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COVID19
Black Fungus: Five more pharmas to produce anti-fungal drug as India stares at a new crisis
May 21, 2021Amid surge in cases of mucormycosis or black fungus in the country, the Centre has allowed...
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Economy
Reserve Bank to transfer of Rs 99,122 crore as surplus to Central government
May 21, 2021The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the transfer Rs 99,122 crore as surplus to...
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News
Tehelka former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal acquitted in 2013 rape case
May 21, 2021A sessions court in Goas on Friday acquitted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal inin a 2013...
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Economy
EPFO net new enrolments marginally decline to 11.22 lakh in March
May 21, 2021Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO declined marginally to 11.22 lakh in March from...
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Business
Finance Ministry notifies rules for 74 pc FDI in the insurance sector
May 21, 2021The government has notified rules pertaining to amended insurance laws that seek to raise foreign direct...
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Funding News
Esper raises USD 30 million funding from Scale Venture Partners, others
May 21, 2021Android DevOps platform Esper on Thursday said it has raised USD 30 million (over Rs 219...
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Business
Mindtree to buy L&T’s NxT Digital Business for ₹198 crore
May 21, 2021Mindtree, a leading digital transformation and technology services company, announced today that it has signed an...
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Business
IRDAI slaps Rs 24 lakh fine on Policybazaar for violating ad norms
May 21, 2021Insurance sector regulator Irdai has slapped a fine of Rs 24 lakh on policy aggregator Policybazaar...
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COVID19
Over 100 Republican lawmakers write to Biden against waiving COVID-19 vaccine IP protections
May 21, 2021Expressing concern over the US government’s support for waiving some intellectual property (IP) protections related to...
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COVID19
Covid-19 Vaccine: Bharat Biotech to ramp up Covaxin production by additional 200 million doses
May 21, 2021Bharat Biotech on Thursday said it plans to produce additional 200 million (20 crore) doses of...
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Health
CareNow Healthcare develops mobile app “CarePlix Vitals”
May 21, 2021Kolkata-based healthtech start-up CareNow Healtare has developed a smartphone application “CarePlix Vitals”. Users just need to...
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Agriculture
ICAR issues advisory to overcome impact of 2nd COVID wave on farm sector
May 20, 2021Ahead of sowing of kharif (summer) crops, the government’s premier agri-research body ICAR has come out...
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COVID19
Covid-19: Gufic Biosciences gets nod for injection to treat mucormycosis
May 20, 2021Gufic Biosciences on Thursday said it has received the approval from the country’s drug regulator CDSCO...
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Funding News
NextBillion.ai secures USD 6.25 million funding from Microsoft’s venture fund
May 20, 2021NextBillion.ai, a spatial data platform, on Thursday said it has raised USD 6.25 million (about Rs...
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Business
OYO to raise USD 600 mn from US institutional investors
May 20, 2021Hospitality firm OYO is looking to raise USD 600 million (over Rs 4,380 crore) in debt...
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News
Cyclone Tauktae: 49 dead on sunk barge, search on for 37 missing
May 20, 2021The death toll on the barge that sank in the Arabian Sea rose to 49 with...
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News
Social acceptance for live-In relationships on rise; such persons entitled to equal protection from law: Punjab & Haryana HC
May 20, 2021More than a week after two benches made adverse remarks against couples in live-in relationships, a...
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COVID19
Covid-19 vaccines have spawned nine new billionaires, says campaign group
May 20, 2021Coronavirus crisis may have posed a grave threat to human race but the pandemic turned out...
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EdTech
Emeritus expands into K12 through acquisition of iD Tech
May 20, 2021Emeritus has announced a definitive agreement to acquire iD Tech, the world leader in youth STEM...
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Technology
Roposo’s founder launches CloseAPP to help people get medical help real-time
May 20, 2021Roposo’s founder has launched CloseAPP – a hyperlocal social app to help people across the nation...
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Funding News
Funding Alert: ANSR raises $15M Series B from Sistema Asia Fund and Evolvence
May 20, 2021ANSR, the market leader in helping leading global organisations accelerate digital transformation and technology innovation through...
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Facebook
Facebook says it received 40,300 govt requests for user data in the second half of 2020
May 20, 2021Social media giant Facebook said it has received 40,300 requests from the Indian government for user...
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Tech Plunge
Twitter scraps image cropping algorithm after finding racial, gender bias
May 20, 2021Twitter is scrapping its AI- driven image cropping algorithm after the microblogging site found a problematic bias in...
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Analysis
Second COVID wave humanitarian crisis, not economic; likely to have peaked: Report
May 20, 2021The second wave of the pandemic in India is more of a humanitarian crisis rather than...
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COVID19
Aerosols can travel up to 10 metres: Centre issues fresh Covid advisory
May 20, 2021As the second wave of coronavirus ravages the country, the Centre has issued fresh guidelines explaining...
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Banking
SBI partners with Hyperverge to offer tech solutions for online customers
May 20, 2021To serve customers in the new normal times, State Bank of India launches a full power...
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Cryptocurrency
Blockchain tech can democratise financial services and make financial inclusion possible, says PayPal CTOs
May 20, 2021Digital payments major PayPal on Thursday said the technological shift brought in by blockchain and cryptocurrency...
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Opinion
India does not need to tinker with its FDI policy to realise the full potential of e-commerce sector
May 20, 2021The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has asked the central government to announce a revised...
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Technology
Fujifilm introduces x-ray solutions with Qure.ai
May 20, 2021Fujifilm India Pvt Ltd has announced that Fujifilm Corporation has introduced x-ray solutions augmented with qXR,...
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COVID19
Covid-19: Home testing kit ‘Coviself’ gets ICMR’s nod | 10 things to know
May 20, 2021The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR has given approval to a home-based rapid antigen testing...
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Funding News
Funding Alert: Spacetech platform Agnikul secures USD 11mn in series A round
May 20, 2021Space-tech startup Agnikul on Thursday said it has raised USD 11 million (about Rs 80.4 crore)...
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COVID19
Cipla launches real-time Covid test kit ‘ViraGen’, supply to commence on May 25
May 20, 2021Drug major Cipla on Thursday announced the commercialisation of its RT-PCR test kit ‘ViraGen’ for COVID-19...
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Technology
Mac computers have a good amount of harmful malware
May 20, 2021Apple’s head of software Craig Federighi revealed that Mac computers, MacOS has a fair amount of...
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MSME
BSE and Dun & Bradstreet India ink MoU to support MSME growth
May 20, 2021Leading stock exchange BSE on Wednesday said it has joined hands with Dun & Bradstreet Information...
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Funding News
Hyd startup Skyroot raises $11 Mn Series A funding; Looks at $ 40 Mn more
May 20, 2021Skyroot Aerospace, whichis into building privatespace launch vehicles,on Thursday said it raised USD 11 million Series...
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Opinion
Leave poor Shailaja Teacher alone, writes TK Arun
May 20, 2021If Vijayan had total control over the party, of the kind Modi has over the BJP,...
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Economy
Economy in trough as consumer sentiment hit by second wave of pandemic: Report
May 19, 2021Uptick in headline numbers of key economic indicators in April is due to the base effect...
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Business
SEBI imposes Rs 5.25 cr fine on Cairn India in share buyback case
May 19, 2021Market regulator SEBI on Wednesday imposed a penalty of Rs 5.25 crore on Cairn India for making...
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News
Covid Impact: Heightened workload, household responsibilities taking a toll on working women, says report
May 19, 2021Responsibilities at work and at home have exponentially increased since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Tech Plunge
Centre directs WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy
May 19, 2021The government has ordered WhatsApp to withdraw its controversial new privacy policy, saying the changes undermine...
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Agriculture
Govt hikes subsidy on DAP fertiliser by 140 pc; farmers to get DAP at old rate of Rs 1,200/bag
May 19, 2021In a major pro-farmer decision, the Centre on Wednesday hiked the subsidy on DAP fertiliser by...
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Funding News
Funding Alert: Upswing Cognitive Hospitality Solutions secures 1.5 lakh USD from Australia’s Framed Venture Capital
May 19, 2021Upswing Cognitive Hospitality Solutions, a new-age predictive data solutions startup for the hospitality and travel industry,...
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Business
ReadyAssist forays into Roadside Assistance for Bicycles across 7 cities
May 19, 2021Leading 24×7 automobile roadside assistance startup, ReadyAssist is all set to venture into the roadside assistance,...
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COVID19
Covid Vaccination: When to take vaccines after recovery? Centre issues revised guidelines
May 19, 2021The Centre on Wednesday issued revised guidelines on vaccination, stating four specific categories of individuals should defer...
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Movies & Documentaries
Hollywood has high hopes on release of Vin Diesel’s F9 this weekend
May 19, 2021Hollywood has set high hopes, at least $150 million to $180 million, for Vin Diesel’s F9...
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Startup & Entrepreneurship
The/Nudge Accelerator calls for applications from nonprofit startups alleviating poverty
May 19, 2021The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation has called for applications from nonprofit startups ready to scale up...
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COVID19
Second COVID-19 wave has unleashed a devastating human cost
May 19, 2021India’s second wave of COVID-19 has unleashed a devastating human cost with state-wide lockdowns hitting mobility...
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EdTech
Edtech platform ClassMonitor gets Rs 3.5 crore in latest funding round
May 19, 2021Edtech start-up ClassMonitor has secured ₹3.5 crore as part of its pre-Series A round. The latest...
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COVID19
Should the Tokyo Olympics be canceled?
May 19, 2021With less than 10 weeks for the Tokyo Olympics to start, more than 80% of Japanese...
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COVID19
Flattening Covid Curve: What other Indian cities can learn from ‘Mumbai Model’
May 19, 2021On May 5, the Supreme Court of India asked the Centre and Delhi government to take...
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Infrastructure
Bihar to deploy migrant workers for PMAY-G homes
May 19, 2021Bihar is seeing the return of migrant workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a golden opportunity...
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Tech Plunge
Qoruz launches India’s first comprehensive ‘Influencer Search Engine’
May 19, 2021India’s leading Influencer marketing Insights and Analytics platform, launched India’s first comprehensive Influencer Search Engine on...
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News
Indian-origin chemist among ‘tech Nobel prize’ winners for revolutionary DNA technique
May 19, 2021Cambridge University professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman have been declared joint winners of 2020 Millennium Technology...
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COVID19
Centre distances itself from Arvind Kejriwal’s Singapore COVID variant concerns
May 19, 2021The External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, describing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Singapore COVID variant concerns as...
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Health
Streamline tele-consultancy for patients in home isolation: Punjab & Haryana HC
May 19, 2021Stressing tele-consultancy, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to furnish...
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COVID19
Allow more companies to manufacture vaccine: Nitin Gadkari on meeting massive demand for life-saving drug
May 19, 2021Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday suggested that more pharma companies should be allowed to make...
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