New Delhi: India and Israel are celebrating 25 years of diplomatic ties in 2017-18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to exchange visits before the anniversary year closes in January 2018. In an interview, Israel’s ambassador to India Daniel …
SAP tailors its HANA platform for Indian SMEs
With the government pushing for digital transactions and a unified technology driven taxation system, goods and services tax (GST) likely to be rolled out by July 2017, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are gearing up to optimise the limited IT resources to remain agile and capitalise on emergi…
Four principles of organisational excellence which every small business should know
Embedding excellence is the aspiration of all small businesses. An excellent organization is one which is able to meet and exceed stakeholders’ expectations not once, not twice but sustains it over a period of time. It is not achieved by fluke, but by systemically ensuring all elements of t…
विदेशी सर्टिफिकेट नहीं चलेंगे, सरकार देशी Zed सर्टिफिकेट वालों से ही खरीद करेगी
क्वालिटी, मैनेजमेंट और वातावरण सरंक्षण को लेकर पहली बार भारतीय स्टैंडर्ड लागू हो रहे हैं। विदेशी आईएसओ सर्टिफिकेशन की निर्भरता खत्म होगी। अब सरकारी स्तर पर जीरो डिफेक्ट, जीरो इफेक्ट सटैंडर्ड ही चलेंगे। जिसका शार्ट नेम रखा है -जेड। इसे प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए सरकार सिर्फ वही उत्पाद खरीदने की तैयार…
Venture Catalysts invests $500K series A funding in fashion e-Commerce portal Fynd
Identifying promising business ventures and providing them with the right opportunity has become the trademark of investors at Venture Catalysts, Indian seed investment and innovation platform. The platform has now participated in Series A funding round of Fynd, the fashion e-commerce portal with…
उत्तर प्रदेश में लगेंगे दो रेशम कारखाने, बुंदेलखंड में उद्योग स्थापना के लिए भी काम शुरू: UP MSME मिनिस्टर
औद्योगिक विकास और बेरोजगारी को चुनावी मुद्दा बनाने वाली भाजपा ने सूबे में सरकार बनते ही इस दिशा में कसरत भी शुरू कर दी है। खादी ग्रामोद्योग, रेशम वस्त्रोद्योग, एमएसएमई एवं निर्यात प्रोत्साहन मंत्री सत्यदेव पचौरी ने बताया कि उत्तर प्रदेश में रेशम के धागे बनाने दो कारखाने लगेंगे। साथ ही बुंदेलखंड म…
In rat race with Zomato, Swiggy set to get $50 mn in fresh funding
Swiggy, the online food delivery startup, is currently in talks with potential investors to raise at least USD 50 million in fresh funding. Among the potential investors include South African media company Naspers and Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, two people familiar with the developm…
New maternity leave a worry for start-ups
New Delhi: The maternity bill, which allows leave for more than six months from the current three months, has thrown India’s startup community into a tizzy. While some startups hailed the development as a progressive step, many said they cannot afford the cost of hiring somebody, who may be…
Venture capital industry in India is a flourishing one
Popular perception about the Indian venture capital and private equity industry would probably suggest that it is a marginal part of the larger capital market in India. But that may not be true anymore. Assuming that the approximately $120 billion of VC and PE funds deployed in India represent an…
PharmEasy raises Rs 111 cr in Series-B round
New Delhi: Mumbai-based pharmacy aggregator PharmEasy has closed a $17-million deal (around Rs 111 crore) in a series-B round by three of its existing venture capital investors, said a person aware of the deal. The funding indicates continued interest in the online pharmacy segment despite a repo…