“She is a quaint city with quirky street names…She offers global cuisines on roadside carts, Piping hot idlies at the stroke of midnight… Is it denims,dry fruits or spices you want? Books, electronic or musical instruments? Name it and she will let you have it… She is the modernity that villages …
गांधी का सपना तब होगा पूरा, जब आप पहनेंगे खादी के कपड़े
मोतिहारी। चंपारण सत्याग्रह शताब्दी वर्ष के अवसर पर केंद्र सरकार और नीतीश सरकार की ओर से कई कार्यक्रम आयोजित किये गये हैं। जिसके तहत भारत सरकार के सूक्ष्म लघु और मध्यम उद्यम मंत्रालय तथा खादी और ग्रामोद्योग आयोग ने मोतिहारी के जिला स्कूल में खादी और मधुमक्खी पालन के अलावा मधुबनी पेंटिंग की प्रदर्श…
BuyForexOnline launches B2B Forex platform for travel agents & education consultants
Bengaluru based BuyForexOnline, announced the launch of a revolutionary new B2B Forex platform for travel agents and education consultants. The Total Agent Module (TAM) allows agents to effortlessly place forex and remittance orders for their clients. The additional burden of sales, payment, deli…
Start-up voyage: Investment bank Nomura to set up $92 mn fund to harness emerging technologies
Investment bank Nomura has decided to set up a $92 million fund to assist start-ups, a senior official said. In a statement issued here on April 19 the firm also said that it has commenced the ‘Voyager – Nomura FinTech Partnership’ in India aimed at harnessing emerging technolog…
Prime Minister to inaugurate Textiles India 2017
The Ministry of Textiles presented a curtain raiser to ‘Textiles India 2017’ – positioned as the first ever global B2B Textile and handicrafts event in India, at the Crafts Museum in the national capital April 18. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, under the le…
Microsoft sees good traction in selling cloud tech to SMBs
Coimbatore: Microsoft India is seeing good demand for cloud-based IT (information technology) solutions from SMBs (small and medium businesses) with a large number of firms in the manufacturing sector migrating to the cloud from the traditional IT infrastructure models, a top official said. ̶…
Country is marching towards new mission of empowering youth through skills: Rudy
Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that country is marching towards the new mission of empowering youth through skills and helping them obtain freedom from poverty and unemployment. He said, “As we celebrate 100 years of Champaran Satyagar…
Virtual reality start-up absentia secures $1.2 mn funding from exfinity, others
Bengaluru-based AI and virtual reality startup Absentia VR has secured $1.2 Mn (INR 8 Cr) in its Pre-Series A round of funding from Exfinity Venture Partners, T.V Mohandas Pai, Deepak Ghaisas, Girish Paranjpe, and V. Balakrishnan. The startup will deploy the funds to build its new offering, Norah…
SoftBank sets eyes on several Indian start ups; likely to fund Paytm, Big Basket
Mumbai: Japan’s SofBank Group Corp, one of the world’s largest investors in startups, is considering major investments in upcoming Indian entities such as Paytm and online grocer BigBasket. The possibility comes on the heels of talks with Flipkart for a merger with Snapdeal, wherein SoftBank is a…
Wings to tech start-ups: NASSCOM brings back INNOTREK; A chance to go to Silicon Valley
Aiming to bridge India’s Start-up Success dream, National Association of Software and Services Companies’ (NASSCOM) 10,000 Startups program is all set to give wings to select innovators and entrepreneurs from the country, giving them a chance to explore new opportunities. For the 4th consecutive …