Tag: Health

Younger generation should volunteer for more start-ups: Sitharaman

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the younger generation should volunteer for more start-ups and assist in developing the country’s economy. In an interview in Berlin, Sitharaman said that market access strategies would be devised during the inter-governmental …

Foreign Trade Policy review: Commerce dept seeks sops for small exporters

New Delhi: The Commerce Department is expected to push for higher interest subsidy and a wider export credit insurance as it seeks to make life easier for small exporters. As part of review of the Foreign Trade Policy, the department is also seeking to widen services basket and make it more attra…

Too many start-ups, not enough funds in the flow!

As India’s start-up sector matures and becomes busier, entrepreneurs are finding that money is flowing a little less freely. In the first quarter of 2017, deal-making slipped 47.45 per cent from the same period a year ago, according to financial research platform VCCEdge’s latest Startup Deal Rep…

Karnataka calls for finding tech solution to its problems

As part of its goal to elicit 25 innovative technology solutions with a social impact in sectors such as healthcare, education, food security, and environment, the Karnataka Startup Cell has laucnhed the first call for proposals in association with IKP Knowledge Park under its Grand Challenges. T…