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Musk accuses Ambani of wanting to maintain a monopoly position in India
Starlink has not yet received approval for commercial operations in India. Before satellite spectrum is assigned, it and two other licensed provider…
Building UPI Payments Into Your App in 2026: What Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU and Autopay Actually Cost You
If you're wiring UPI into an Indian app right now, the engineering decisions you make this month will hit your margins differently after October 15,…
IND-TECH WEEKLY #3: Pixxel's $100M Rocket Ride, Jio's Investor Roadshow Kicks Off, and Oracle's Next Layoff Wave 🇮🇳
Hey 👋 Last issue introduced Jobs Watch, and it's sticking around — this issue keeps that structure and adds one change to Developer Corner (more on…
The CFO's AI Playbook: 5 Finance Automations Every Indian Business Should Run in 2026
Over 60% of APAC finance leaders say AI-led automation is their top priority for 2026. For Indian businesses, that stat hides a quieter truth: most…
Hackathons in India for students: where to look and how to pick
In one year I competed at IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSJMU and a community event run by MeetKats. They were all different in format, seriousness and w…
I Built a CLI to Scan JS/TS Apps for India's DPDP Act Compliance
Your Next.js App Is Probably Breaking Indian Law India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), 2023 is now in effect. If your app serves Indi…
IND-TECH WEEKLY #1: Jio Files for India's Biggest-Ever IPO, Navi Bags $100M, and What Devs Should Know 🇮🇳
Hey 👋 Quick backstory — my last post on getting paid after winning a DEV Challenge did way better than I expected. It even got the Community Resourc…
200 OK Does Not Mean Your Service Works
If you have ever built a health check, you have probably written something close to this: const res = await fetch ( url , { method : ' GET ' , signa…
I Bought a ₹6 Share and Learned the Hard Way: Building FinEd Saathi in 10 Days
I once bought a share at about ₹6 without understanding what the complete transaction would cost. I later sold it around the same price and was surp…
Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch
It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.
best trading app india 2026
Best Trading App India 2026: Zerodha vs Upstox vs Dhan vs Angel One vs Groww The honest comparison no broker pays me to write — fees, API, platform,…
Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The agency premium in India is 20% or 42% - and it depends on your GST registration, not their price
Disclosure: I work at ZoopCoder, a small development agency in India. So the whole point of this post is a number that argues against hiring us — 42…
AI Hiring Outpaces Overall IT Recruitment in India: A Shift in Industry Strategy
What Happened In a significant shift for the Indian technology landscape, recruitment for artificial intelligence (AI) roles has decoupled from the…
Your first developer is statutorily your cheapest one: the in-house vs agency arithmetic in India
Disclosure: I work at ZoopCoder , an Indian development agency. That means I have an obvious commercial interest in you buying agency hours instead…
India's Tech Sector Faces Hiring Slowdown as FY27 Begins
What Happened India's technology sector has entered the 2027 fiscal year on a cautious note, according to the latest data from Xpheno’s Active Tech…
India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
"On the first attempt, reaching orbit, I never thought it was possible."
The India Software Tax: forex, GST, and what SaaS really costs
A data study from FindThatSoftware , an India-first software-decision platform. Live, per-tool numbers are in the original report . The price on the…
The 30-40% cross-platform saving, in actual rupees (India, 2026)
Disclosure up front: I work at ZoopCoder, an Indian dev studio. The rupee figures below are the ones we publish on our own pricing page, shown next…
🚀 India Village Finder Introduces Farmer Schemes & Farm-Input Insights
Village Finder is an open-source, serverless, and multilingual map tracking over 78,000 villages across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Ta…
Indian Stock Market MCP: The Best MCP Servers for NSE & BSE Data (2026)
If you want an AI assistant that actually understands Indian markets, you need an Indian stock market MCP server. This guide compares the best MCP s…
QA & SDET Salary Report India 2026: Verified, Sourced, Reconciled
Why every salary site gives a different number — and the honest consensus, reconciled from six public sources with an open methodology. Every figure…
Why pandas_market_calendars Fails for Indian Markets (and what to use instead)
Indian algo traders and quant developers hit the same wall: they reach for pandas_market_calendars , set up XNSE , and get back answers that are sil…
I Built a Free Tool to Verify Aadhaar eSign PDFs — Here's Why It Matters
A few weeks ago I got a signed contract PDF from someone. It had a little stamp in the corner: "Digitally Signed by Rahul Sharma, Date: 2026-06-01."…
The CFO's AI Playbook: 5 Finance Automations Every Indian Business Should Run in 2026
Over 60% of APAC finance leaders say AI-led automation is their top priority for 2026. For Indian businesses, that stat hides a quieter truth: most…
I Stopped Writing My Phone Number on My Car Windshield — and Built a QR Sticker Instead
For two years, my windshield had a laminated card: "In case of blocking, call 98XXXXXXXX." It made sense. I park in tight lanes — someone always nee…
FHIR in Indian Healthcare IT: What Every Developer Building HMIS Software Needs to Know
FHIR in Indian Healthcare IT: What Every Developer Building HMIS Software Needs to Know India is in the middle of the most ambitious healthcare digi…
App Development Costs in India (2026): A No-Fluff Technical Breakdown
If you're a developer who's been asked "how much will this cost?" by a non-technical founder - or if you're a founder trying to make sense of wildly…
A promising Indian launch startup nears its first orbital test flight
"We wanted to get to an orbital launch vehicle in a few years."