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India's Dabbawalas Have a Special Gift for Prince Harry & Meghan Markle. 4 Things to Know Today. Stay tuned to get every day updates in 60 seconds.

By Aashika Jain

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1. The Malaysian government has scrapped GST. What's interesting is that the Indian government had studied the Malaysian model before launching GST in India. Experts believe that India should keep an eye and take necessary precautions lest it meets with the same fate

2. Before Spotify hits the Indian markets, there's already a new competition for music streaming apps in India. YouTube is all set to launch its music streaming service – YouTube Music on May 22.

3. Is this the end of cryptocurrency in India? Supreme Court has stayed all cases in high courts involving bitcoin, as per RBI's request.

4. India's original foodpreneurs – the Dabbawaalas of Mumbai, are dispatching traditional attire for their friend's son's wedding. But who is the friend you ask? Prince Charles! That's right the dabbawaalas are sending a kurta and sari for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as a wedding gift.

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

Aashika Jain

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Associate Editor, Entrepreneur India

Journalist in the making since 2006! My fastest fingers have worked for India's business news channel CNBC-TV18, global news wire Thomson Reuters, the digital arm of India’s biggest newspaper The Economic Times and Entrepreneur India as the Digital Head. 
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