Altigreen Propulsion Labs – a clean technology company that has developed a retrofit electric kit which, when connected to a four-wheeler, can reduce emission rates by 20% and improve fuel efficiency by a fourth – is testing its technology with the fleet at BigBasket and Carzonrent. Backed by Ju…
Intel Maker’s lab to stabilize hardware start-ups
Intel started its Maker Lab in 2015 to help small hardware firms stabilise by helping them with prototypes and device testing. Intel said it achieved higher success rates because of the method of choosing start-ups, which best suited their acceleration programme. For instance, Jayalaxmi Agrotech …
Currency Ban Impact | Thin crowd, empty stalls mark Trade Fair’s Day
Though the first public day of the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) fell on a Saturday, exhibitors were disappointed with the low footfall caused by demonetisaiton. In the previous years, the entire area used to be crowded due to a huge number of visitors on weekends pushing the mana…
New windows for talent: Start-ups offer help to start up in entertainment industry
Hailing from Meerut, 24-year-old Abhishek Sharma struggled for an opportunity to break into Mumbai’s entertainment industry. It was only after a Facebook advertisement of recruitment startup Talentrack caught his eye that he landed his first assignment —a part in a Mercedes-Benz ad. “It was a smo…
How online start-ups are reshaping the informal jobs sector in India
For Bharathi, a Class X pass woman with two kids, life has been tough. The Bengaluru based cook would often start work at 7.30 am and not wrap up before 8 pm, with a two-hour afternoon break. Living near the factory of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, she would work at seven houses in the neighbourhood, …
Currency Ban Impact | Unbanked villages, SMEs badly hit as currency crisis continues
The lopsided rural-urban spread of ATMs and bank branches has snuffed out economic activity in rural India, with micro, tiny and small enterprises finding it impossible to get cash in 100-rupee notes for their daily operations. Consider this statistic: every bank branch in a rural and semi-urban …
NGO works to revive Bengal’s textile traditions
Bengal’s extinct Bluchari, hand-woven fabric is set to make a comeback with the efforts and promotion by Tantuja, state government’s weavers’ cooperative society and Weavers Studio Resource Centre (WSRC), an NGO working for revival of Bengal’s lost textile traditions. They…
Full FTA with India to give an impetus to two-way trade says Israeli President
Reuven Ruvi Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, today expressed his firm commitment he and the Israeli business delegation accompanying him “are here to make in India and make with India” and hoped that his visit will open the way for a full Free Trade Agreement between the two …
Israel willing to cooperate with India in defence & homeland security
Speaking at the ‘Roundtable on Indo-Israel Cooperation in Defence & Homeland Security’, organised by FICCI, Brig. Gen. (Retd) Mishel Ben Baruch, Director, SIBAT, Ministry of Defence, Israel, observed that the meeting was a historic event for India-Israel collaboration in Defence a…
Currency Ban Impact | India Inc supporting Modi’s strike, seeks immediate relief for SMEs
Assuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India Inc’s full support in the fight against black money and corruption, the ASSOCHAM on November 17 said though the short-term hardship will lead to long-term cleaning up of the economy, some immediate relief should be considered for the industry, …