Digital contactless payments solutions firm ToneTag has raised funds from a group of IT industry veterans, including Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services, T K Kurien, Vice Chairman of Wipro, Anand Chandrasekaran, former Snapdeal Chief Product Officer, Deepak Ghaisas, former i…
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Chinese hardware accelerator HAX to invest in 10 Indian start-ups
HAX, one of the largest hardware accelerators and most active hardware seed investors in the world, plans to make at least 10 investments in India in the coming year. The company, that has already made its bets on two Indian IoT start-ups in recent months, wants to make as many investments in Ind…
Nasscom & World Startup Expo to soon bring together start-ups & investors
Asia’s largest start-up expo, World Start-up Expo confirmed their partnership with Nasscom’s startup-based initiative – 10,000 startups program. The partner event will take place in Bengaluru from 21 – 23 November 2016 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC). World Start-up Expo …
Smriti Irani sees India as the textile desination
India is to become a Textile destination of the world, claims Textile Minister Smriti Irani. In line with the cooperative federalism , the minister has ensured that the views and contribution of all states would be reflected in the new textile policy. The Minister was speaking at the concluding s…
This is how Modi unfolded his masterplan to make India a cashless country
In all this flurry of the government scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with immediate effect, what most have failed to see is the series of moves that had been leading up to this moment. First, there was the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana launched on August 28, 2014. The move was essentially to…
Tata Docomo targets ICT Business in Kerala’s SME sector
Tata Docomo Business Services (TDBS), one of the leading players in the enterprise space in India, today highlighted its focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kerala with special emphasis on digital transformation of traditional brick-and-mortar companies across industry verticals. TDBS…
Soft landing program launched by Zone Start-ups to work with international start-ups
Zone Start-ups has launched Gateway 91, a soft landing program to work with international start-ups and growth stage companies looking to access the Indian market. Canadian Minister of innovation, science and economic development Navdeep Bains announced the creation of the new soft landing progra…
Paytm, Freecharge launch ‘Wallet on Delivery’ to counter COD
In a move that may end the era of cash on delivery (CoD) forever, mobile wallets Paytm and Freecharge today launched ‘Wallet on Delivery’ (WoD), which will allow users to pay on delivery by using their e-wallet. Paytm in an official tweet said: “Goodbye, COD. We’re working with our co…
NSIC to reward small units via Performance & Credit Rating Scheme
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) is providing concessions for micro and small enterprises, rated under the Performance and Credit Rating scheme. The units shall be given incentives though special rate of interest. The MSEs which score the highest rating (SE A1) on the rating scale…
Uttar Pradesh is biggest beneficiary of PMEGP Scheme
MSMEs are playing a vital role in generating employment in the country. This sector provides employment to more than 6 crore people. But what’s more, this sector also gives chance to unskilled person to earn their bread and butter. Most unorganized sector of this country generates maximum employ…