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May 3 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
.@Google has said that the tech giant will remain committed to accelerating growth in India’s digital ecosystem. 📈

@GoogleIndia @sundarpichai
The tech giant has been investing in India’s digital ecosystem with the help of the #Google for India Digitisation Fund, investing a total of upwards of $5 Bn in @reliancejio and @airtelindia. 💰
#Google invested about a billion dollars in Bharti #Airtel in 2022, acquiring a nominal stake in the telecom player while also putting a part of the investment towards smartphone affordability programs. 📲

@Google @GoogleIndia @airtelindia @sundarpichai
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.@sundarpichai also talked about the success of @GooglePay as a payments platform in the country.

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Similarly, while speaking about region-wise growth during its post-earnings call, @dwehner, CFO at @Meta, highlighted the strength of its India business, saying it’s “benefiting from good supply tailwinds in terms of impression growth”.

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.@CCI_India has reportedly made a change in its interpretation of the ‘relevant market’, leading to several digital platforms facing #antitrust probes.

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.@TVMohandasPai, the former CTO of #Infosys has been at the forefront of the Indian startup ecosystem while the number of #unicorns grew from 0 to💯!

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May 3
Compliance Report - #Whatsapp | WhatsApp banned 18,05,000 Indian accounts during March 1-to March 31, 2022 period, as per its tenth compliance report.

👉 The platform received 597 grievances in March, including 407 ban appeals.

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Compliance Report - #Meta

- Meta-owned Facebook took action against 21.58 Mn pieces of content on the platform in March.

👉 Of these content, 14.9 Mn pieces were spam, followed by violent and graphic content at 2.5 Mn pieces.

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🎉India’s 100 #UnicornStartups – Today Marks A New Milestone For India’s Startup Economy 🚀

⭐#DigitalIndiaShining #100Unicorns 🦄

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The Indian #cleantech startups have come up with new ideas to power existing clean energy technology and are doing their bit to save the environment in their own ways. 🌎

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@manishm @tanaypratap
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