Ananya Bhattacharya
@_ananyaaa
@restofworld's South Asia reporter. [email protected] Forever eating and dancing | words in @qz @verge @CNNMoney @Inc @htTweets | @nyuniversity
📢 I'm @restofworld's South Asia reporter! So excited to do big things with @the_bongrel, reunite with @ItikaSPunit, and learn from @AnupKaphle @mvzelenks and the rest of the incredible team who I am slowly meeting over the course of my first week, which started yesterday 🥳
Chinese dependency in India's EV sector holds true beyond 2-, 3-, and 4-wheelers. E-bus maker #Olectragreentech, with #BYD as a partner, is now snapping at the heels of #TataMotors. In 3rd place is #PMI, which works with #Foton restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-… @ResearchJmk @restofworld
It’s not just BYD. Six of the world’s top 10 EV brands are now Chinese restofworld.org/2025/chinese-e…
.@_ananyaaa reporting for RoW: "BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup" ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging x.com/rinachandran/s…
While all eyes were on BYD overtaking Tesla, smaller Chinese EV makers quietly slipped into the global top 10. Chinese automakers now control 70% of global EV production, reports @_ananyaaa for @restofworld restofworld.org/2025/chinese-e…
Sharing my interview with @restofworld in which I argue that the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems. restofworld.org/2025/nandan-ni…
The electrification goals of ride-hailing companies around the world are audacious — but are they achievable? From #Uber to #Bolt to #Grab, every major company's #EV reality differs vastly by region restofworld.org/2025/ride-hail…
More than 500 million Indians use #WhatsApp and it's still not been able to break the #PhonePe #GooglePay #UPI duopoly. Despite #Meta's deep pockets, what is it that #WhatsAppPay lacks in both intent and execution? p.s. It's not just an India phenomenon restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-…
“Even after the cap was lifted, WhatsApp didn’t do anything fundamentally different…” Read @_ananyaaa's latest on why WhatsApp has lagged behind its competitors in the digital payments sector.
New on Rest of World: Meta’s grand WhatsApp fintech experiment in India has fizzled bit.ly/4nFXApq
Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech market, reports @_ananyaaa for @restofworld restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-…
felt like a candy store except if the candy store was all of outer space, with changing colours and shapes that give a sense of scale and spread in ways no text alone could restofworld.org/2025/satellite… @khadijaalam_ @restofworld
my latest for @restofworld: India may have banned TikTok and Shein and blocked Chinese automaker BYD from setting up a local factory, citing national security concerns, but it has no choice but to lean on Chinese tech to further its EV ambitions right now restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-…
Reliance promised to bring Shein fast fashion back to India, but shoppers say it’s slower, pricier, and missing most of the catalog restofworld.org/2025/shein-ind…
BYJU’s was one of the world’s top ed-tech companies — until it was rocked by staggering allegations of fraud. Can its enigmatic founder rebuild his empire? restofworld.org/2025/byjus-own…
India's richest man teamed up with Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein in February -- but can it crack the code to dethrone Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart in India’s $125B e-commerce race? Reports @_ananyaaa &. @kunalpurohit for @restofworld: restofworld.org/2025/https-res…
Will India’s new satellite internet rules impact Starlink’s ambitions? We asked five experts New from @_ananyaaa restofworld.org/2025/india-sat…