Throughout hip-hop’s long history, jewelry has served as an important vehicle for artists to convey their ideas and affluence, or simply to dazzle onlookers. Diamonds, in particular, serve as an important motif, famously exemplified by Drake’s $400,000 diamond-encrusted iPhone case. But not everyone is a millionaire rapper, and most people can’t exactly afford to wear […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Regional tech industry body Manchester Digital has been awarded funding from Barclays Eagle Labs to support local startups. The funding, awarded as part of the Barclays Eagle Labs Ecosystem Partnership Programme, will assist 200 startups and founders spread evenly across the 10 boroughs of Manchester. “Our Startup Activator programme offers a bold vision of a […]
Could a third term under Narendra Modi see the formalising of second-class status for minorities and the destruction of the country’s ancient composite culture?
API infrastructure company Setu, a part of merchant-focused digital payments company Pine Labs, said on Monday that it appointed Anand Raisinghani as its new chief executive.In his previous stint, Raisinghani was vice president and head of professional services, BFSI, telecom and media verticals at SAP India. He has more than two decades of experience and has also worked for technology companies like Equifax, IBM and Wipro.Raisinghani will work closely with cofounder Nikhil Kumar, Setu said in a...
After releasing guidelines for online payment aggregators like Razorpay and Cashfree, the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday issued draft rules to regulate point-of-sale payment service providers (PA-P). Companies like Innoviti Payments, Pine Labs and MSwipe will be brought under regulatory cover now.The regulator said companies providing the service will need to apply for authorisation from the RBI by May 31, 2025.In case they fail to get authorisation, they will have to cease these services, as...
Ecommerce major Flipkart and Zepto held talks for a potential deal but the discussions fell through and are unlikely to be revived, said two people in the know of the matter.Zepto, a top player in the fast-growing quick commerce segment, is understood to have opted for a financial round over a strategic sale, these people said on condition of anonymity as the talks were private. “The companies met and Flipkart made an offer to Zepto valuing it at under $2 billion.. but the deal didn’t go ahead....
At first glance this room in a nondescript part of Northumbria University looks like a school gymnasium, stacked with sports equipment.
A National Green Tribunal report says that close to 2,75,000 tyres are discarded in India every day, leading to disastrous consequences for the environment.
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Food and grocery delivery company Swiggy on Friday confidentially filed its draft documents for an initial public offering (IPO) with stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), sources told us.109639958The Bengaluru-based company has filed for a $1.25-billion public issue through the confidential route, whereby draft red herring prospectuses (DRHPs) are not released to the public. This came a day after Swiggy’s shareholders approved its IPO plan, which includes a fresh...
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange that was banned by the government in January, is poised to return to India by paying a penalty of about $2 million, people aware of the developments told ET. The crypto exchange will come back as an entity registered with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the finance ministry, they added. FIU is tasked with oversight of trade in virtual digital assets (VDA). Binance will comply with all applicable laws, including the...