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A man recently went viral after doing the exact math if someone from India's top 1% saves every single rupee they earn, spends nothing on food, pays no rent, buys no clothes it will still take them 8 full years to afford that flat.

And that is India's top earner. Not the middle class. Not the delivery boy working 12 hours a day. Not the teacher earning ₹35,000 a month.

For them, a Mumbai home is not a distant dream. According to this video it is mathematically impossible.

Expressing concern over falling sales, the jeweller questioned how small traders and workers dependent on the jewellery industry would survive if demand continues to slow.

“Where will our workers go for jobs if no one buys gold?” he asked, highlighting the worries of thousands of small businesses tied to the sector.

Many jewellers say the industry has already been struggling with the impact of GST, excise duties, and record-high gold prices, which have reduced customer footfall during the wedding and festive season.

The Prime Minister’s remarks were aimed at reducing non-essential imports and easing pressure on India’s foreign exchange reserves, as the country imports most of its gold using US dollars.

What started as a joke is now turning into one of the biggest Gen Z digital movements online, with lakhs joining in just days. 😳🇮🇳 From unemployment frustration to political satire, the trend is sparking serious conversations across social media.

According to his post, the button could allegedly make the company’s codebase public, expose .env secrets, wipe staging databases, and even notify his lawyer automatically.

“AI layoffs are getting out of hands so I built ‘I GOT FIRED’ button,” he wrote in the viral post.

Photos shared online showed a small multi-button gadget attached to his laptop with labels such as “Gaslight Them,” “Decode Corporate BS,” and a red-highlighted “I GOT FIRED” button.

Screens displayed humorous pop-up messages like “.env secrets committed and pushed to public repo” and “out of office: permanently. contact my lawyer.”

Though the post was clearly shared as a joke, especially at a time when concerns over layoffs, automation and AI-driven restructuring continue to dominate discussions across the global tech industry.

Police say more than 600 victims and over 14,000 transactions linked to nearly ₹100 crore were traced during the investigation.
 
The case highlights how financial scams are becoming more sophisticated with technology, fake apps, emotional manipulation, and social engineering.
 
In the internet era, professional-looking platforms do not always mean legitimate businesses.
If returns look unrealistically easy, it is usually a red flag.

A Navi Mumbai-based company saw an opportunity in that contradiction nearly two decades ago. Founded 18 years ago, Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORSL) started as a waste management company.

Today, it has evolved into an integrated CleanTech and decarbonisation platform that converts municipal solid waste, agricultural residue, and energy crops into compressed biogas (CBG), green chemicals, and other value-added products.

Long before “waste-to-energy” became a major trend in India, ORSL commissioned one of the country’s first anaerobic digestion-based integrated MSW valorisation plants in Solapur, Maharashtra, back in 2013.

Leading the company since inception, Promoter and MD Sarang Bhand believes India’s waste problem is actually an untapped energy opportunity.

“Every tonne of municipal waste that goes into a landfill is a tonne of clean energy that India has to import instead,” he said.

Over the years, the company has built deep expertise in processing municipal waste one of the most difficult feedstocks in the bioenergy sector due to its inconsistent and highly variable nature.

ORSL now holds 2 patents, over 5 proprietary technologies, and multiple innovations currently under development.

In this Decoded video, Chandra R. Srikanth breaks down how compensation restructuring, higher fixed compliance costs, and a prolonged slowdown are changing the salary game for India’s tech workforce.

clubhouse, sports courts, sauna, steam bath, and yoga spaces. On paper, he admitted, it looks like a “dream lifestyle.”

But the tone quickly shifted.

“There is no such thing as fresh air here,” he said, describing the environment as “like a furnace.”

He also raised concerns about financial pressure, arguing that long home loans often trap people in 20-year repayment cycles, forcing them into high-paying but exhausting jobs.

“A crores-worth flat has zero value in real experience,” he said, adding that a significant portion of income goes into EMIs, leaving little financial freedom.

Comparing city life with rural living, he praised villages for cleaner air, lower expenses, and a slower pace of life, claiming that even lower income there can feel “equal” in real comfort terms.

According to reports, founders Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Ishan Bansal and Neeraj Singh sold a combined 0.23% stake worth around ₹250–260 crore over the past few days.

Sources suggest the funds may now be deployed toward startup investments and philanthropic initiatives, drawing comparisons with Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath, who actively back startups and social initiatives through platforms like Rainmatter and WTFund.

The development has sparked discussions within the startup ecosystem, with many seeing Groww’s founders as potential new operator-investors who could reinvest their wealth into supporting the next generation of Indian entrepreneurs.

According to the graphic, Instamart reportedly posted around ₹1000 crore losses, Zepto around ₹1250 crore, and Blinkit around ₹100 crore while over 100,000 kirana stores have shut down.

And that raises a bigger question.

If startups are losing money and local stores are disappearing then who is actually winning this race?

Consumers love convenience.
Investors chase market share.
Startups fight for dominance.

But traditional small businesses often don’t have the capital, discounts, or delivery infrastructure to compete at that scale.

At the same time, quick commerce has also created thousands of delivery, warehouses, and tech jobs across India.

So this isn’t a simple “good vs bad” debate anymore.

It’s a transformation of how India buys daily essentials.

💡 Insight: Every technological shift creates winners and losers. The real challenge is building growth without destroying the ecosystem beneath it.

👇 Your take:
Will kirana stores adapt and survive or will quick commerce dominate completely?

The trials were conducted at the DRDO test range near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh and validated the missile system in both Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air operational modes.

The tests were carried out using an integrated Ground Control System (GCS), which automated launch readiness and operational control functions.

According to reports, the ULPGM-V3 demonstrated high precision strike capability during the tests and successfully engaged designated targets in different combat scenarios.

The trials marked the successful validation of the missile’s final deliverable configuration, paving the way for its induction into the armed forces.

The missile reportedly features day-and-night operational capability along with a two-way data link that supports post-launch target updates.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, industry partners, and associated teams for the achievement, describing the successful trials as a major milestone in India’s journey towards self-reliance in advanced defence technologies.

The missile has been developed through collaboration between DRDO and domestic industry partners under the “Make in India” initiative.

The ULPGM-V3 is seen as a next-generation precision-guided weapon system capable of enhancing the operational effectiveness of UAV platforms in modern warfare.

Established in 1958, DRDO is responsible for the development of advanced defence technologies and systems for the Indian Armed Forces, including missiles, radar systems, electronic warfare platforms, aircraft technologies, naval systems, and unmanned combat solutions.

According to the Sunday Guardian, the company’s mobility arm, Green SM, is planning to launch electric taxi operations in India with fares starting at around ₹8 per kilometre, as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative for urban commuters.

According to media reports, Green SM has already started groundwork for its India operations, including driver recruitment campaigns in the National Capital Region.

The company is reportedly offering monthly earnings of ₹35,000 to ₹40,000 for driver partners as it builds an initial fleet of electric vehicles for commercial deployment.

The proposed fleet is expected to include the VinFast Limo Green electric MPV and other EV models developed specifically for commercial mobility services.

The Limo Green, which is likely to become a key vehicle in the cab network, is designed with a claimed driving range of nearly 450 km and features aimed at fleet operations and passenger comfort.

The ₹8/km pricing model, if implemented at scale, may put pressure on conventional ride-hailing operators that currently rely heavily on petrol and CNG vehicles.

Reports also suggest that the company may initially focus on metro cities before expanding to other urban centres.

VinFast, founded in 2017 and backed by Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate, has rapidly emerged as one of Southeast Asia’s prominent EV manufacturers.

The company produces electric cars, scooters, and commercial EVs, and has been aggressively expanding into international markets, including India.

VinFast is also setting up manufacturing and ecosystem operations in the country as part of its long-term growth strategy.

The company was incubated at IIT Madras and operates from its Agnikul Rocket Factory-1 in Chennai, where it designs and manufactures end-to-end launch vehicle systems.

Each of these engines is 3D printed as a single piece of hardware and was fully designed and manufactured in-house at the company’s facility.

These systems had to operate in perfect synchronisation to ensure uniform performance across all engines during startup, steady-state thrust, and shutdown phases.

Achieving consistent behaviour across multiple engines firing together is a critical challenge in clustered rocket propulsion, especially for semi-cryogenic systems where fuel dynamics are highly sensitive.

According to the startup, this is believed to be the first instance in India where a cluster of semi-cryogenic engines has been successfully tested in this configuration.

The company emphasised that all four engines used in the test were produced entirely within its own facility at Agnikul Rocket Factory-1.

This full-stack manufacturing approach from design and 3D printing to assembly and testing sets Agnikul apart in India’s emerging private space sector.

Agnikul Cosmos operates in close collaboration with leading Indian institutions, including IIT Madras, and has received support from national space ecosystem bodies such as ISRO and IN-SPACe.

Demonstrating stable synchronisation across four engines validates Agnikul’s approach and lays the groundwork for future scaling, where even larger engine clusters may be used.

With this successful test, Agnikul Cosmos has taken another important step toward demonstrating that fully private, end-to-end rocket systems can be developed and operated from India.

The round also saw participation from Anish Srivastava, senior vice-president at Blinkit, and Bharat Kalia, co-founder and CEO of Lifelong.

Founded in 2025 by Aniket Kale and Chetan Chauhan, Instafix offers on-demand smartphone repairs at customers’ homes, promising certified technicians and repairs completed within 30 minutes.

The V2 2.0 is an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for short-distance urban and regional transportation.

Built for future air mobility use cases, the current prototype has an endurance of around 45 minutes and a flying range of nearly 30 kilometres.

The company had previously demonstrated structural testing of the V2 platform.

The latest unmanned trials now show that the aircraft has progressed from engineering validation to actual flight capability.

Globally, only a limited number of companies have managed to take electric air taxi concepts to the flight-testing stage. That is what makes Magnumwings’ progress notable.

The V2 2.0 has been designed as part of a broader electric mobility vision.

Magnumwings believes electric air mobility could eventually support multiple sectors, including urban air taxis, emergency medical transport, tourism, industrial logistics, and regional connectivity.

The startup also sees advanced air mobility as a long-term industrial opportunity for Andhra Pradesh.

According to the company, the sector could generate thousands of high-skill jobs across aircraft manufacturing, battery systems, electronics, composites, software, maintenance, testing, and flight operations.

The next phase for Magnumwings will involve certification procedures and human-passenger flight trials.

The company says passenger testing will begin after completing the required safety and regulatory approvals.

Its broader goal is to move toward initial services by the end of the year.

India is no longer just watching the future of electric aviation unfold elsewhere. It is beginning to build its own version of it.

One pattern we’re seeing across growing startups is that payment operations become surprisingly expensive once transaction volumes start increasing.

A lot of early-stage companies use separate tools for:

• payment collection
• payouts
• subscriptions
• reconciliation
• settlement tracking

It works initially, but over time the hidden operational costs start showing up through manual finance work, failed payments, delayed settlements, and multiple platform charges.

Many startups are now moving towards integrated payment systems like Easebuzz to simplify these workflows under one setup.

Some practical ways this helps businesses reduce costs and improve growth:

• Less manual reconciliation work for finance teams
• Better payment success rates during high traffic
• Faster settlements improving cash flow visibility
• Reduced dependency on multiple vendors/tools
• Easier tracking of payments and payouts in one dashboard
• Lower operational overhead as the business scales

For startups in India, improving payment efficiency is no longer just a finance problem - it directly impacts customer experience, retention, and growth.

Would love to know what payment-related operational challenge other startups are currently facing while scaling.

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Citing recent Startup India-related figures, the CM highlighted that according to Startup India report, Maharashtra currently ranks No.1 in both the absolute number of startups and total investment inflows.

He further emphasized that nearly 30% of Maharashtra’s startups are tech-focused, signaling the state’s growing dominance in sectors like AI, fintech, SaaS, deeptech, and digital infrastructure.

According to him, Mumbai is not just India’s financial capital anymore it is rapidly reclaiming its position as a major technology and innovation hub.

The city is increasingly attracting founders, venture capital firms, global capability centers, and emerging startups looking for stronger access to capital, talent, and enterprise networks.

While Bengaluru continues to dominate in engineering and deep startup culture, and Hyderabad remains a fast-growing tech destination, Maharashtra’s leadership believes Mumbai’s combination of finance + technology + infrastructure gives it a long-term strategic edge.