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Industry
US probes six countries, including India about DST
March 27, 2021The United States is going into the next round of digital services tax (DST) investigations against...
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Business
GoPaisa announces digital campaign #PartyonwithGoPaisaCashBack
March 27, 2021GoPaisa is set to spread awareness around cashback through its digital campaign #PartyonwithGoPaisaCashBack. The idea is...
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Industry
India’s goods exports to stand at $290 bn in FY21: Piyush Goyal
March 27, 2021India’s good exports will stand at $290 billion for the financial year 2021 ending March, 7%...
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Business
Zolo launches Zeassetz, India’s first tech-enabled co-living property investment platform
March 26, 2021Zolo, the leading company in co-living spaces in India, has launched Zeassetz, India’s first technology-enabled co-living...
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Economy
Second wave of COVID-19 infections will not impact India’s economy: RBI Governor
March 26, 2021The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das believes that the second wave of COVID-19 infections...
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Business
NCML helps farmers sell crops through its Surakshit Mandi program
March 26, 2021NCML initiated the program Surakshit Mandi to help farmers in selling their crops through its warehouses,...
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Business
DotPe secures Rs 200 crore in Series A funding from PayU, Google, Info Edge Ventures
March 26, 2021Gurgaon-based offline-to-online commerce platform, DotPe on Friday announced it has secured $27.5 million (Rs 200 Crore)...
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COVID19
India’s restrictions on COVID-19 vaccine exports to impact poor countries
March 26, 2021Poor countries will be impacted the most because of India’s decision to restrict COVID-19 vaccine exports....
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Business
Edtech startup Masai School raises $5 million led by Omidyar Network India
March 26, 2021Edtech startup Masai School has raised $5 million (around Rs 36 crore) in a Series A...
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Business
Personal care startup Bombay Shaving Company raises Rs 15 Cr from Sixth Sense Ventures
March 26, 2021Personal care start-up Bombay Shaving Company has raised 15 Cr in funding from existing investor Sixth...
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Agriculture
Gujarat government orders companies to compensate farmers for “adulterated” seeds
March 26, 2021Farmers from Prantij in Sabarkantha district, Gujarat have raised concerns about adulterated seeds of cabbage that...
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Cryptocurrency
Government orders companies to disclose investments and trades cryptocurrency
March 26, 2021The government has ordered companies to disclose details of investments and trades in cryptocurrency in financial...
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Business
Amazon tells India “not to change” e-commerce foreign investment rules
March 26, 2021Leaving no stones unturned in its legal battle against the Future Group, Amazon has asked the...
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Business
‘Grand Water Saving Challenge’: Hindustan Unilever, Invest India join hands to create efficient flush system in toilets
March 25, 2021Hindustan Unilever has tied up with the Government of India initiatives, Invest India, Startup India and...
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Industry
India’s new foreign policy to dictate diverse aspects of foreign trade
March 25, 2021India is proactively shaping the international agenda on a wide array of issues in the post-COVID...
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Funding News
ReshaMandi raises US$1.7 mn in seed funding
March 25, 2021ReshaMandi, an agritech start-up digitizing India’s silk supply chain, has raised US$1.7 million in seed funding....
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Business
Revenue analytics firm Voiro raises $1.8 million in investment round led by Mela Ventures
March 25, 2021Bengaluru-based Revenue analytics firm Voiro has raised $1.8 million in a round of financing led by...
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Agriculture
IndiVillage consolidates support for Israel’s agtech firm Taranis
March 25, 2021IndiVillage, a social enterprise that uses impact sourcing to create sustainable employment in rural India, has...
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Electric Vehicle
EVs – a big revolution and will impact the logistics sector immensely: Pushkar Singh
March 25, 2021Its 2021, post-COVID-19 pandemic and the fuel prices are over the roof, pushing the government and...
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E-commerce
Indian e-commerce market reaching for the skies
March 25, 2021With e-tailing now being regarded as the “digital gold”, e-commerce definitely rocketed in the midst of...
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Business
Biden nominates Pakistani-American as Federal Trade Commissioner
March 25, 2021US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a Pakistani-American associate professor of law to be a...
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Economy
Indian job economy headed for an uptick in hiring
March 24, 2021With 51% of recruiters having indicated both new and replacement hiring in their organizations, the Indian...
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Industry
MAIT appoints 10 Minutes to 1 for Digital and Policy Communications
March 24, 202110 Minutes to 1, a strategic marketing communications agency, has bagged the Digital and Policy Communications...
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Space Plunge
Ingenuity Mars helicopter to attempt first powered-flight on April 8
March 24, 2021The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered-flight on the red planet no earlier than...
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Industry
Aquaconnect partners with Alliance Insurance Brokers to provide insurance to shrimp farmers
March 24, 2021Aquaconnect has partnered with Alliance Insurance Brokers, for an insurance program for 1.5 lakh shrimp farmers...
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Agriculture
How this Indore-based startup Gramophone helped 7 Lac farmers increase their yield by 30-40%
March 24, 2021Gramophone, an Indore-based Agri-Tech startup, is ushering in a significant change in the Indian farming sector...
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Business
Niti Aayog to empanel transaction advisor for PSU assets monetisation, disinvestment
March 24, 2021Niti Aayog has decided to empanel transaction advisor for monetisation of assets and carry forward the...
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Funding News
SME-focused startup Flobiz raises $10 mn from Elevation, others
March 24, 2021SME-focused digitisation startup Flobiz on Tuesday said it has raised USD 10 million (about Rs 72.5...
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Books and Authors
Folktales of Faujpur captures hopes, dreams and experiences of people: Gaurav Bajpai
March 24, 2021Folktales of Faujpur is a collection of short stories. These eleven urban folktales have captured the...
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Technology
Skymet launches skAlgeo to pave way for fintech revolution
March 24, 2021Skymet, has launched a digital platform ‘skAIgeo’ (Skymet’s new geospatial avatar,) to provide its 10 years...
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Electric Vehicle
JLR drives in all electric SUV I-PACE in India with price starting at Rs 1.05 cr
March 23, 2021Jaguar Land Rover India on Tuesday launched its fully electric SUV Jaguar I-PACE in India, with...
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Startup & Entrepreneurship
Union Budget 2021: A budget for MSMEs to adopt e-commerce
March 23, 2021Having weathered the storm of 2020, the Indian MSMEs ecosystem was one amongst other critical sectors...
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EdTech
IIT Gold-Medalist’s Ed-Tech Organization Wins the Young Social Entrepreneurs Global Award in Singapore
March 23, 2021International Changemaker Olympiad (ICO), a global ed-tech organization founded by Rahul Adhikari – an IIT Gold-Medalist...
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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency volatility undermines its ability to store value: Powell
March 23, 2021The Fed prefers to call cryptocurrency or crypto coins “crypto assets” because their volatility undermines their...
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Health
Indian AI Pioneer Develops COVID Health Passport
March 23, 2021Empowers India to become the first country in the world to develop a fully integrated digital...
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Technology
AgNext Technologies and Tea Research Association set up AI Excellence Centre
March 23, 2021AgNext Technologies in partnership with the Tea Research Association, has successfully set up an AI Excellence...
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Technology
Facebook accepts India’s content moderation as “legitimate scrutiny”
March 23, 2021Facebook has described India’s move to tighten policy and rules around content moderation as a “legitimate...
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Electric Vehicle
Electric 2-wheeler space ready for disruption with entry of OEMs
March 23, 2021With the entry of mainstream Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the e-scooter space, which was so...
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Economy
Pandemic pushes back USD 5 trillion GDP goal by 3 years to FY32: Report
March 23, 2021The pandemic-induced shocks to the economy which have already shaved off 15.7 per cent of the...
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Fintech
Pandemic reshaped, accelerated shift to digital wallets
March 23, 2021As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world, governments, businesses, retailers and consumers witnessed a...
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Business
Vehicle scrapping policy will not work due to insufficient incentives: Report
March 22, 2021While the vehicle scrapping policy has the right intent, the incentives are insufficient to trigger much...
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E-commerce
COVID-19 pandemic pushed people to adopt e-commerce
March 22, 2021E-commerce has been there since the very beginning of the world wide web, but the fact...
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Business
Niti Aayog sets up task forces for achieving policy certainty in contract enforcement
March 22, 2021Government think tank Niti Aayog on Monday said it has constituted two task forces that will...
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Business
Italy’s Maire Tecnimont arms, Adani Enterprises tie up to develop green hydrogen projects in India
March 22, 2021Italian firm Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. on Monday said its arms NextChem, Stamicarbon and MET Development (MET...
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COVID19
Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs effective against severe Covid, new trial in US confirms
March 22, 2021A large trial in the US and two South American countries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has...
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Infrastructure
Mindtree Partners with Knauf to Drive its IT Transformation Initiatives
March 22, 2021Mindtree, a leading digital transformation and technology services company, today announced a multi-year engagement with Knauf,...
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EdTech
Sebi invites applications for internship in IT department
March 22, 2021Market regulator Sebi on Monday invited applications for internship programme in its information technology department (ITD),...
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Startup & Entrepreneurship
Maruti shortlists three new startups under innovation initiative
March 22, 2021Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has shortlisted three new startups as part of...
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Fintech
Kreditbee raises $70 mn from TPG arm, Motilal Oswal PE
March 22, 2021Bengaluru-based fintech lender Kreditbee has raised USD 70 million (about Rs 500 crore) in a follow-on...
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Cybersecurity
Highways Min asks NHAI, automakers to tighten IT security after cyber attack threats
March 22, 2021The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Sunday alerted NHAI, NHIDCL and its other wings...
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Policy and Regulations
Aadhaar not mandatory for Jeevan Pramaan, Sandes app, attendance system
March 22, 2021Aadhaar is no longer mandatory for pensioners to get digital life certificate, Jeevan Pramaan, that is...
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Business
Future Retail moves Delhi High Court to challenge single judge’s order
March 21, 2021The Future Retail has moved the Delhi High Court against a March 18 order, which sought...
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COVID19
Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco to experience delays for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine supplies
March 21, 2021Due to surging domestic demand for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Morocco...
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Telecom
Nokia to resize and reset costs to become more profitable
March 21, 2021In a bid to reposition itself and deliver profitable growth, Finnish telecom major – Nokia would...
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Technology
Snapchat pays $1 mn to creators of viral short videos
March 21, 2021Snapchat, since November 2020, has maintained a $1 million daily pool, which it pays out to...
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Banking
Government will protect rights of workers of privatized PSUs: FM
March 21, 2021The government would ensure protection of rights and perquisites of workers of public sector units (PSUs)...
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