Airtel beats Jio in VLR Subscriptions; Zomato raises $250 million in a funding series

+ Sonam Wangchuk builds solar tents for Indian Army; Deutsche Bank to hire 1,000 employees                                                                                                                                                                                                        Fresh News. During Chai time. Smartest Headlines. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Airtel beats Jio in VLR Subscriptions; Zomato raises $250 million in a funding series]( + Sonam Wangchuk builds solar tents for Indian Army; Deutsche Bank to hire 1,000 employees Feb 23 [Comment]( [Share]( Hey! Welcome to a fresh edition of NextBigWhat’s newsletter, which brings you all the important headlines from the tech and business space. If you like what you are seeing, press the *heart* button! --------------------------------------------------------------- #ShortNewsOverChai Airtel beats Jio in VLR Subscriptions; adds 4.05 million wireless subscribers in December 2020: TRAI It holds a smaller market share than Jio, though it has a high number of active wireless subscribers. Indian food delivery start-up Zomato raises $250 million in a funding series Zomato is valued at $5.4 billion, up from $3.9 bn in Dec last year. Ladakh-based engineer Sonam Wangchuk builds world's first solar tents for the Indian Army It is portable, can sustain under sub-zero temperatures, weighs less than 30 kilos and can accommodate 10 jawans. [Click for more details.]( Deutsche Bank to hire 1,000 employees in India this year that includes 300 freshers and 700 lateral hires The aim is to build competencies in-house in India to reduce outsourcing. Government-run websites said to have a high number of technical weakness The vulnerabilities reportedly exposed sensitive files, credentials, and police FIRs. Business Process Management (BPM) firms explore hybrid work model, plans to bring 70% of their staff back to offices About 25-30% of the staff can work from home. --------------------------------------------------------------- Qualcomm ready to support Jio-Google smartphone plans; Decision from either of the parties will be confidential Qualcomm also played a critical role in the massification of Jio’s 4G VoLTE feature phone. --------------------------------------------------------------- “Social Media can topple governments; the Centre is working on a law to regulate social media”, says Ram Madhav “These forces can promote anarchy, which will weaken democracy”, says the BJP leader. --------------------------------------------------------------- Vodafone-Idea ties with Hungama to launch 'pay per view' service Vi already offers its users access to content; this new service is an extension of the same. Bharat Forge, Paramount Group to jointly manufacture “Made-in-India” armoured vehicles The KalyM4 vehicle offers ballistic, blasts protection to IED threats. Paytm CEO address the concerns of a Google Pay user on Twitter, says “please try Paytm” Promises CEO-level customer support to its users, wins hearts. [Vijay Shekhar Sharma @vijayshekhar@Aparna @GooglePayIndia Pls try @Paytm and you won’t post such support requests. Yes ! You can pay directly from bank account and NO KYC. Bonus: CEO level customer support 😇 February 22nd 2021 71 Retweets1,540 Likes]( Highlight: “Reduced indirect taxes on petrol and diesel can help in reducing the rising fuel prices” - RBI Governor Petrol, diesel prices are in line with the benchmark international prices. --------------------------------------------------------------- #Dhandha Corner Bengaluru’s delivery start-up Dunzo raises INR 60 crore as a part of its ongoing Series E round To date, Dunzo has raised $128 million; Currently valued at $250 mn. Kisan “e-Mart” transaction values touch INR 25 lakh; Govt to expand it across 400,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) e-Mart helps farmers sell their produce directly to buyers. Online start-up Vedantu acquires “Instasolv”, a doubt-solving app; Brings Instasolv’s 1 mn learners to its platform The details of the deal remain undisclosed. BigBasket sends notice to a tiny upstart ‘Daily Basket’ for using ‘Basket’ in its name It adds that Daily Basket carries out offering identical products and services through a similar domain name. Australia’s Canva acquires two European design startups to fuel growth Canva took full control of Kaleido.ai and Smartmockups to double the visual communications tools. --------------------------------------------------------------- From the universe of #ElonMusk Another tweet from Elon Musk triggers the Twitter, “Dojo 4 Doge” Tesla CEO and SpaceX chief may have inflated the prices of stocks again. [Elon Musk @elonmusk Dojo 4 Doge February 21st 2021 31,829 Retweets295,930 Likes]( SpaceX to launch its second all-civilian space mission; Hayley Arceneaux to join the trip to space Cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux will be the first person in space with a prosthetic body part. Analyst Daniel Ives says Tesla has made about $1 billion in profits from its Bitcoin investment The profit made is more than what the company makes from selling its EVs. Cryptocurrency’s future in India seems vague if it bans other private digital currencies. Download speed of “SpaceX’s Starlink” will double to 300Mb/s, from130-150 Mbps, by the end of this year Starlink’s coverage will cover most of the Earth by the end of 2021. --------------------------------------------------------------- More #GlobalTechNews DC Comics to launch a podcast universe on Spotify; Plans to produce superhero series Competition heated up with DC Comics’ competitor Marvel, has its own podcasting deal with Pandora. Australia-Facebook Spat: “No amendments in the media bill”, as final votes on whether to pass the bill into law nears Facebook has protested against the legislation. British culture Minister will also meet Facebook over Australia news ban. [Share NextBigWhat: Headlines]( Anthony and Joe Russo’s AGBO production company signs overall deal with Spotify The Avengers: Endgame directors’ production company produces podcasts for the streaming platform. Alphabet negotiates with publishers to bring Google News back to Spain Google News closed in Spain in late 2014 in response to legislation to pay a mandatory licensing fee. Netflix brings “Downloads For You” feature that will automatically download shows and movies based on viewer history ‘Downloads For You’ is available globally for Android users. --------------------------------------------------------------- #RandomlySpeaking Govt to release INR 2.97 lakh crore more food subsidy this current financial year Punjab, Haryana will use e-mode for MSP payments hereon. Social media influencers soon may have to label advertising content as promotional This move is due to social media influencers' popularity; brands rely on them to promote their products. A report shows that Indians prefer the value and quality of the products over discounts since the pandemic started Consumer shopping from Direct to Consumer brands like MamaEarth increased. [More News @NextBigWhat]( [Comment]( [Share]( If you liked this post from [NextBigWhat](, why not share it? 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