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Best Indian Technical Blog | TechGecs

There is no doubt about the fact that as time is changing day by day, technology is also changing at a very fast pace. Every day a new technology came into the picture that’s why this is going to be very urgent to be updated every second, and people from different places of the earth must keep hooked to it.    Although, there is a variety of tech influencers or tech bloggers in India that have expertise in their technical domain and they are really worthy to appreciate for their work, throughout the country. Technology has transformed our lives completely different from before. This niche is really has attracting nature across different spheres throughout the globe.  Well, if you came here while searching for the best Indian technical blog so, we have a deep discussion on the best tech blogs TechGecs , whose owner Ashish Pratap Singh updates his tech blog regularly. What makes the TechGecs outstanding in terms of performance and rank, is their approach and sense of unde...

Government bring new strict guidelines for Social Media and OTT platforms

 The government of India on Thursday bring new laws for regulating the Social Media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. The government has said them to remove any content flagged by the authorities within 36 hours. They have to set up a complaint redressal mechanism with an officer being based in India. These guidelines also said social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to identify the originator of a message that the government consider being anti-national and against the security and sovereignty of India. This is the first time such rules are formed in the country within the jurisdiction for digital and social media platforms. These rules have come after a spat between Government and Twitter over certain messages related to Farmers protest. The government had said to remove about 1500 account and messages but Twitter didn't want to do so. But, Twitter followed it after the warning of penal action. IT minister has said ma...

RBI has concerns over cryptocurrencies

 The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has major concerns over cryptocurrencies, Governor Shaktikanta Das said. He flagged potential risks to financial stability.  He said he had communicated his concerns to the Government and the RBI's plan to launch its own digital currency is a work in progress. He added, "We have major concerns from the financial stability angle". It will be very difficult and not possible for me to give a date as there are several loose ends that need to be tied up and it is recieving our full attention. India's parliament Loksabha is also going to discuss the introduction of a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in the current Budget session of parliament. A government panel has advised banning all private cryptocurrencies with a jail term of up to 10 years and heavy fines for trading in banned cryptocurrencies. The major cryptocurrency exchange has denied the premise that crypto will be a competitor to the Indian Rupee and will lead to...

Zomato raised another $250 million

Indian food delivery startup, Zomato, had raised another $250 million. The last series J funding round was 2 months before with the closing of $660 million.  There are multiple investors this time some of them are Kora($115 million), Fidelity($55 million), Tiger Global($50 million), Bow Wave($20 million) and Dragoneer($10 million). ZOmato is 12-year old now and has its headquarter in Gurgaon. After this new investment, Zomato's total valuation is about $5.4 billion which was $3.9 billion in December last year. Zomato has acquired the Indian Food Delivery Business of Uber last year. The major competitor of Zomato at present is Swiggy(whose value is about $3.6 billion). Amazon has also started its food delivery service but only in some parts of Bangalore. Zomato co-founder and CEO, Deepinder Goyal said, December 2020 is expected to be the highest ever GMV month in our history. We are now clocking ~25% higher GMV than our previous peaks in February 2020. I am supremely excited about w...