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TechJun 22, 2026

Padma Glory, IPO Frenzy & A Ladakh Shutdown

India witnessed a day of stark contrasts—a day when the nation's highest civilian honours were conferred upon cinematic legends at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, even as a remote Himalayan region shut down in protest against the Centre. While Mammootty and R. Madhavan received their Padma awards in a glittering ceremony, Ladakh ground to a halt over alleged omissions in official meeting minutes. In the world of business, Akshay Kumar's Welcome To The Jungle opened its advance bookings, aiming to replicate the success of its predecessors, while quick-commerce unicorn Zepto showcased its robot-powered warehouses as it gears up for a blockbuster IPO. From presidential honours to political protests, from cinematic comebacks to automated warehouses, June 23 emerged as a day that encapsulated the many moods of a nation in motion.

FundingJun 22, 2026

Recykal Just Raised $23 Million to Prove That the Circular Economy Is Fundamentally a Technology Problem

Recykal was built on a single conviction: the circular economy is fundamentally a technology problem. In FY26 it crossed ₹1,498 crore in gross revenue — a 53% jump. It is running Deposit Return System pilots across five Indian states and Bhutan, working with Aramco Digital in Saudi Arabia, and now targeting Europe and the UK. The $23 million bridge round is the capital that takes a proven Indian circular economy platform to the world.

ImpactJun 22, 2026

James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion

The image looks like a sci-fi battle. Rainbow-coloured gases cross and billow. Beams of energy shoot through dark clouds. In every direction, something is happening that has not happened before — and will not happen again. It is not a war. It is a birth. Hundreds of them, at various stages, in a single frame.

FundingJun 22, 2026

The Luggage Industry Has Been Selling Women a Box With Wheels and Calling It Unisex. NORI Just Raised $350,000 to Fix That.

The global luggage market is worth over $15 billion. The average suitcase has not been fundamentally reimagined in decades. Women carry 4x the SKUs, organise differently, pack differently, and have a completely different set of ergonomic requirements from the average male traveller. NORI's founders noticed that no major luggage brand had designed for that reality. So they built one from scratch.

FundingJun 22, 2026

Rusk Media Raised ₹100 Crore. The Bet Is That India's Gen Z Will Watch Entertainment Built for a Phone, Not a TV.

Rusk Media was founded in 2019. It makes content that a Gen Z audience watches on a phone, not a TV — scripted fiction, unscripted formats, vertical dramas, live entertainment, a talent reality franchise, and a dating show. It built its own platform. It built an advertising business. And it just raised ₹100 crore from the company behind Candy Crush licensing in India, the investor behind Zomato and PolicyBazaar, and one of India's most active VC firms.

ImpactJun 22, 2026

The Exit, The Investment & The Controversy: June 22 Wraps Up as a Day of High Stakes in Indian Entertainment and Tech

As the sun set on June 22, 2026, the Indian entertainment and startup ecosystem had witnessed a day of dramatic contrasts. In Hyderabad, a Bollywood superstar made a virtual court appearance in a case that has haunted him for over a year. On a streaming platform, a Bollywood actress delivered a sharp rebuttal that went viral, challenging outdated stereotypes. In the corporate world, a gaming giant deepened its commitment to India's burgeoning ecosystem with a strategic investment. Meanwhile, a stark reality check emerged from Bengaluru, where a promising deep-tech startup, unable to find the support it needed, packed up and moved to San Francisco. From courtroom dramas to funding rounds, from viral moments to difficult exits, the day's news painted a picture of an industry at a fascinating crossroads.

StartupsJun 22, 2026

Tamil Nadu's Deep-Tech Gambit: ₹100 Crore Fund, Quantum Computing, and the Race to Build India's Next Innovation Engine

Tamil Nadu is entering 2026 with one of the most ambitious deep-tech strategies in India. With the launch of India's first dedicated Deep Tech Startup Policy, a ₹100 crore funding plan, and TRL-based structured support, the state is building a full-stack ecosystem — from R&D to global scale. At Umagine TN 2026, the state secured ₹9,820 crore in fresh investment commitments across AI, fintech, healthcare, SaaS, and digital infrastructure. But the real story isn't just about money—it's about quantum computing access for startups, a ₹54.6 crore i-TNT Hub at Anna University, and a new reality show called 'Startup Thamizha'. Yet, beneath the glittering headlines, a sobering reality persists: Tamil Nadu is a great place to build, but a challenging one to scale. As one deep-tech founder put it, "The moments when startups are exposed to capital and customers in Bengaluru and Pune, they want to move out for justifiable reasons".

FundingJun 22, 2026

India Throws Away 4.1 Million Tonnes of E-Waste Every Year. Karo Sambhav Just Raised ₹56 Crore to Turn It Into Something Valuable.

India is the third-largest generator of e-waste in the world. The metals inside discarded smartphones, laptops, and batteries — lithium, cobalt, copper, gold, rare earth elements — are the same materials that India needs to build its electric vehicles, solar panels, semiconductors, and defence systems. Karo Sambhav has spent nine years building the infrastructure to recover those materials. Rainmatter just backed the next phase.

ImpactJun 22, 2026

From ₹500 to the Chief Minister's Chair: The Extraordinary Journey of Honble Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay

The year was 1984. A 10-year-old boy stood on a film set, his palms sweaty, his heart pounding like a drum. The director shouted "Action!" and he delivered his single line—just three words. For that moment of screen time, the production paid him ₹500—roughly $6 at the time. Fast forward forty-two years. On May 10, 2026, that same boy—now 52 years old, his voice commanding, his presence magnetic—stood before a sea of millions and took the oath of office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The boy who was told he couldn't act, couldn't dance, couldn't become a star, had just become the most powerful elected leader in one of India's largest states. The boy who was mocked by critics and dismissed by the political establishment had just shattered a 59-year-old dynasty. His name is Honble Chief Minister Thiru C. Joseph Vijay. And this is the story of how a child actor rewrote the rules of Indian politics, broke a two-party duopoly, and proved that in the greatest democracy on Earth, if you have the will, even the sky is not the limit.

FundingJun 22, 2026

TruNativ Raises $30 Million Series B Led by OrbiMed: Inside India's Most Consequential Nutrition Startup Bet of 2026

India has a protein deficiency epidemic, a sugar consumption crisis, a gut health problem, and a supplement market that has historically delivered compromise dressed up as health. TruNativ was built to fix that for every household, not just the health-conscious few. OrbiMed — which manages $20 billion in healthcare assets globally and backs biotech, pharma, and medical device companies — just called preventive nutrition a healthcare imperative.