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By Sanchita Dash

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1. It's raining unicorns in India. Policybazaar is the new joinee in the prestigious unicorn club of India, after it raised over $200 million from Softbank's vision fund.

2. Worried about how much time you spend on Facebook? Well, now Facebook itself is going to help you keep that on check. The social media platform is developing a feature called "Your Time on Facebook" depicting how much time you spend on the app.

3. Amazon's Alexa has got no chill. A man from California has reported that his Alexa out of nowhere murmured, "Every time I close my eyes, I see people dying." Sixth sense much, Alexa?

4. Here's your gadget news round-up of the day. Xiaomi sells 1 million units of m8 in 18 days, Apple is set to launch water resistant airpods while Samsung S10 is going to have three cameras!

Here's the "news that entrepreneurs can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Sanchita Dash

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Senior Correspondent, Entrepreneur India

In the business of news for 5 years now. Making my way across India thanks to my career. A media graduate from Symbiosis, Pune, I have earlier worked with Deccan Chronicle (South India's leading English daily), T-Hub (India's largest incubator) and Anthill Ventures (a speed-scaling platform). 

Stories, movies and PJs are my thing. 

If you hear 'The Office' opening score randomly, don't worry it's just my phone ringing. 

 

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