Facebook's oversight board to meet with whistleblower Frances Haugen

Haugen revealed last week she was the person who provided documents used in a Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing on Instagram's harm to teenage girls.

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UAE’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations Get A Dubai-Tech Touch

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‘Buy now, pay later’ loans help fuel India’s festive recovery

Buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) payments have been growing at least 20%-30% over the past three months. They are expected to increase by about 66% on an annual basis in India to $11.6 billion this year, a survey by Research and Markets showed.

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Zostel asks Sebi to reject and suspend Oyo's $1.2-billion IPO

In its letter to Sebi, Zostel said Oyo's IPO is "non-maintainable as Oravel's capital structure is not final."

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After whistleblower goes public, Facebook tries calming employees

To counter Frances Haugen's claims — which were backed by internal documents that showed Facebook’s services hurt some children’s self-esteem and abetted human trafficking — executives have conducted live internal events with employees.

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Docprime Technologies invests $7.5 million in Visit Health

Visit has already raised a seed round of $1.4 million from investors such as MapmyIndia, Snapdeal cofounders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, and Hetero Drugs Director Murali Krishna.

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Lunchclub, a social network for professionals, officially launches in India

Pritish Nair — who was previously at Prodigy Finance and GrabOn — has been chosen to lead Lunchclub India. The service, which at present is free to use, will soon have a tiered subscription model for its users.

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