At Best Startup India we track over 400,000 Indian startups and over 1,800,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 90 Social News companies in India. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Social News Companies & Startups (India)
Public App
Public App is a social network for local information, including updates on local events, commerce, jobs, classifieds, and others.
Founder(s): Azhar Iqubal
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Apps, Information Technology, Social Network, Social News
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Breakout
Breakout is the premier Audio Social Network (ASN)
Founder(s): Apran Shah, Branden Hampton, Brandon Poplstein, Devin Johnson, Donald Choi, Elliot Drake, Eric Lomas, Stephen Twomey, Victoria Vo, William Harvey
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Industries: Internet Radio, Social Media, Social News, Software
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FactorDaily
FactorDaily is a technology news site based in India that provides insights on companies, culture, future, and lifestyles.
Founder(s): Jayadevan PK, Pankaj Mishra, Titash Neogi
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Digital Media, Lifestyle, Social News
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BALKANI INFOTAINMENT PVT LTD
Balkani News operates as an online media service company.
Founder(s): BAQulis Banu, Melwin Mathias, Prakash Quadras
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, News, Social News
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BollyDad
BollyDad is a news and entertainment website that provides the latest breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry.
Founder(s): Asli Daud, Asli Saif
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News, Social News
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GramVaani
Enable the definitive social media platform for the bottom of the pyramid, that enables communities to connect with each other.
Founder(s): Aaditeshwar Seth, Mayank Shivam, Parminder Singh,, Vijay Sai Pratap
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Audio, Journalism, Media and Entertainment, Social Media, Social News
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India Today Group
India Today Group is a Noida-based diversified media group.
Founder(s): Aroon Purie
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Information Technology, News, Publishing, Social News
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Squad Capitals
Squad Capital is an Internationally recognized Indian Startup corporation that Web designing, Android and iOS app developing company.
Founder(s): Pavan Kumar N R
Location: Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
Industries: Information Technology, News, Social, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Network, Social News, Software
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Civilsdaily
Understand news with context via crisp, connected flashcards & rich infographic explainers.
Founder(s): Shikhar Sachan
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Content, Education, News, Publishing, Social News
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Dailyhunt
DailyHunt develops a mobile application software that gives updates on trending topics.
Founder(s): Chandu Sohoni, Umang Bedi, Umesh Kulkarni, Virendra Gupta
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Information Technology, Language Learning, Mobile, News, Operating Systems, Social Media, Social News, Software
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Tamilrockers
Tamilrockers provides Bollywood news, movie reviews, celebrities, gossips, and entertainment news.
Founder(s): Ankit Dalal
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: News, Social News
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Prabhat Khabar
Prabhat Khabar is a Hindi-language newspaper publishing company.
Founder(s): Gayan Ranjan
Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing, Social News
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Connect Gujarat – Latest Gujarati News Live, Breaking News in Gujarat
Connect Gujarat is India’s 1st ISO certified digital news platform providing Latest Gujarati News Live, Breaking News in Gujarat.
Founder(s): Maninder Singh Jolly
Location: Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India
Industries: News, Online Portals, Social News
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Grisu Media Arts
GRISU MEDIA ARTS & Publishers is a sister venture of SUNIL SIHAG GORAA FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED. It has been founded on 08th April 2021.
Founder(s):
Location: Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India
Industries: News, Social News
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Daily Hunt
Daily Hunt is the online news app that shares latest news to the users.
Founder(s): Josh Muccio, Sophie Masure
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Apps, Internet, Mobile, News, Social News
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Mission Ki Awaz
Mission Ki Awaz is an Indian web news channel founded by Bhupendra Singh Sonwal on January 1, 2021.
Founder(s): Bhupendra Singh Sonwal
Location: Hindaun, Rajasthan, India
Industries: Social News
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BuzzInfo
BuzzInfo is a digital media company delivering News, Info, Entertainment content to indian audiences.
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Internet, News, Publishing, Social News
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10TV
10TV is a Telugu news and current affairs channel.
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Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Journalism, News, Social News
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TechPout
TechPout is a technology inspired platform.
Founder(s):
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Industries: Computer, Information Technology, News, Social News, Software
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Sangri Today
Sangri Today is a weekly bilingual newspaper.
Founder(s): Junjaram Thory
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Industries: News, Social News
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Revyuh
What is the latest on Earth is on Revyuh, an online social web intelligence and business news website.
Founder(s): Amit Kumar
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News, Online Portals, Social News
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India Blooms
India Blooms is a news and reference portal on India and a 24X7 news service company.
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Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Industries: News, Online Portals, Social News
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BollywoodLife
Bollywood Life provides Bollywood news, movie reviews, celebrities, gossips, and entertainment news.
Founder(s): Arvindra Kanwal
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Social News
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WerIndia
WerIndia a news providing website that extracts news from online news resources & combines to present latest Indian news at one place.
Founder(s): Sumana Rao
Location: Mohali, Punjab, India
Industries: Fashion, News, Social News
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Swatantra Prabhat
Dainik Swatantra Prahat Hindi Newspaper India
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Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Marketing, News, Social News
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THE REAL KHABAR
The Real Khabar is a Hindi News website & Fastest Growing News Portal.
Founder(s): Ranjeet Kumar Sharma
Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Industries: Digital Media, News, Social News
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NewsBugz
All the latest news and live updates on Tamil Cinema and Telugu Cinema News, Entertainment News, and Trending Topics.
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Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Celebrity, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Internet, Media and Entertainment, News, Social News, Trading Platform
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Newsbulb
India’s first audio-based short news app
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Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, News, Social News
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Spot News 18
Spot News 18 is The Voice of Growing Nation. Discover the Latest News and Updates Directly From Spot News 18.
Founder(s): Ashish Kumar Mishra
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Media, News, Social News
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IndianWeb2.com
IndianWeb2.com is weblog company that provide Technology, Web and Internet start-ups news and reviews in India and across the globe.
Founder(s): Vardaan Tiwari
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Industries: Information Technology, News, Social News
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RapidLeaks
Rapidleaks focuses on the news, views, and reviews that are worth sharing and connect you to the stories that you have yet to read.
Founder(s):
Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Politics, Social News
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ETV BHARAT
ETV Bal Bharat is a television channel.
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Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Broadcasting, Journalism, Mobile Apps, News, Public Relations, Social, Social News, TV
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Network1 Media
Network1 Media a consultancy firm for the companies in digital and television media industry.
Founder(s): Arup Ghosh
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Industries: Consulting, Media and Entertainment, News, Social Media, Social News
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Viralfie
Viralfie is a leading digital content platform that serves trending content online.
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Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Internet, Journalism, Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing, Social News, Video
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Axetue
A community for emerging technologies, designers, social media enthusiasts and everything in between.
Founder(s): Sandeep Tripathy
Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Blogging Platforms, News, Social News
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Pradesh Today
Pradesh Today is the daily evening newspaper in hindi language.
Founder(s): Hradayesh Dixit
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Social News
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Qwerty Thoughts Media Private Ltd.
Read Latest Books, Summaries, Interact Inside Books, Share Reading Experiences, Follow Favourite Author’s Writing Journey!
Founder(s): Jasleen Khurana, Prateek Gupta
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Blogging Platforms, E-Learning, EBooks, Event Promotion, Publishing, Reading Apps, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Social News
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Pipes App
Pipes App is an app that allows you to track the things you love. Follow FIFA World Cup, Barack Obama, Apple, Google or whatever you want.
Founder(s): Siddharth Goliya, Vinay Anand
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Search Engine, Social News
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News Sentinel
News Sentinel publishes and covers business, sports, social, entertainment, and local news.
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Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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IndiaPur.Com
Here you will find content related to all types of Wishes, Quotes & Thoughts, Shayaris, Status & much more.
Founder(s): Pawan Sharma, Rajdeep Singh, Ravinder Sharma
Location: Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India
Industries: Content, Media and Entertainment, Social Media, Social News
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Me Bhi Neta
A political leader portfolio, a creating profile listing, Repo building, influence making among the peoples, Me Bhi Neta is people leader.
Founder(s): Sunny Ahlawat
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Consulting, Government, News, Politics, Public Relations, Social News
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Astrology News
Online Astrology Service Provider
Founder(s): Shubh Sharma
Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Industries: Information Services, Social News
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Hello Vizag
Vizag’s local search engine & business listings. This is your own online directory for finding businesses and products or services quickly.
Founder(s):
Location: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Advertising, E-Commerce, Local Business, News, Public Transportation, Social News
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IN India
IN India is One of best Travel site including latest news, articles, cricket updates, and many more
Founder(s):
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Business Travel, Consulting, Fashion, News, Social News, Travel, Travel Accommodations, Travel Agency
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Vision Corporation
Vision Corporation, creates and distributes theatrical and non-theatrical filmed entertainment.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Publishing, Social Media Marketing, Social News
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The Head Story
The voice of Indian StartUp and Entrepreneurs Ecosystem to leverage Knowledge.
Founder(s): Rohnit Roy
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Communities, News, Social Media, Social News
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News Aur Chai
News Aur Chai is an online news platform that provides news on business, city, sports, tech, entertainment, movie, music, fashion, travel.
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Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Online Portals, Social News
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FlipReview
FlipReview.com – Find Review Of Your Favourite Things.
Founder(s): Rudra Pratap
Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Social News
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MMI Online
MMI specializes in providing online content in sectors of news, education, medicine, travel, tourism and marketing strategies.
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Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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Youngisthan
Youngisthan is a media platform that provides information on topics such as entertainment, science, humor, lifestyle, and world news.
Founder(s): Prashant Didwaniya
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Social News
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Prenza
Prenza is a very innovative news app, it has changed the way how news is being served.
Founder(s): Divyanshu Mamgain
Location: Mohali, Punjab, India
Industries: Apps, Finance, News, Social News, TV
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U The Story
UtheStory provides the latest stories from India & world including the top stories, new stories, world news & more on uthestory.
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Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: News, Social News
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Mahanagar Times
The Mahanagar Times provides new stories on politics, events, entertainment, and fashion.
Founder(s):
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News, Social Media, Social News
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News247Plus
News247Plus is a new age news portal that is backed by a team of programmers and web developers providing neutral news from various spheres
Founder(s): Amit Kumar Jha, Khushbu Kumari Jha, Pankaj Prasad
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Industries: Journalism, News, Social News
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Bollywoodcat.com
Update self about bollywood news, upcoming movies, gossip, movies trailers, songs and wallpaers
Founder(s):
Location: Haryana, Haryana, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Social News
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Loisirss
Online Media, News
Founder(s): Shashwat Rai
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Industries: Blogging Platforms, Media and Entertainment, Reading Apps, Social News
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inkPoint Media
inkPoint Media News releases historic news, tech pics, world news, and Earth pictures.
Founder(s): Moazzambeg Mirza
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Industries: News, Non Profit, Social Media, Social News
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Voice Of Greater Assam
We are an online electronic media striving to use the digital age to exhibit Assamese culture & news to new horizons
Founder(s): Shoubhik Roy Choudhury
Location: Guwahati, Assam, India
Industries: Content, Content Creators, News, Publishing, Social News
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AnonBuzz
Social Network, Anonymous, Web App, App, Website
Founder(s): Sai Vara Prasad Boggula
Location: Hyderabad-deccan, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Communities, Internet, News, Social Network, Social News
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Save The Democracy – The Incoming Revolution
Platform for People who want to do something for this world, and to show their knowledge, humanitarian concern for this world.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Association, News, Social News
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StoryToday
Digital Magazine for Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital Marketing, Latest Technology, & many more.
Founder(s): Amit Chawla
Location: Karnal, Haryana, India
Industries: Advertising Platforms, Digital Media, Social News
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GameZinger
Hottest Game News and Rumors From The Gaming Industry – PC Game News, Xbox Game News, PS4 Game News, etc..
Founder(s):
Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Gaming, News, Social News, Video Games
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ChaiBeedi
ChaiBeedi is the social news and entertainment company.
Founder(s): Monish Motwani
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Internet, News, Social, Social News, Video
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GoodNooz
Positive News and Inspiring Stories, Daily.
Founder(s): Armaan Wadhwa
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, News, Social News
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The Hitavada
The Hitavada is the largest selling broadsheet English daily newspaper of Central India.
Founder(s):
Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Industries: E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment, News, Social News
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KPopInk
All Latest K-Pop & K-Drama News, Photos, Videos & Music Updates Online at KpopInk.com
Founder(s): Avinash Kumar
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Music, Social News
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ArYu News
ArYuNews is an India-based company that offers social media news for brands and corporations, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Surendra Kumar Sahu
Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Industries: Content, Digital Media, News, Social News
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Madison Courie
The Madison Courier is a family-owned daily newspaper that is delivered to over 8700 homes.
Founder(s):
Location: Madison, Indiana, United States
Industries: News, Social News
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Technical Bulletin
Technical Bulletin is a media company provides tech news, technology updates, future technologies and daily life technologies
Founder(s): Hemanta Sahu
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: 3D Technology, Cyber Security, Information Services, Information Technology, News, Retail Technology, Sex Tech, Social News
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The Deccan News
The Deccan News is a news and media company that offers an online web-based news portals.
Founder(s):
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Online Portals, Social News
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Newsprompt
Newsprompt is a Chrome extension that allows to discover breaking news and trending stories from around the web.
Founder(s):
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Apps, News, Social News, Software
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UnFound
UnFound aggregator built to provide users with multiple perspectives to news.
Founder(s):
Location: India, Pennsylvania, United States
Industries: Internet, News, Social News
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The Ganga Times
The Ganga Times is an online news portal, based in Gaya, Bihar, with offices in Delhi and Bhopal.
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Location: Gaya, Bihar, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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UPTIMESNEWS
UP Times News was launched in 31 August 2016 as a 24-hour Hindi news website, Beginning with an impressive connectivity.
Founder(s):
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News, Social News, Sports
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GADGET COMPANION
Our specialization is latest smartphone(android and ios) reviews,tricks,internet tricks along with real life app review
Founder(s): lovish madaan
Location: Rohtak, Haryana, India
Industries: Blogging Platforms, Social News
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Squad News Today
Squad News Today is a online digital global news which covers world, sports, business, politics, magazines etc.
Founder(s): Pavan Kumar N R
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Information Services, News, Social News, TV
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HumorNama
Humornama is an Indian Humor Blog covering funny trends on Bollywood, education, politics, & cricket.
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Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Internet, News, Social News
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Pugmarks.me
Pugmarks.me is a Content Discovery company.
Founder(s):
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Content Discovery, Search Engine, Social News
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Woodall’s Campground Management Magazine
Woodall’s Campground Management Magazine is a Publishing Company.
Founder(s):
Location: Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News
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Emit Post
Emit Post is an e-newspaper that publishes news about politics, business, technology, bollywood, cricket and entertainment.
Founder(s):
Location: Tikamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: News, Publishing, Social News, Sports
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Mithila Tak
Mithila Tak is a news portal that provides the latest news of the entire Mithilanchal.
Founder(s): Gaurav Mishra
Location: Madhubani, Bihar, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Online Portals, Social News
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Inquireindia
Inquireindia Latest News in Hindi Portal
Founder(s): Sanjeev Ranjan
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing, Social News, Sports
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THB2
Leading Tech and Story Publishing Website In India. Covering Technology , Hacking and Business allover the Globe. and Space Too.
Founder(s): Bunny Naidu, Shiva Naidu
Location: Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Social News
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Printel Advisory
We Offer A Wide Variety of Good Public Relations Like Media Relations, Communication, Events More.
Founder(s): Kunal Ganguly, Rajat Guha, Vivek Seal
Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Hospitality, News, Public Relations, Social News, Speech Recognition
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Access Iowa
Access Iowa offers professional looking WordPress themes to help you take your website to the next level.
Founder(s):
Location: Indianola, Iowa, United States
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Non Profit, Social News, Telecommunications
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SwenToday
SwenToday is a news channel.
Founder(s):
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Digital Media, News, Social News
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TechTheBest.com
Tech & Social Media News Company
Founder(s): Jay Thadeshwar
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Industries: News, Social Media, Social News
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Wolrd-Tidings
Source of news and latest updates where people can get latest news of all the topics. Read useful tips to improve your basic knowledge.
Founder(s):
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Industries: Education, Lifestyle, Politics, Social News
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Puthu Ulagam
Puthu Ulagam is a Tamil News Website in Tamilnadu. Puthuulagam provides latest tamil news from Tamilnadu Politics, Tamil Cinema etc,
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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Industries: News, Social News
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Portage Twp Live Entertainment
The Portage Township Live Entertainment Association was born in 1989 & group of concerned individuals who cared about our community.
Founder(s):
Location: Portage, Indiana, United States
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Social News
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