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India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India has joined a slew of investors including Apis Partners, Smilegate and Y Combinator by investing an undisclosed amount in Cashfree. Cashfree is a Bengaluru based digital payments firm. According to a leading English daily, India may classify Bitcoin as an asset class . The Securities and Exchange Board of India will oversee the regulations f...

World Bank approves programme to support Indian MSME sector In order to support the MSME sector of India, which has been deeply impacted by the covid 19 pandemic, the World Bank’s board of Executive Directors has approved a 500 million dollars programme. The performance of 5,55,000 MSMEs will be targeted for improvement and is expected to mobilise financing of 15.5 billion dollars. India to launch...

कोविड द्वारा कड़ी टक्कर, एमएसएमई अपनी कार्यशील पूंजी के संकट का प्रबंधन करने के लिए भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक-विनियमित ऑनलाइन बिल डिस्काउंटिंग प्लेटफॉर्म ट्रेड रिसीवेबल्स डिस्काउंटिंग सिस्टम (TReDS) की ओर रुख कर रहे हैं। कार्यशील पूंजी वित्त किसी भी उद्यम में एक महत्वपूर्ण पहलू है, खासकर नवोदित एमएसएमई व्यवसायों के लिए। चूंकि भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था काफी हद तक एमएसएमई संचालित है, इस क्षेत्र में अर्थव्यवस्था...

Flipkart has collaborated with the Telangana Government to develop and execute the task of drone deliveries to remote areas for medical supplies. The project is called Medicines from the Sky. The Enforcement Directorate has issued a show cause notice to Indian Cryptocurrency exchange platform WazirX for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. It involves transactions of Rs.2,790.74 cr...

STEP that stands for Shakti- The Empathy Project is conducting an incubation program. This program is designed for women led early stage startups. The program aims to empower women social entrepreneurs who are creating social impact. STEP is inviting applications from women led startups. The program is funded by Facebook and other program partners are Atal Incubation Centre, AWE Funds and THE NUDG...

बड़े पैमाने पर टीकाकरण अस्पताल चलाने वाले कई डिलीवरी और ई-कॉमर्स स्टार्टअप इस बात को लेकर स्पष्ट नहीं हैं कि टीकाकरण के लिए सर्विस चार्ज की नवीनतम सीमा कैसे तय की गई है मूवी टिकट और मनोरंजन कार्यक्रम की बुकिंग के लिए एक ऑनलाइन प्लेटफॉर्म BookMyShow ने 200 लोगों को नौकरी से निकाल दिया है, सह-संस्थापक और मुख्य कार्यकारी आशीष हेमराजानी ने गुरुवार शाम को ट्वीट किया। वेदांत लिमिटेड स्टार्टअप के साथ साझ...

Fintech platform BharatPe has acquired multi brand loyalty management company Payback from American Investments and ICICI Investments Strategic Fund. The total amount for the deal is 27 million dollars. In its maiden overseas bond sale, IT services provider Wipro Ltd is going to issue notes upto $750 million through Wipro IT Services LLC. The net proceeds will be utilized to refinance existing deb...

Moraze London has come to existence to revolutionize what beauty means and change the complicated relationship between beauty and makeup. We at Moraze, believe in easy and unrestrained beauty that celebrates love, care, purity and defies convention. Well-versed in the beauty routines that came before us, we are redefining beauty on our own terms and introducing makeup that feels as good as it look...

35 Indian Institutes for higher education have been featured in the QS World university ranking 2022. This includes 7 universities for the first time and IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore have achieved top 200 position. In order to fulfill the goal of inclusive education, the Ministry of education has released guidelines for the econtent for children with disabilities. The guidelines have b...

Several websites across the globe, like Amazon, Reddit, Spotify and Quora faced a downtime around 3:30 pm on 8th June due to glitches in a US based cloud computing services provider Fastly. Indian users also had trouble accessing Google Services. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has filed a submission for investing in food delivery app Swiggy to the Competition Commision of India. SoftBank is planning to in...

In order to support the MSME sector of India, which has been deeply impacted by the covid 19 pandemic, the World Bank’s board of Executive Directors has approved a 500 million dollars programme. The performance of 5,55,000 MSMEs will be targeted for improvement and is expected to mobilise financing of 15.5 billion dollars. The Indian Space Research Organisation has developed 3 types of ventilators...

In order to nurture small firms and startups, The Software Technology Parks of India will establish new centres of excellence to build products and solutions in the areas of Healthtech, IoT and Smart Agri. Electric Vehicle startup Zypp electric has launched its services in Hyderabad. The operations have been started with 100 EV bikers and it is the first city for Zypp Electric for southern India o...

During crisis there comes opportunities and these help mankind come up with new innovations. India has been going through the second wave and during these tough times we had the pleasure of talking to people involved in making healthcare accessible to all. On our panel today we have Vivek Tiwari , CEO of Medika Bazaar which is India's largest B2B e-commerce platform providing medical supplies dire...

5.5 lakh jobs created by Startup IndiaOver the period of 5 years, the Indian government’s Startup India Scheme has recognized 50,000 startups. These startups have created 5.5 lakh jobs in the span of 5 years. The Startup India initiative has spread across 623 districts US President announces Covid-19 vaccine sharing plan US President Joe Biden announced that the Us will allocate 75% of the first t...

US President Joe Biden announced that the Us will allocate 75% of the first tranche of 2.5 crore doses Of unused Covid 19 vaccines from its stockpile through the UN backed COVAX Global vaccine sharing programme to countries in south and southeast asia, Africa. The government has announced a project to select, support and create elderly care products and services by relevant startups. The step has...

In order to establish itself as a legalized business, the Indian crypto industry will soon standardise and mend its disclosure and compliance mechanisms. Leading cryptocurrency exchanges have partnered with the Internet and Mobile association of India to set up an advisory board to set up a code of conduct. Gurgaon based gig marketplace Urban Company is planning to go for an Initial Public Offerin...

Securities and Exchange Board of India has extended the due date for several regulatory filings till September in order to reduce the compliance burden on venture capital funds and alternative investment funds after it received a representation from AIF industry for an extension. After launching a 20 crore fund for startups in 2017, WEH Ventures have now launched a 100 crore fund in order to inves...

Reliance Retail’s shopping platform has started selling smartphones, television and refrigerators on the online shopping platform. The company is planning to integrate the recently acquired Urban Ladder,Zivame and Hamleys with the platform. E commerce platform Amazon is planning to launch Satellite internet services in India soon. The company will approach the government to discuss authorisation,...

Paytm to go for an IPO before November 2021 Zerodha’s profit more than doubled in Financial Year 2021 SBI cautions users for using the SBI credit card for crypto trading American electric vehicle automaker and automotive technology company could seek a valuation of 70 billion dollars in its potential Initial Public Offering this year. Delhivery has raised 277 million dollars in a funding round led...

AIFs and VC funds granted permission to invest upto $1.5 billion. Mark Cuban invests in Crypto Firm Polygon. Financial support to Indian Startups announced by Govt. of India. Paytm plans to raise 3 billion dollars IPO. Bernard Arnault becomes world’s richest person. Zeta becomes 14th Indian Startup to join unicorn club. Flipkart hires 23,000 in 3 months. IIM and BITS graduates launch fund to suppo...

Koo observes 5 times rise in downloads in 3 days. DRDO develops complicated technology for aircraft engines. FISME suggests measures to RBI to help MSMEs during pandemic. FanCode has raised $50 Million from Dream Sports Investments which is the investment arm of Dream Sports. Get My Parking has raised 6 million dollars in a funding round led by IvyCap Ventures. Zerodha is planning buyback for Empl...

Indian Fintech giant Paytm is planning to raise 3 billion dollars in an Initial Public Offering by November in 2021. This will be India’s biggest IPO. The company is also targeting a valuation of 25-30 billion dollars. India’s first privately developed hall effect thruster, an electric propulsion engine for micro satellites weighing around 50-500 kgs, has been successfully tested by Bengaluru head...

​ @Electric Vehicles @Eco friendly Bharat @Startup India #Convert_Any_Conventional_Car_To_Electric_Car_With_Retrofit_Device How Should Indian middle-class buyers go for New or Retrofit electric cars? Can the Indian middle-class afford an Electric Car? Can they retrofit an old car into an EV? Find out in Factual Friday? Is EV just a passing fade or Electric cars are here to stay? Aarushi answers th...

Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Bangar, former Indian Cricketers have launched an AI based cricket coaching app called Cricuru. The app has video lessons with 30 player coaches. The customised AI technology rates the performance and shows the progress. Bengaluru headquartered fintech platform Instamojo has launched an ecommerce platform which will help small businesses and D2C brands to come online. Br...

शीर्ष अमेरिकी समुद्री नियामक ने कहा कि लंबी वैश्विक आपूर्ति श्रृंखलाओं ने समुद्र-माल की दरों को रिकॉर्ड ऊंचाई पर धकेलने से 2022 में तनाव बना रह सकता है, इस बारे में चिंताएं बढ़ रही हैं कि क्या छोटी अमेरिकी कंपनियां एक और वर्ष के लिए एक पेचीदा परिवहन प्रणाली और बहुत अधिक लागत का सामना कर सकती हैं। कैपिटल फ्लोट ने तीन साल की अवधि के लिए ट्रायडोस माइक्रोफाइनेंस फंड और ट्रायडोस फेयर शेयर फंड, वित्तीय...