11 Indian Startup News Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [18-23 Mar]
Ola gets suspended in Karnataka, Facebook faces another data scandal and more big news this week!
- The Delhi High Court on Monday (March 18) stayed an order issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on the ban of sale, manufacture, distribution, trade, import and advertisement of e-cigarettes and vapes.
- General Elections 2019: Code Of Ethics For Social Media Cos The social media platforms and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) submitted the “Voluntary Code of Ethics for the General Election 2019” to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra on Wednesday evening (March 20).
- Even though the company has not officially given any number of users affected, Krebs report said the investigation so far indicates between 200 Mn and 600 Mn Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20K Facebook employees.
- The case against the Bengaluru-based coliving startup Homigo’s founders — for an alleged fraud of INR 30 Cr may now be transferred to the Central Crime Branch, according to the police sources.