This article showcases our top picks for the best Indian based News companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the News industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Indian News Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
YourStory
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YourStory.com is a media platform that covers the startup ecosystem in India.
Inshorts
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Inshorts is a news aggregator application that collects and summarizes news based on user behavior and preferences.
Droom
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Droom is a tech and data science-driven online automobile marketplace.
ScoopWhoop
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ScoopWhoop is an internet media company that creates and curates India-specific stories for a wider audience.
Public App
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Public App is a social network for local information, including updates on local events, commerce, jobs, classifieds, and others.
The Better India
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The Better India is an attempt to bring out the happy stories
ThePrint
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ThePrint operates as a news, analysis, opinion, and knowledge venture.
Editorji
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Editorji is a digital news player primarily focused on current affairs.
NewsBytes
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NewsBytes is India’s only media-technology leveraging AI-powered engine to create content in multiple languages across formats.
WION
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WION is a global English news channel from South Asia.
Josh Talks
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Josh Talks is a startup that produces videos and events that that aims to empower each individual to dream big and achieve even bigger.
Heckyl
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Heckyl provides real-time financial information, news analytics, and heatmaps of markets and businesses.
Circle Internet
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Circle Internet offers locally relevant news and information services.
Culture Machine
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Culture Machine is a media company that helps creators, brands, and traditional media firms reach the right viewers.
AGW Bharat
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AGW Bharat is a new generation of Journalism and Broadcast Company that focuses on uplifting the role of youth in the World of Journalism.
The Dollar Business
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TheDollarBusiness.com (TDB) is India’s First B2B foreign trade platform for Indian exporters & SMEs.
MissMalini Entertainment
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MissMalini Entertainment is a multi-platform new media network dedicated to Entertaining, Connecting & Empowering young Indians.
The Ken
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The Ken is India’s first subscriptions-only business news site
FactorDaily
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FactorDaily is a technology news site based in India that provides insights on companies, culture, future, and lifestyles.
Dainik Jagran
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Dainik Jagran is a media and communications group.
SureWaves
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SureWaves is a digital media company in the field of cloud computing technology providing solutions to the creative and ad agencies.
New Emerging World of Journalism
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New Emerging World of Journalism is a platform for youngsters who are passionate about creative storytelling, video production.
OneIndia | Greynium Information Technologies Pvt Ltd
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OneIndia is an online portal that provides up-to-date news, features, analysis, politics, business, sports, world news, and much more.
Duta
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Duta is India’s fastest growing start up and an emerging international media company, serving millions of subscribers across the globe.
Entrackr
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Entrackr is a new age media platform for entrepreneurs, startups and technology enthusiasts.
People Matters
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People Matters is Asia’s largest and leading community platform for talent professionals in the arena of people and work.
Awesummly
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Awesummly is an Artificial intelligence powered relevant content discovery and shortening app
KabaddiAdda
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Kabaddi Adda is the adda for all Kabaddi enthusiasts looking for Kabaddi news, videos, players interviews, match reports, insights.
Dailyhunt
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DailyHunt develops a mobile application software that gives updates on trending topics.
Knocksense
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Knocksense which owns and operates an eponymous digital content platform.
Accentium Web
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Accentium Web Pvt Ltd is a young and dynamic Internet company in India with a competent business and technical and a vision to be one of
The Economic Times
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The Economic Times is a daily newspaper offering news about politics, economy, markets, and technology.
WittyFeed
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Discover latest news from all around the world, trending stories on Lifestyle, Technology, Humor, Entertainment, Sports, Travel, Food etc
BALKANI INFOTAINMENT PVT LTD
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Balkani News operates as an online media service company.
Chaaipani Media
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Chaaipani is a new-age media platform to discover, share, and positively act on inspiring stories of people around us.
Times Internet
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Times Internet (TIL) is a digital product company and a digital venture of The Times of India Group.
Hyperhire
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Hyperhire is a B2B End to End HR Solutions Platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence.
TalkEsport
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TalkEsport is a global esports media and technology portal.
KidzByte
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KidzByte is an Educational News App on Google Play.
Bullet News
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A mobile app and platform delivering smart fast news in bullet points from news providers.
YouthKiAwaaz
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YouthKiAwaaz, an online news and views platform
Diligent Media Corporation
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Diligent Media Corporation is an India-based company that publishes daily newspapers.
TechGraph
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Covering latest news, analysis, and opinions on Technology, Startups, Business and on Crypto’s from India and World.
NDTV Limited
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New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network.
Read Us 24×7
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Read Us 24×7 comes with the Latest News around the Globe.
Inc42
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Inc42 is one of the leading tech media publications of India.
Republic
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Republic TV is India’s most watched english news channel from its week of launch.
Vigyaa
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Vigyaa creates, consumes, and shares a variety of content it shows anchor texts to relevant information that appear immediately.
Digit
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Digit is the largest online personal technology community in India.
Squad Capitals
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Squad Capital is an Internationally recognized Indian Startup corporation that Web designing, Android and iOS app developing company.
Techcircle in
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Techcircle.in is dedicated to covering technology business.
Eattreatonline
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Eattreatonline.com is a online food industry .
Indiatimes.com
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Indiatimes is an online news portal that posts trending stories on politics, sports, entertainment, technology, business, health, and more.
ZAPR
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ZAPR is a fast growing media-tech startup and is India’s largest media consumption repository and audience targeting platform.
Living Local
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Mumbai-based hyperlocal social discovery platform
Fossbytes
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Fossbytes is one of the fastest growing tech media startups of India.
India Today Group
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India Today Group is a Noida-based diversified media group.
The Times Of India
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The Times of India is an English language daily newspaper published in Mumbai, Ahmadabad, and Delhi.
Sarthak Entertainment
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Sarthak Entertainment operates and broadcasts a television channel rural and urban people of Odisha.
iStream.com
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We’re an online #video service bringing the best #News (Live + VOD), hit #TV Shows and blockbuster #Movies in multiple languages.
Hindustan Times
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Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by Rajya Sabha M.P. and Shobhana Bhartia.
Hindustan Media Venture
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HMVL specializes in the printing and publication of newspapers and periodicals.
NewsX
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NewsX is a 24-hour English news channel. It is owned and operated by Kartikeya Sharma, Founder and Promoter of iTV Network.
Business standard.com
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Business standard.com is the online website of Business Standard, a daily business newspaper that provides information on many categories.
Indian Express Group
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Indian Express Limited is an Indian news media publishing company.
The Creative Crew
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The Creative Crew is a branch from DAPULSE, LLC a talent management department.
Newslaundry
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Newslaundry is an independent media website that shares news articles and videos, reviews, and comics on varied topics.
Fibre2fashion
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Fibre2fashion is a B2B portal based in India dedicated to the textile, garment, and fashion industries.
Daily Updates
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We are the fastest-growing digital destination with news, views and reviews.
MediaNama
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MediaNama provides news & analysis of Telecom, Internet, Media and Gaming businesses in India.
Plash Digital Labs
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Plash is a personalized news aggregator for mobile devices, delivering news and information from several newspapers, blogs and magazines.
Applancer
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Daily Updates on Blockchain News, Bitcoin News, upcoming & Ongoing ICOs, cryptocurrency market, Ethereum news, FinTech news etc.
Onionfans PTE.LTD
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A tech media and venture capital management organization connecting China and India
Wirally.com
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Wirally.com is a platform for independent bloggers to get discovered as it engages readers with content of their interest.
Grasp Anything
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The rising youth e-newspaper, a product of graspanything.com, is a leading e-newspaper among the youth of the country.
Woofihub Media
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Woofihub is a multi-functional digital media platform which brings to you latest and viral news from all over the world.
Rediff
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Rediff is an Indian breaking news and content portal site.
The News Minute
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They bring you news and perspectives from across India and the globe.
AMBCrypto
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AMBCrypto provides the latest Blockchain and Cryptocurrency News.
Analytics Insight
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Media, branding and technology platform with a unique focus on insights, trends, and opinion from the world of data-driven technologies.
Live Law
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Live Law is a comprehensive Legal News Portal covering Indian Courts, Lawyers, Law Firms, Law Schools and Legal Developments In India.
The Hindu
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The Hindu, a national newspaper of India, was started in 1878 and caters to a readership of about 22.58 hundred thousand across India.
Star India Pvt Ltd
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Star TV is an online extension of the television channel and its media.
Aleph Digital Solutions
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Aleph Digital Solutions operates pebble a hyper local content marketplace and localheading a news site.
Prokerala
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Ranked as one of the most visited Indian website that provides a wide variety of updated content.
Trak.in
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Trak.in is written by Arun Prabhudesai, an avid Internet geek, IT professional since 1996.
Governance Now
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Governance Now is a multimedia initiative for participatory reportage and analysis related to the governance of all institutions in India.
Omnicuris
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Omnicuris provides online medical CME courses for doctors with credit points and medical news.
VCCircle
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VCCircle Network is an online financial media and information group with presence in news, data, events, and training.
Broadsheet
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Broadsheet is a media platform that breaks down news stories, finds and curates the best content from global news sources, and more.
Tech Aedgar
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Tech Aedgar is an e-news media company that publish tech news, technology updates, product reviews, rumours etc. in mainstream site.
Vikatan
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Vikatan is a media production company providing magazines, enlightening books, television content, and a website.
Expanrr
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Expanrr is a digital media platform focused on improving entrepreneurs’ lives by educating and motivating them.
Asian Times
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Asian Times is an Indian News Website Founded by Nishit Sangwan.and Pratham Singh
The Free Press Journal
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The Free Press Journal is one of the oldest English Daily newspapers from Mumbai with a heritage of more than 80 years.