ShareChat Acquires Social Ecommerce Startup Elanic
ShareChat, a vernacular content platform, announced that it has acquired Elanic, a social e-commerce startup. This Bangalore-based startup was founded in 2015 by Palkush Rai Chawla and Abhilash Narahari. Elanic is a peer-to-peer (P2P) online fashion marketplace that enables its users to showcase and sell their pre-owned fashion products. ShareChat’s […]
Donald Trump To Meet Top Industrialists And Bureaucrats During India Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited US President Donald Trump to India. Donald Trump is slated to meet PM Narendra Modi on February 24 and 25. A Round-table meeting will be organized between the US President and CEOs of top Indian companies in Delhi. Some Senior bureaucrats are also expected […]
Uber India Partners With CASHurDrive To Help Drivers Boost Income
Uber India has introduced an out-of-home (OOH) advertising concept. This concept has enabled drivers to carry advertisements of other brands on their cars to increase income opportunities. Under this tie-up, CASHurDrive will place advertisements on the outside part of the car. Advertisements will be in the form of body wraps […]
PIL filed against WhatsApp Payments in India
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given its approval to WhatsApp Payments (Expansion of PIlot) in India, but Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) has sought an instant rollback of the WhatsApp Payments project. Since 2018, WhatsApp Payments has been stuck in beta mode in India. And recently, […]
Piyush Goyal: 28K Startups Have Been Registered Under The Startup India Program
Launched in 2016, The Startup India program has turned out to be one of the successful programs by the Indian government in the past five years. The benefits for the startups under this scheme are tax exemptions, funding opportunities, etc. And as per Piyush Goyal (Commerce Minister), 28K startups have […]
Maruti Suzuki shows concern about the adoption of e-vehicles in India
With the rise in the use of e-vehicles globally, Maruti Suzuki is once again concerned about the existing market for electric vehicles (EVs) in India. The concern is mainly due to the high prices of vehicles and poor charging infrastructure. Managing director of Maruti, Kenichi Ayukawa in the ongoing Auto […]
NSDC is collaborating with Salesforce for skill development of future workforce
Salesforce has partnered with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for skill development and capacity building actions. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) announced this today (February 5). The chief aim of this partnership is to empower learners and educators, despite their socioeconomic background. This will help them to skill up […]
Parker Harris discusses startups, job creation with Piyush Goyal
Parker Harris discusses job creation and startup ecosystem in India with Piyush Goyal. Issues like Data Localisation and Data Protection Bill were discussed.
ISRO To Provide Indian Government Geospatial Data for Improving Rural Planning
A good initiative by ISRO. Now, Geospatial data generated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be used by the government in planning its services. This initiative is a part of SISDP (Space-based Information Support for Decentralised Planning) and will help many rural areas of every Indian state. ISRO […]
IoT enabled e-scooter ‘BattRE’ launched in India
Good news for e-vehicle lovers. Jaipur based e-mobility startup, BattRE, has launched an IoT enabled e-scooter, priced at Rs 79,999. Asserting to be the second IoT enabled scooter of India, BattRE is offering a year of subscription to the cloud storage with this scooter(included in the price). 25 km per […]