India, 25th June 2020: WE HUB, India’s first state-led incubator to foster and promote women entrepreneurship to start up, scale up and accelerate with global market access, today, announced the call for applications for the second cohort of the ‘Her&Now’ programme implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.…
Mumbai, June 23, 2020: Arka Fincap Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) and a part of India’s leading conglomerate Kirloskar Group, raised INR 105 crore via Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) on the private placement basis. The Asset Liability Committee approved the issuance of 1050 secured, redeemable, listed,…
The country’s leading digital payment platform, Paytm, has announced its expansion into the online content space. It is gearing up to launch a platform that will provide news, short videos, live television, and other content by September this year. Their target is to double their monthly active user base to…
At Reliance’s 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), it announced that its optical fibre-based fixed-line broadband service, JioFiber, will be launching on September 5. A much talked about feature of Jiofibre which will be available to premium customers is access to a brand new OTT platform by Jio, called ‘Jio First Day…
As the trade war between the US and China continues to escalate, many economists are concerned that it is pushing the global economy into a slowdown, which could lead to recession. The Chinese currency hit its lowest point in a decade, below 7 yuan to a US dollar, causing the…
China’s currency has fallen to its lowest point in ten years (the currency fell below 7 yuan to the US dollar for the first time since 2008), creating a ripple effect across global markets. This has escalated the already high tensions between the US and China and led to US…
A California based wearable fitness devices maker, GOQii, received an undisclosed amount as investment in their Series C funding round from none other than Bollywood star Akshay Kumar. Founded in 2014 by Vishal Gondal, GOQii is a smart tech-enabled healthcare platform that brings together the entire preventive healthcare ecosystem. Akshay Kumar will…
Walmart owned Flipkart has moved a substantial amount of manufacturing and sourcing from in-house plants in China and Malaysia to India which helps cut costs and to adhere to rules in the ‘Make In India’ initiative. The costs for 300 products has gone down since the change was implemented. According…
At the two-day G20 Trade Minister’s meeting at the science city of Tsukuba in Japan Saturday, Piyush Goyal (Minister of Commerce and Industry) spoke about the growing internet usage and penetration in the country. He also spoke about Digital India, StartUp India and AADHAR as digital platforms that promote economic…
In the search to further innovation, artificial intelligence is ruling the universe. Although the idea has been around for seven-plus decades now, it seems to just be catching momentum. The awareness of the transformative intensity of AI and the adoption of AI is being seen over numerous enterprises in all…