India’s technology news headlines
in March of 2025
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Dubai Future Foundation: Megatrends Report
• India: Reliance Jio telco is to introduce a cloud-based PC platform, alongside JioBrain AI services, likely to have major impact given the telco’s 460 million-plus subscribers / full item
• PwC India launches the Emerging Tech Startup Challenge – applications close May 5th / full item
• India is now exporting Apple components to China and Vietnam, illustrating the success of the government’s ‘Make In India’ initiative / full item
• India’s Paytm fintech app partners US AI firm, Perplexity, to integrate AI-powered search, giving ‘instant and reliable information on financial planning, market trends, and everyday queries’ / full item
• India: Micromax consumer electronics major launches ‘Startup Energy’, partnering China’s Jinchen to manufacture high-efficiency solar panels in India / full item
• India: Tech Mahindra IT services major rolls out a telco-focused LLM, targeting analysis of a range of data types, and scales, to aid firms with diagnostics and efficiency / full item
• India’s Jio Platforms partners AMD, Cisco and Nokia to develop telecom-industry AI platform / full item
Sri Lanka: From debt default to transformative growth
• India: SpaceX unveils deals with India’s dominant telecom industry firms, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, with plans to roll out Starlink internet services across India / full item
• Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, partners Infibeam Avenues fintech firm to develop advanced, real-time deepfake detection systems / full item
• India: HN Technovations and RNJ Pvt Ltd partner to provide clean water and relief services in disaster areas of Northeast India using drones / full item
• India: Meesho e-commerce platform to IPO later this year, targeting near $1BN with successful business development in tier-4 and smaller rural towns / full item
• India: Elon Musk’s X platform sues Indian government over content removal in new censorship fight / full item
• ICYMI: In February, India raised the budget for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission to $2.32 billion, based on expanded task set which includes production of the nation’s space station / full item
India and Starlink: “The cost disparity is a key factor. Globally, Starlink’s satellite internet plans range from $10 to $500 per month with an additional one-time hardware cost…” / full item
• India: SpaceX unveils deals with India’s dominant telecom industry firms, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, with plans to roll out Starlink internet services across India / full item
• Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, partners Infibeam Avenues fintech firm to develop advanced, real-time deepfake detection systems / full item
• India: Ministry of Railways green-lights a 40km hyperloop test track to assess feasibility for eventual large-scale hyperloop implementation nationwide / full item
• India: HN Technovations and RNJ Pvt Ltd partner to provide clean water and relief services in disaster areas of Northeast India using drones / full item
KPMG Venture Pulse Q1 2025 – Asia findings
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