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India's first privately-developed rocket, Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1, successfully reached orbit on its debut launch, marking a major milestone for the country's private space sector.
Nonprofit Current AI is building open, public AI infrastructure to serve underserved languages and communities, backed by $400M in funding from governments and foundations. It has launched Suno Sutra, an offline AI device supporting 22 Indian languages, and is funding open-source AI projects.
AI-driven demand for memory chips is causing a shortage and price hikes for standard memory used in smartphones, leading to a 10% drop in India's smartphone shipments in Q2, with the biggest impact on low-cost phones.
India's Vikram-1 rocket by Skyroot Aerospace is set for its debut flight on July 18, aiming to become the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit. Also covered: Japan's JAXA conducts a reusable rocket landing test, and a new suborbital test range opens in Australia.
India's competition regulator fined HP 1.4 billion rupees for colluding with resellers to fix prices of ink cartridges, toner, and PCs, based on WhatsApp evidence of bid rigging from 2017-2020.
A detailed tutorial on how to subscribe to SuperGrok at a low price through the India Apple Store, including changing your Apple ID region, purchasing Indian Apple Gift Cards (recommended via Amazon), and completing payment in the Grok app.
The Cursor team announces their visit to India and a forthcoming product launch tailored for the Indian market.
Anthropic has started offering Claude's subscription plans in Indian rupees, with tiered pricing for Pro, Max, and Team plans, though it still lacks UPI payment support unlike OpenAI. The move targets India, its second-largest market, as part of broader expansion including a Bengaluru office and partnerships with IT firms.
Google DeepMind launches ATL Saathi, a Gemini-powered web app to assist educators in India's Atal Tinkering Labs with planning and training, transforming labs into AI-augmented discovery spaces.
India tied for first at the International Physics Olympiad with 5 gold medals, but analysis shows 70% of medalists go to the US, highlighting brain drain.
India's Tata Consultancy Services plans to hire up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers and is seeking AI-related acquisitions to bolster its capabilities.
A detailed technical explanation of how UPI payment transactions are processed, covering the roles of apps, payment service providers, NPCI, and banks, and highlighting the competitive dynamics among UPI apps.
The post shares a method to obtain a discounted Google AI Pro subscription through the Xianyu platform, leveraging the partnership between Indian operator Jio and Google.
Analysis of 11,557 AI/DS job listings in India shows traditional skills like Python and Java still dominate over LLMs, with GenAI as a bonus layer on top.
Nandan Nilekani steps down as general partner at Fundamentum, the VC firm he co-founded, as it launches a $200M third fund focused on consumer tech, fintech, and AI startups.
This paper proposes a scalable framework using satellite imagery and building morphology to map intra-urban affluence variation across Indian cities, validated with ground-level observations.
Reuters reports that India's IT industry is seeing a 16% rise in AI role hiring while overall IT hiring fell 3%, indicating a shift toward specialized AI workforce and away from routine IT outsourcing.
OpenAI hires former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first India managing director to scale operations in its second-largest market, marking continued investment in the region.
Amazon announced an additional $13 billion investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, bringing total commitments to $48 billion, as global tech giants bet on India as an AI hub.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Indian PM Narendra Modi and announced a $48 billion investment in India, including $21 billion for AI and cloud infrastructure, aiming to create 3.8 million jobs and enable $80 billion in e-commerce exports by 2030.