After taking on established design crowdsourcing marketplaces such as 99designs and designcrowd for the past few years, one of the world’s leading graphic design marketplaces, Designhill, recently announced that it is entering the design freelancing space with the launch of its new ‘C…
Indian digital eco-system is a beacon for the world: Ravi Shankar Prasad
India’s powerful digital ecosystem can be a beacon for the rest of the world, according to Ravi Shanker Prasad, India’s Law Minister, who also holds the portfolio for Communications & Broadcasting. The Minister was in Mumbai to speak on the revolutions and innovations achieved in the digital …
Indian banks misread the Fintech threat
A payment system is to an economy what plumbing is to houses: The only time people talk about it is when it’s not working. That’s been the case in India since the government’s demonetization decision on Nov. 8. While that shock gutted commerce, it also upended the payment metho…
Why FbStart is worth a look for start-ups looking to jump-start their journey
Ask the startup folks, and they will tell you how tricky the first couple of years are—challenges are aplenty, capital is scarce, firefighting is perpetual and chaos is the order of the day. Besides, there is constant pressure to secure funding, a problem that seems to become even more daunting a…
Revvx partners Global Sources to give Indian start-ups international exposure
Revvx, a Bangalore-based Hardware/IoT Accelerator has partnered with NASDAQ listed Global Sources to provide Indian startups a platform to showcase Indian innovation to global retail buyers and distributors. Global sources is a Hong-Kong based business-to-business (B2B) media company that is know…
Another Japanese VC looks to incubate start-up dreams here
Bengaluru: Amidst a rising cohort of Japanese venture capital firms that are bullish on lapping up investment opportunities in Indian startups is Incubate Fund which started operations in India mid last year. The investment firm plans to step up investment activity this year with 10 to 12 more in…
Bharti Airtel picks up stake in Fintech start-up Seynse
Telecom major Bharti Airtel has acquired a strategic stake in Goa-based financial technology startup Seynse Technologies Pvt. Ltd, it said in a statement. The value of the investment is not disclosed. Seynse has created the digital lending platform Loan Singh which provides consumers access to lo…
GST लागू होने से भारत की आर्थिक वृद्धि दर 8% से अधिक हो सकती है: IMF
अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्राकोष (आईएमएफ) ने कहा है कि भारत में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) लागू होने से उसकी जीडीपी वृद्धि मध्यम अवधि में 8 प्रतिशत से अधिक हो सकती है। साथ ही वस्तुओं एवं सेवाओं की आवाजाही बेहतर तरीके से करने के लिये एकल राष्ट्रीय बाजार सृजित करने में मदद मिलेगी। लेकिन आईएमएफ ने जीएसटी [&h…
GST adoption could raise India’s GDP growth rate to over 8%: IMF
The adoption of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) could help raise India’s medium-term Gross Domestics Product (GDP) growth to over 8% and create a single national market for enhancing the efficiency of the movement of goods and services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on February 22. A…
GST: करदाता की सूचना लीक करने पर होगी छह माह की सजा
वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) लागू होने पर जीएसटी के असेसीज के डाटा की चाकचौबंद सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सरकार तैयारी करने में जुट गई है। इसी दिशा में एक और कदम उठाते हुए सरकार जीएसटी मॉडल कानून में तगड़ा प्रावधान करने जा रही है। इस कानून के अमल में आने के बाद अगर […]
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