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IND-TECH WEEKLY #1: Jio Files for India's Biggest-Ever IPO, Navi Bags $100M, and What Devs Should Know 🇮🇳

Dhruv Jani on August 30, 2026

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Dhruv Jani • Aug 30

IND-TECH WEEKLY #1 is live! 🇮🇳📰

This one is an experiment — I wanted to see if a short, developer-focused roundup of what's happening in Indian tech is actually useful.

So I'm handing the decision to you: if you could add ONE section to Issue #2, what would it be? 👀

Jobs & internships? Funding deep-dives? More AI? Product launches? Developer opportunities? Something completely different?

Drop your suggestion below. If enough people find this useful, Issue #2 happens next week. 👀🔥

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • Aug 30

Really informative! 🔥 Excited to see how India’s tech and AI ecosystem evolves. Looking forward to the next edition! 🚀
By the way, my Jio isn’t working these days, and with the ITR filing deadline around the corner… oh man!

Dhruv Jani • Aug 30

Thanks!! if by Jio you meant Net/Data, then I get that feeling. My college is in Nadiad, Gujarat and when we're there, only college wifi can be used which is very slow or VI and Airtel. Jio doesn't work there😂.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • Aug 30

Yes, I’m talking about “data.” We usually pronounce it as “daa-ta” here, even though some people say “day-ta.” By the way, I also studied up to 4th grade in Surat, Gujarat, under the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB). And Gujarat’s khaman and Kathiyawadi tea—wow, so good!

Dhruv Jani • Aug 30 • Edited

Oh, sorry. I actually read your "my Jio" as "MyJio" the app😅. Cause that app is also very slow and I know nothing about ITR, I'm still in Final year. But Cool, you've been to Gujarat. I'd share that I've done a full trip to Rajasthan in 2 rounds. And wherever we went we asked the guide to suggest us what to eat and I actually today ate dal-bati at home and have tried the Rajasthani one too😋. And well I pronounce data as "day-ta"😂.