An Indian court says Google can be liable for selling rivals a brand’s name
An Indian court says Google can be liable for selling rivals a brand’s name

The Delhi High Court held that letting competitors bid on the trademark ‘Hindware’ as an ad keyword is infringement, and that Google’s safe-harbour shield does not cover it. The business of search advertising rests on a quiet assumption: that a platfor…

Schneider Electric expects its India data-centre business to outgrow the rest of the company
Schneider Electric expects its India data-centre business to outgrow the rest of the company

On a base of 1.5 gigawatts of installed capacity and a national plan to reach six to eight, the French infrastructure group sees its India unit becoming its single biggest business within five years. Schneider Electric expects its India data-centre bus…

India’s SolarSquare is raising $60M at a $500M valuation. It has powered 50,000 homes.
India’s SolarSquare is raising $60M at a $500M valuation. It has powered 50,000 homes.

SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup, is in advanced talks to raise $55 million to $60 million at a valuation between $450 million and $500 million, TechCrunch reports. B Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are set to co-lead the Series C r…

Tesla (TSLA) officially abandons India factory after years of broken promises
Tesla (TSLA) officially abandons India factory after years of broken promises

Tesla has officially confirmed it will not build a manufacturing facility in India, ending nearly a decade of negotiations, false starts, and broken promises with the Indian government.

India’s Minister of Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy confirmed…

Cropin scales global AgTech analytics with Sisense-powered intelligence
Cropin scales global AgTech analytics with Sisense-powered intelligence

When it comes to feeding the planet, the old ways of farming are running up against hard limits. Climate volatility, supply-chain disruption, and the sheer complexity of managing crops across dozens of countries have made data-driven agriculture not ju…

Apple’s India App Store case gets a procedural compromise from the Delhi bench
Apple’s India App Store case gets a procedural compromise from the Delhi bench

An order posted on Saturday tells Apple to hand over financial information to India’s competition regulator. It also tells the regulator not to issue a final ruling before 15 July.  The Delhi High Court told Apple over the weekend to ‘fully cooperate’ …

STT Global Data Centres lines up a $500m Mumbai listing, in front of a crowded 2026 IPO queue
STT Global Data Centres lines up a $500m Mumbai listing, in front of a crowded 2026 IPO queue

The Singapore-controlled, Tata-minority data-centre operator has invited banks to pitch this month. The listing would slot in ahead of Sify and Yotta in India’s first wave of pure data-centre IPOs. STT Global Data Centres India is preparing an initial …

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller’s ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

Skyroot becomes India’s first space-tech unicorn ahead of June Vikram-1 launch

GIC and BlackRock-managed funds anchor a fresh round that more than doubles the company’s 2023 valuation. The round is timed to the planned orbital launch of Vikram-1 from Sriharikota, the first private Indian rocket to attempt the milestone. Skyroot A…