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Carbon credits’ house of cards
Once hailed as a climate fintech innovator, Aspiration Partners’s collapse is shaking trust in carbon offsets and ESG startups.
23 Sept 2025
Big changes at Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund
From pulling back on international bets to writing down its domestic gigaproject portfolio, PIF’s moves are a reflection of the kingdom’s challenges.
20 Aug 2025
Google, Perplexity, Meta, Amazon… how the West won India
Thanks to millions of Indians with cheap data connections and little to do, Big Tech continues to make giant strides in the country. The narrative of an atmanirbhar Bharat in technology is now dead in the water.
19 Jul 2025
Meta appoints Arun Srinivas as MD and head of India operations
He will work with Sandhya Devanathan, who used to head the tech giant’s India operations before taking on a larger role leading both India and Southeast Asia
16 Jun 2025
Meta India’s public policy head Shivnath Thukral steps down
Thukral spent nearly eight years at the tech giant, during which the company navigated several crises in India.
11 Jun 2025
Meta faces parliamentary summons for Zuckerberg’s Indian election remark
After announcing a hands-off approach to curbing misinformation on Meta-owned platforms last week, its CEO is now under fire for failing to fact-check his own comments.
14 Jan 2025
Can WhatsApp fix its payments business in India?
The messaging giant is a minnow when it comes to payments. Relief from NPCI could be just the fillip it needs to finally take on leaders PhonePe and Google Pay.
13 Jan 2025
How Community Notes works and why it really doesn’t
Meta says it is replacing its third-party fact-checking programme with what X has in place to fight misinformation. Not the brightest of ideas.
12 Jan 2025
Kamath and Modi, Elon and Meta: Mistaking the what for the who
The cult of personality has taken over our lives. Whenever one can, it is important to remember that substance takes priority over personality.
11 Jan 2025
India's draft personal data protection rules intend to protect children, but may still come up short
Reacting to the recently released draft rules, experts say they will likely fail in their objective unless a lot more work goes into creating public awareness and finding feasible solutions.
09 Jan 2025