By Erick As on date of this post, India-Pakistan ceasefire holds and by leading accounts, Operation Sindoor has achieved its objectives. 🇮🇳
While there are a few non-war related things that happened in Tech India this week – the most important of which are listed below – it is important to remember to stay safe from cyber warfare. Read my previous post and take note of the things you have to do to stay secure.
Starlink Receives Government Approval to Operate in India
While the telcos and Starlink will compete against each other to offer their services in the country, a market that is expected to cater to largely well-to-do families in urban areas owing to the communication service’s higher cost, Starlink had inked separate retail partnerships with Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, and Airtel, for them to offer its service to their customers.
Why it matters: it won’t matter in the long run. Starlink is too expensive and may serve only a fraction of Indian consumers. It might have some military use.
Read: Starlink receives govt clearance to offer satellite internet services in India
Oyo Becomes Most Profitable Startup in India
According to documents accessed by PTI, as per its unaudited financials, the company’s FY25 PAT (profit after tax) grew 172 per cent from  ₹229 crore in the preceding year. It achieved an adjusted EBITDA of  ₹1,132 crore in FY25, compared to  ₹889 crore in the year-ago fiscal, registering a 27 per cent year-on-year growth and its tenth consecutive quarter of EBITDA profitability.
Why it matters: even if it’s not a startup (which I think it isn’t anymore) ₹ 623 crore in profit is pretty insane. Just don’t tell uncle.
Read: OYO becomes most profitable Indian startup in FY25 with ₹623 cr profit: Founder Ritesh Agarwal
Over 8,000 X Accounts Witheld in India
Over 8,000 accounts, apparently most of them Pakistani, on the X platform, formerly Twitter, have been withheld in India. The announcement came from X’s Global Government Affairs handle late Thursday (May 8, 2025) evening. News portal The Wire has also been blocked, the site said on its social media handle, vowing to challenge the blocking order.Â
Why it matters: this is the case of drawing a balance between national security and freedom of speech. I’m taking X / twitter less seriously than others, because it is known for noise and in general I feel there is a lot of hate on that platform. But politically X and the Indian Government have had a contentious relationship. From the Government’s raid on Twitter’s office in 2021 to X’s recent challenge of the Indian Government’s Sanyo portal. For now, X is too big to fail and the Indian Government is too big for Elon to ignore.
Read: Over 8,000 X accounts blocked in India; The Wire says will challenge site blocking
Infosys Acquires Australian Cybersecurity Firm
Announced on 17th April 2025, the acquisition of full-service cybersecurity firm The Missing Link was complete on 2nd May 2025. The Missing Link is headquartered in Australia and was setup almost 20 years ago, and today specialists in cybersecurity and cloud services.
Why it matters: I have my reservations about Infosys (see, ahem, this post). But what I’ll celebrate is the acquisition of a foreign firm. Cybersecurity has been a hot topic and key risk area for companies worldwide and this makes a lot of business sense for Infosys. I just wish they stop terminating freshers by the hundreds.
Read: Infosys Completes Acquisition of Leading Cybersecurity Services Provider The Missing Link
That’s it for now, see you next week!
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