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The edtech company was supposed to be the conglomerate’s answer to India’s education crisis. Seven years and $180 million later, the AI-powered startup has quietly vanished into corporate obscurity.

She told the BBC she rushed to her HDFC Bank branch - India's largest private lender - on 4 September 2024, panicked and under video surveillance by scammers, transferring 28m rupees that day and another 30m the next.

She alleges that the bank failed to detect red flags or trigger alerts for abnormal transactions, even though the amounts she was transferring were 200 times larger than her usual pattern of withdrawals.

She wonders why her premium account drew no call from her relationship manager and why the bank failed to flag such massive debits.

The South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable is run by Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate. The India-Middle East-Western Europe cable is run by another consortium overseen by Alcatel-Lucent. Both firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Starlink’s installation is expected to cost between Rs 30,000 and Rs 35,000, with monthly subscription charges projected at Rs 3,000–Rs 4,200. Reports also suggest unlimited data plans around Rs 3,000, while a promotional entry-level plan could start near Rs 900 per month.

Further, of these over 100 crore subscribers, 4.47 crore had wired internet connections, while 95.81 crore have wireless connections.