV150 fabric application processor inside a technology start-up company. India’s start-up environment has received a jolt with the birth of six unicorns in a matter of days.

Six new unicorns in a matter of days has blown open India’s start-up scene

India Global Business Staff

12 Apr 2021

5 min read

The Digital Markets Unit (DMU will oversee plans to give UK consumers more choice and control over their data, promote online competition and crack down on unfair practices.

Could the UK’s new digital watchdog be a blueprint for India?

India Global Business Staff

11 Apr 2021

4 min read

Private investment in the space sector started with the next big source of patient capital - billionaires.

Spacetech brings new worlds of opportunities for investors

10 Apr 2021

4 min read

Teachers help a student get ready before the start of an online lecture on a mobile phone, inside a digital mobile education library. The future of digital education in the country has emerged as an industry with astounding prospects.

Why e-learning is set to become a lucrative industry in India

India Global Business Staff

09 Apr 2021

4 min read

Global lockdown forces Indian IT to move to the next tech level

07 Apr 2021

4 min read

The Indian manufacturing sector is getting a massive boost as many American companies shift their manufacturing bases from China to India.

Technically speaking, China’s loss is India’s gain

India Global Business Staff

31 Mar 2021

4 min read

Social media platforms have now become central to how news is disseminated to the masses and have a heavy influence on the freedom of speech in a region or a country.

The US-China Trade war offers India in a chance to catapult to the top as tech hub

27 Mar 2021

4 min read

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AI is likely to play a key role in relieving India's agriculture sector from its stressful input conditions, catalysing a shift towards data-driven farming.

AI can help India’s agriculture sector grow

India Global Business Staff

26 Mar 2021

3 min read

A worker from an Indian e-commerce company scans a barcode on a box after it was packed at the company's warehouse. For those who are seasoned online shoppers the playground got bigger and better – the best is yet to come.

Indian e-commerce is the gift that keeps on giving

India Global Business Staff

25 Mar 2021

6 min read

Ling Fang, Region President, Alstom Asia-Pacific

India remains our key market and manufacturing hub in Asia, says Alstom’s Ling Fang

Robin Chatterjee

25 Mar 2021

7 min read

With 5g internet expected to be launched at the end of 2021 a whole lot of new avenues like telesurgery, haptic remote examination will open up within healthtech.

Tech is keeping Indian medical services in good health

India Global Business Staff

21 Mar 2021

2 min read

E-commerce in India tipped to hit $99 bn growth by 2024

E-commerce in India tipped to hit $99 bn growth by 2024

India Global Business Staff

19 Mar 2021

5 min read

India’s gaming sector attracted $544 million in investments during the August 2020-January 2021 period.

The game is afoot! India’s gaming sector is pulling in big bucks

India Global Business Staff

18 Mar 2021

3 min read

A Sadhu or a Hindu ascetic pays the vendor through Paytm, a digital wallet company, after buying a book during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela. Of the more than 2,100 fintech companies that operate in India currently, 67% have been set up in the past five years.

India number crunches as it is poised on the cusp of a fintech revolution

India Global Business Staff

17 Mar 2021

3 min read

UK fintech firm hopes to turn the Tide for SMEs in India

UK fintech firm hopes to turn the Tide for SMEs in India

India Global Business Staff

16 Mar 2021

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A vendor weighs vegetables next to an advertisement of Paytm, a digital payments firm in India. With nearly $50 billion raised in total in disclosed funding rounds, more than 15 unicorns have come up in India in the past two years, thanks to the rapid rise of the consumer market as well as the increasing adoption of digital services.

Why India is emerging as the new home of Unicorns?

India Global Business Staff

16 Mar 2021

5 min read

A robot, developed by a start-up firm Asimov Robotics, holds a tray with face masks and sanitizer after the two robots were launched to spread awareness about the coronavirus. The seed stage of investing in a start-up is the first phase of raising institutional capital. Usually, this round is sourced from professionals, angel investors, either individually or in an angel group.

Raising the first funding isn’t the destination, it’s just the start of the journey

Bhaskar Majumdar

16 Mar 2021

9 min read

Jack Dorsey’s digitally autographed version of his first tweet, which received a for 2.5 mn recently, is a good example of NFTs.

Fancy paying millions of $ for a tweet?

13 Mar 2021

4 min read

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