This Week in Tech India

What's more fancy than being a billionaire? A tech billionaire that tells other tech billionaires what to do. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:03: Jio IPO - foreign investment details revealed0:03:15: Headlines💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-17-of-2026/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Reliance supremo Mukesh Ambani revealed more about the Jio IPO in one sentence than all reports over the last few months put together.  Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:03: Scope of Jio IPO revealed0:02:24: Headlines💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-16-of-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Cognizant lost an appeal in the Madras High Court because they thought that the most inhumane way of firing an employee was justified. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:03: Cognizant bashed by Madras HC for unfair dismissal of employee0:02:23: Oracle lays off 12,000 in India0:03:12: India makes Quantum leap0:05:03: Headlines💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-15-of-2026/Here’s the incentives as per the EV policy draft for Delhi-ites: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/ev-policy-2-0-draft-only-delhi-residents-can-avail-incentives/articleshow/130202517.cmsSubscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Certain Chinese-made CCTV cameras, including from industry giants like Hikvision and Dahua, are now banned in India until security certification requirements can be made. While the conspiracies and memes practically write themselves, this story has nothing to do with geopolitics.Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:23: Chinese CCTV brands banned in India0:02:45: SEBI partners with Google to “verify” apps0:09:11: (ad) PureVPN0:10:26: PB Fintech receives questionable Benami order0:11:54: Blinkit launches “post-security” at Mumbai airport0:13:32: Meghalaya Gov’t signs MoU with Starlink💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-14-of-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This week we get reminded that billionaires get whatever they want - even in India. And what better way to prove this point than to talk about the two biggest billionaires in India and what happened with them this week.Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:23: I hope you’re safe0:01:03: Delhi HC grants unwarranted relief to Ambani’s JioStar0:05:04: Adani puts aside $100 billion for data centers0:07:42: The AI Bubble is popping0:11:07: CoinDCX founders arrested then released0:13:17: Now you can “voice-order” food0:14:38: Headlines💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-13-of-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

The Chairman of the FCC in the US has a proposal which will require call centers used by American companies to be “reshored” - I.e. to be based in the US. If passed, this will frustrate American consumers and will put hundreds of call centers in India and in the Philippines out of business.Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!🕐 Timestamps:0:00:23: Small announcement0:00:54: This crazy proposal that would drive call centers out of business0:17:15: Headlines💡Sponsor: Avail unto 85% OFF on the best VPN service out there - PureVPN - by using this link: https://bit.ly/47ouEM5▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-12-of-2026/🔥 Check out the link above - I have added two new segments based on your feedback!Here is the (crazy) FCC proposal to “re-shore” call centres to the US: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-419225A1.pdfSubscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Wherever you are, I hope you are safe and haven’t been affected by - among other things - the LPG crisis. It looks like the crisis is easing up, but there is another crisis that could happen directly as a result of the US-Israel-Iran war, and that could damage the very infrastructure your internet relies on!Timestamps:0:00:22: Damaged subsea cables could be worse than LPG crisis0:08:07: Flipkart and Jio have IPO ‘roadblocks’ removed0:09:20: Razorpay is trying very hard to AI0:11:08: Netflix opens VFX studio in Hyderabad0:13:51: Eternal infuses 450 crores into Blinkit0:15:11: Maharashtra shuts down bike taxis again0:15:48: Uber launches inter-city bus ticketing0:16:08: Arrests made in GainBitcoin Scam investigation0:18:39: PIB highlights India’s achievements in semiconductors0:19:06: One more thing…😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-11-of-2026/🔥 Check out the link above - I have added two new segments based on your feedback!Here is my all-you-need-to-know short and punchy article about why subsea cables are so important but fragile: https://techinform.in/the-internet-is-as-fragile-as-the-world-order/Here is the PIB announcement on the GainBitcoin Ponzi scheme: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2238160&reg=3&lang=2And here is the PIB announcement on the recent achievements for India in the field of semiconductors: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2239608&reg=3&lang=2Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

The US President Trump and his cronies think they can bully India, while the whole world knows that the Israeli PM “Bibi” is the REAL boss in the US of A. And they don’t have any economic advantages they can give India.I want to make it clear that I use my platforms to also deliver messages on key social causes, some of which big content creation houses are too afraid to speak up about.Timestamps:0:00:24: Trump keeps trying to BULLY India0:08:55: Phones are OFFICIALLY more expensive0:10:55: Rapido launches Ownly0:11:26: Flipkart lays off 500 employees0:12:28: Jio IPO hits small roadblock😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-10-of-2026/Here is the video of Tim Cook explaining why the US manufactures in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wacXUrONUYSubscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

Tech has always been political, and now days there is hardly any State visit without a tech related deal being signed “to advance bilateral relations” between two countries. And such was the case this week, where PM Modi announced that UPI will work in Israel. That is, if you really want to send money to Israel.I want to make it clear that I use my platforms to also deliver messages on key social causes, some of which big content creation houses are too afraid to speak up about.Timestamps:0:00:24: United Payments of Israel0:02:43: Micron opens Gujarat semiconductor plant0:03:57: Amazon opens MASSIVE new Bangalore office0:05:07: Sarvam launches competitor to ChatGPT0:06:31: Union IT Minister says content creators should be paid fairly0:08:15: SIM binging rules for chat apps take effect0:08:49: Apple reportedly talking to Indian banks for Apple Pay0:10:18: 30% of Reliance AI subsidiary goes to Meta0:11:46: 5 OTT platforms taken down due to obscene content0:12:39: Yes Bank suffers data breach😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-9-of-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

What an awful lot of AI news. I promise you, no AI was used in creating this episode. And there was some kind of summit that was indeed impactful (politically).Timestamps:0:00:24: (housekeeping) did you know about timestamps?0:01:27: India AI Impact Summit - what you REALLY need to know0:03:29: Google is winning the AI race0:10:54: Local LLMs announced0:13:22: Sarvam launches smart glasses0:14:58: Anthropic opens Bangalore Office0:16:05: NVIDIA partners with a lot of people0:17:24: OpenAI partners with some people0:20:00: Airtel quietly removed Perplexity Pro Benefit0:21:05: Swiggy shuts down Snacc 😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-8-of-2026/And here is all you need to know about what happened at the India AI Impact Summit: https://techinform.in/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-what-happened-at-the-india-ai-impact-summit-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

This episode is NOT AI generated - but if it was, I would have to clearly label it under the Government’s new rules effective this month. Or it will be the platform’s responsibility to check and - well - maybe take it down.Timestamps:0:00:24: New Gov’t Rules on AI Content in India0:04:32: Nothing opens physical flagship store in Bangalore0:05:41: Flipkart mulls entering food delivery business0:06:47: Gujarat signs something with Starlink0:08:06: CCI fines Intel for being a bad boy0:09:00: UPI now works in Malaysia😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-7-of-2026/And here is Carl Pei’s reel about Nothing’s new flagship store in Bangalore: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUs6t2BE0S7/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

In this week’s Tech India news roundup (sorry for being late - was sick) we get reminded that WhatsApp does not care about privacy at all and in fact with fight the law for the right to EXPLOIT user data.Timestamps:0:00:24: Why this episode is LATE this week0:01:11: WhatsApp SLAMMED for privacy 0:08:04: Trump’s recent “Deal” has nothing on tech0:08:39: Zupee fires and acquires at the same time0:10:18: Google expands office space in Bangalore0:11:22: Apple may open store in Hyderabad0:13:00: UPI may reportedly link with Alipay+0:13:51: Saasocalypse😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-6-of-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

In this week’s Tech India news roundup - which is a day late because I was waiting for the Union Budget - we follow the story on the Gig Worker issue and finish with India’s first AI University in Amaravati.Timestamps:0:00:24: Gig workers will now protest0:05:14: Tech highlights from the Union Budget 2026-270:07:34: India-EU FTA las little on tech0:08:56: UPI will work in Japan from April 01st0:09:20: ED files prosecution complaint against Winzo0:10:05: Blinkit launches Bharat Yatra card0:11:24:  You can order on Swiggy through ChatGPT0:12:13: BSNL launched (and stopped) ₹1 plan0:12:39: PhonePe IPO Update0:13:59: Amazon lays off employees in India too0:14:46: Airtel offers Adobe Express Pro Subscription0:16:16: Apple might lease office space in Chennai0:18:09: Andra Pradesh will open India’s first AI University 😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-5-of-2026/And here are the tech related highlights from the Union Budget: https://techinform.in/union-budget-tech-india-2026/Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_FormFollow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_formEmail: [email protected] Substack: https://substack.com/@techinformAnd please visit my website https://techinform.in If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!