India Tech

Swiggy Bazaar will face tough competition from incumbents like SoftBank-backed Meesho, InMobi-owned Shop101, Korea Investment Partners-backed GlowRoad, and Tiger Global-backed DealShare.

Vaibhav Jain shares his inspiration behind the platform and offers tips on how to organize better virtual events.

The power of edtech is in flexibility and customizability.

The seven-year-old startup, which counts marquee investors like Tiger Global, Steadview Capital, Accel India, Elevation Capital, and Prosus Ventures as backers, became a unicorn earlier this year.

In this round of India Digest from October 1 to October 7, 2021, read our big story of the week, the weekly buzz, and more.

Bhutan wants its own digital currency.

Where were you when Facebook went dark?

Central banks collectively representing 20% of the world’s population are likely to issue general purpose CBDCs in the next three years, per a report by the Bank for International Settlements.