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India’s Simpl raises $40 million for its buy now, pay later service – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Bangalore-based fintech startup Simpl has raised $40 million as it looks to expand its online buy now, pay later service’s offerings in the world’s second-largest market. Valar Ventures and IA Ventures led the six-year-old startup’s Series B round. LFH Ventures and some existing investors also part…

Germany announces €1.2 bn to help India fight climate change indianexpress.com The IPCC released earlier this year found that both India and Germany will suffer more extreme events due to climate change. Both countries together account for nearly 9 per cent of global greenhouse gas.

Only a handful of cryptocurrencies will survive, says Raghuram Rajan indianexpress.com The remarks come a day after the government listed for introduction in Parliament a bill to ban all private cryptocurrencies, with some exceptions.

No crypto ban in India — SEBI will reportedly be pulled in to regulate the sector businessinsider.in The Indian government is not looking to ban cryptocurrencies, but to regulate them as ‘assets’. All Indian crypto exchanges will reportedly come under the purview of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

LinkedIn adds Hindi to reach 500 million people in India – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Less than 20% of India’s 1.3 billion people speak English. But LinkedIn, the largest professional social network globally, has so far catered only to this sliver of the population in the world’s second largest internet market. On Thursday, the Microsoft-owned service said it’s beginning to ch…

IITs begin placement drive with students bagging over Rs 1 crore packages; Rs 2.15 crore highest package offered on Day 1 indianexpress.com As many as five students of IIT (BHU) Varanasi secured jobs at Uber, one of the US' top firms. Of the five, one student received an offer to work in the firm's US office while another secured a package of Rs 2 crore.