Itika Sharma Punit

Bangalore

Deputy Editor @restofworld. Earlier @qzindia, @bsindia, Network18, Ma Foi. Aspiring minimalist. Connect at [email protected].

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Starlink’s satellite internet launch in India may be delayed

1 week ago | restofworld.org | Ananya Bhattacharya |Itika Sharma Punit

India has just made it harder for Starlink to enter the market. Around two months after Starlink announced retail partnerships with the country’s leading telecom operators, India — home to the world’s second-largest internet user base — introduced a new set of rules that satellite internet providers must comply with for permission to operate.
Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit |Ananya Bhattacharya

Tesla is having a tough year. Once a world leader in the electric-vehicle market, the company’s sales across the U.S., China, and several European countries fell year on year in February, and its stock price dropped almost 50% from a mid-December peak. Tesla needs India more than India needs Tesla. The politics of Tesla leader Elon Musk and surging Chinese rivals are both contributing to the sales slump.
India’s women gig workers fight for a better future

Jul 29, 2024 | restofworld.org | Durga Sengupta |Itika Sharma Punit

A year after women staged mass protests against the job conditions at India’s popular home services app, Urban Company, female gig workers face a tough present and a highly uncertain future.
ElevenLabs partners with Pocket FM to create more audio for less time and money - Rest of World

Jul 29, 2024 | restofworld.org | Ananya Bhattacharya |Itika Sharma Punit

ElevenLabs, known for its text to speech and AI voice generator, announced its first partnership with an Indian company, Pocket FM.
What global investors need to know about funding Pakistani startups

Jun 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Itika Sharma Punit

In December 2021, CreditBook became the first startup in Pakistan to be funded by Tiger Global , one of the most active investors in the world. As the Pakistani startup ecosystem battles a tough funding environment , Hasib Malik, CreditBook’s co-founder and CEO, says international investors need to support local founders and not just their business models. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
The entrepreneur trying to make thrifting truly eco-friendly with AI

May 21, 2024 | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit

Running an online thrifting business is extremely labor-intensive as human intervention is required to sort, price, label, and list each pre-loved item. Swag Kicks, one of Pakistan’s largest online thrift companies, has overcome this hurdle by developing a tool that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate its processes. The company’s CEO and co-founder, Nofal Khan, believes AI can make the industry truly eco-friendly. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
How this Indian crypto CEO is navigating tough regulations, high taxes

Jan 9, 2024 | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit

Rahul Pagidipati heads ZebPay, which was one of the first crypto exchanges to launch in India. ZebPay now has 7 million app downloads. Pagidipati talks about how his company navigated a tough business environment in 2023, when investors were exiting in droves, due to high taxes and tight regulations. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. In 2023, a noticeable trend shift occurred, marked by significant gains in prominent tokens such as bitcoin and ethereum.
Manipur, India has seen over 100 days of an internet shutdown

Aug 23, 2023 | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit

Since May this year, the northeast Indian state of Manipur has been embroiled in an ethnic conflict between two local communities, the majority Meitei and the minority Kuki tribes. But until last month, the world — including Indians to a great extent — remained largely ignorant of the death and destruction, all thanks to a government-mandated internet shutdown that created an information vacuum. On May 3, internet services in Manipur were suspended.
Another week, another push to “Make in India”

Aug 9, 2023 | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit

The Indian government has made yet another attempt to give its flagship Make in India initiative a push. On August 3, India said companies importing laptops, tablets, and PCs into the country would need to get a license. A day after the announcement, Bloomberg reported that Apple, Samsung, and HP were freezing new imports of laptops and tablets into India.
Before you start celebrating a possible Tesla factory in India …

Jul 26, 2023 | restofworld.org | Itika Sharma Punit

If Indian newspapers are to be believed, Tesla is looking to set up an electric vehicle factory in the country. For the past couple of weeks, Indian media has speculated about the production capacity of this planned factory, and the kind of cars it will produce. Most of these reports are based on anonymous sources as neither the government nor Tesla have officially shared any details of such plans. Elon Musk’s Indian fanboys are in celebratory mode nonetheless.