This Week in Tech India

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Stay on top of India’s tech story in just one weekly show. Each episode breaks down the most important tech news and trends shaping life in India, with clear explanations, an Indian perspective, and honest, unbiased insights you can actually use.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    TWITI #9 of 2026: UPI works in Israel which has started a war

    Tech has always been political, and now days there is hardly any State visit without a tech related deal being signed “to advance bilateral relations” between two countries. And such was the case this week, where PM Modi announced that UPI will work in Israel. That is, if you really want to send money to Israel. I want to make it clear that I use my platforms to also deliver messages on key social causes, some of which big content creation houses are too afraid to speak up about. Timestamps: 0:00:24: United Payments of Israel 0:02:43: Micron opens Gujarat semiconductor plant 0:03:57: Amazon opens MASSIVE new Bangalore office 0:05:07: Sarvam launches competitor to ChatGPT 0:06:31: Union IT Minister says content creators should be paid fairly 0:08:15: SIM binging rules for chat apps take effect 0:08:49: Apple reportedly talking to Indian banks for Apple Pay 0:10:18: 30% of Reliance AI subsidiary goes to Meta 0:11:46: 5 OTT platforms taken down due to obscene content 0:12:39: Yes Bank suffers data breach 😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-9-of-2026/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    15 min
  2. 22 FEB

    TWITI #8 of 2026: Google is winning the AI race

    What an awful lot of AI news. I promise you, no AI was used in creating this episode. And there was some kind of summit that was indeed impactful (politically). Timestamps: 0:00:24: (housekeeping) did you know about timestamps? 0:01:27: India AI Impact Summit - what you REALLY need to know 0:03:29: Google is winning the AI race 0:10:54: Local LLMs announced 0:13:22: Sarvam launches smart glasses 0:14:58: Anthropic opens Bangalore Office 0:16:05: NVIDIA partners with a lot of people 0:17:24: OpenAI partners with some people 0:20:00: Airtel quietly removed Perplexity Pro Benefit 0:21:05: Swiggy shuts down Snacc  😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-8-of-2026/ And here is all you need to know about what happened at the India AI Impact Summit: https://techinform.in/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-what-happened-at-the-india-ai-impact-summit-2026/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    22 min
  3. 15 FEB

    TWITI #7 of 2026: AI Content Needs Labels

    This episode is NOT AI generated - but if it was, I would have to clearly label it under the Government’s new rules effective this month. Or it will be the platform’s responsibility to check and - well - maybe take it down. Timestamps: 0:00:24: New Gov’t Rules on AI Content in India 0:04:32: Nothing opens physical flagship store in Bangalore 0:05:41: Flipkart mulls entering food delivery business 0:06:47: Gujarat signs something with Starlink 0:08:06: CCI fines Intel for being a bad boy 0:09:00: UPI now works in Malaysia 😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-7-of-2026/ And here is Carl Pei’s reel about Nothing’s new flagship store in Bangalore: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUs6t2BE0S7/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    10 min
  4. 2 FEB

    TWITI #5 of 2026: Budget and Tech and Gig Workers' Protest

    In this week’s Tech India news roundup - which is a day late because I was waiting for the Union Budget - we follow the story on the Gig Worker issue and finish with India’s first AI University in Amaravati. Timestamps: 0:00:24: Gig workers will now protest 0:05:14: Tech highlights from the Union Budget 2026-27 0:07:34: India-EU FTA las little on tech 0:08:56: UPI will work in Japan from April 01st 0:09:20: ED files prosecution complaint against Winzo 0:10:05: Blinkit launches Bharat Yatra card 0:11:24:  You can order on Swiggy through ChatGPT 0:12:13: BSNL launched (and stopped) ₹1 plan 0:12:39: PhonePe IPO Update 0:13:59: Amazon lays off employees in India too 0:14:46: Airtel offers Adobe Express Pro Subscription 0:16:16: Apple might lease office space in Chennai 0:18:09: Andra Pradesh will open India’s first AI University  😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-5-of-2026/ And here are the tech related highlights from the Union Budget: https://techinform.in/union-budget-tech-india-2026/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    20 min
  5. 18 JAN

    TWITI #3 of 2026: Arnab Goswami argued with a ROBOT

    😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 Timestamps: 0:00:22: CCPA fines Amazon and others for selling illegal walkie-talkies 0:01:19: Blinkit drops 10-minute delivery promise 0:02:03: Arnab Goswami debated a robot for an hour 0:03:35: Reliance announces its own voice AI 0:04:27: DD News launches creator corner 0:05:21: Karnataka to have India’s first commercial quantum computer 0:06:15: Google’s Hyderabad mega-office under construction 0:06:56: Nothing to open flagship store in India 0:07:47: Sarvam.ai to build India’s first sovereign AI park 0:08:19: Zoho to build massive office in Kumbakonam 0:09:15: Foxconn and HCL announce chip making JV 0:09:46: Reliance expands AJIO’s geographies 0:10:34: Ola Electric offers battery cell for enterprises 0:11:33: Unacademy to franchise offline stores 0:11:57: India to be invited to join Pax Silica ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-3-of-2026/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    14 min
  6. 11 JAN

    TWITI #2 of 2026: Why is Grok NOT Removed from App Stores?

    😎 This is the ONLY weekly tech news roundup you need to stay informed about tech in India 🇮🇳 Timestamps: 0:00:22: Tamil Nadu Government to distribute 20 lakh laptops free for college students 0:02:11: Zepto launches its own UPI 0:03:44: Bill to abolish H1B visa introduced in US Congress 0:04:40: Apple exported $50bn worth iPhones in 2025 0:06:28: CCI approves Dutch Company’s increase in Rapido stake 0:07:28: PM Modi held India AI roundtable 0:08:08: UDIAI launches UDAI its mascot 0:08:50: TCS doubles down on WFO 0:09:25: Zomato parent hit with three GST notices in WB 0:10:25: Miscellaneous news 0:11:28: Kids can use Grok to undress other kids in pictures ▶️ If you want to read my weekly news roundup, you can here: https://techinform.in/this-week-in-tech-india-twiti-2-of-2026/ Here’s the heart-touching article about the gig worker strike I was talking about: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/gig-workers-blinkit-zomato-gig-economy-deepinder-goyal-10463959/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel - a lot of fun stuff there: https://www.youtube.com/@Tech_In_Form Follow / Contact me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_in_form/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@tech_in_form Email: discounteddevices1@gmail.com Substack: https://substack.com/@techinform And please visit my website https://techinform.in I stay away from affiliates or paid partnerships to remain independent in my tech journalism, and I don’t have any paid membership programs. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with a friend. And hit that follow button!

    16 min

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Stay on top of India’s tech story in just one weekly show. Each episode breaks down the most important tech news and trends shaping life in India, with clear explanations, an Indian perspective, and honest, unbiased insights you can actually use.