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21981. [Startup Bharat] Meet Goa-based MinksPay, which powers 10k offline retailers in rural India
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- Cousin brothers Sanket and Sanmati Shendure of Goa come from a family of FMCG distribution business of more than three decades.
- The duo decided to use technology to enable local retailers to use digital and banking solutions. In July 2017, they founded MinksPay aimed at empowering offline retailers in the semi-urban and rural parts of India to earn more.
- Headquartered in Goa, the fintech services startup has an office in Bengaluru as well. While the founders invested Rs 50 lakh initially from their personal savings, the startup raised $150,000 from Mumbai Angels Network in September 2019. Former Chief Business Officer- Lending of BharatPe Pratekk Agarwal, and entrepreneur and Global Tech Executive Ravi Linganuri are advisors and investors in the startup.
21982. This Bengaluru startup is ensuring access to doctors and healthcare facilities in rural areas
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- 5e Healthcare aims to help people in rural areas connect with doctors online through video calls and get access to diagnostic services and hospitals in case of emergencies.
- After understanding the problems related to healthcare access in rural areas and small towns, Sudarsan Parida and Rajesh Gaikwad launched 5e Healthcare in 2019 with an initial investment of $100K to solve the accessibility problem.
- Co-founder and CEO, says, 5e is their second venture. The duo had earlier co-founded OneDigitalAd Technologies, an adtech company, in 2012, and have successfully exited after its acquisition by a German company.
21983. Why this Vedantu co-founder decided to start another edtech firm - Uable
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- After six years of being a co-founder at Vedantu, Saurabh Saxena has ventured out again to start Uable - a life skills development platform for children between six to 16 years.
- The edtech sector isn’t new for Saurabh Saxena; as one of the founders of Vedantu, Saurabh has seen it all. And yet, when he was looking to launch a startup the third time around, he couldn’t think of any space other than education
- “While I worked on building Lakshya and Vedantu, I realised that both the conventional education system and edtech for K12 largely relied on a teacher-driven curriculum which was governed by marks and tests, and children were not solving real-world problems. There was not much inquiry, exploration or room to think creatively,” says Saurabh.
21984. India to become global leader in mobile manufacturing soon, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
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‘Make in India’ – Indian Railway
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India
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- Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said India is poised to become the world leader in mobile handset manufacturing over the next few years and the 5G technology has progressed satisfactorily and will be rolled out this year.
- Vaishnaw said India has emerged as the 2nd largest manufacturer of mobile handsets in the world in terms of volume with 200 units manufacturing mobile handsets. The minister was addressing the media in Bhubaneswar.
- as many as 6,000 villages in Odisha remain out of mobile network due to lack of mobile towers. His ministry has identified around 3,933 sites where mobile towers will be installed. On revival of BSNL/MTNL, he said public sector telecom companies had become bankrupt during the UPA rule. “BSNL was a profitable company. However, its funds were diverted in UPA era. Once BSNL is stable with 4G technology, in 1-2 years it will adopt 5G technology,
21985. [Startup Bharat] Bhubaneswar-based Nexus Power is using crop residue to make EV batteries
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- EV battery maker Nexus Power is developing batteries for electric two and three-wheelers from crop residue. The prototype is currently undergoing trials with EV manufacturers.
- A new study by CEEW Centre for Energy Finance has revealed that electric vehicles will be a $206 billion opportunity for India by 2030. But to make this happen, the country will need an estimated annual battery capacity of 158 GWh by FY30.
- It was to green this ambition and make a sustainable impact in the EV space that twin sisters Nishita and Nikita Baliarsingh launched an EV battery startup that upcycles agricultural waste. The duo launched Bhubaneswar-based Nexus Power in 2019 to provide battery technologies for electric vehicles.
21986. India demonstrates use of unmanned aerial vehicles to transport turmeric from remote villages in Meghalaya
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- Meghalaya successfully tested Drone and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology to transport finest quality turmeric from the remote villages of West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya to first nearby district headquarters so as it could reach the processing unit in Kerala in time.
- World’s best quality turmeric is produced in the West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, which has the highest curcumin content of 7-9 % (whereas this content is just 3 % in other varieties).
- This year the Ministry is targeting to procure more than 25,000 kg of turmeric from the region. “The buyer seller meeting organized under ODOP scheme led to the finalization of procurement orders for over 25,000 kgs, and it might increase further subject to final negotiations,” said a senior officer of the Ministry.
21987. This startup has been doing Rs 5 Cr business every month by liquidating mobile phone inventory
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- EOL Stocks, an Ahmedabad-based B2B marketplace for mobile phones, helps businesses sell unsold stock in a short time.
- When Chinese mobile phone brand Gionee decided to discontinue its India operations in 2018, its distributors, retailers, and wholesale sellers were burdened with unsold stocks.
- I decided to do something about this and created a technology platform which could solve this industry problem,” says Apoorv Bhatt, Founder and CEO, EOL Stocks.
21988. First private EV charging point installed in South Delhi's Munirka residence
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Make in India- Electric Vehicles/Automobile Sector
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Delhi
Zee News
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- The first private electric vehicle charging point was installed in South Delhi on February 6. A spokesperson said, "Under the AAP government's single-window facility, the first private EV charging point has been installed at a south Delhi resident's home under BSES discom BRPL area."
- The single-window facility seeks to facilitate the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles at private and semi-public places like apartments, group housing societies, hospitals, malls and theaters in the city. The first private charging point was installed earlier this week at DDA Flats in south Delhi's Munirka, while the second one was installed next to it in east Delhi's Vivek Vihar, the BSES spokesperson said.
- Twelve vendors have been empanelled by the Transport Department for the installation of charging points. For the promotion and expansion of the private charging network, the government is providing a one-time subsidy of Rs 6,000 for the first 30,000 charging points. EV chargers can be purchased by consumers from the empanelled vendors through the single-window portal as per capex or subscription model.
21989. This coding startup founded by IIT-D grads has enrolled K-12 students from five countries in a year
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- Bengaluru-based startup Codeyoung is riding the boom in live coding for kids. It has held 40,000 classes for K-12 students in just a year and raised funds from US-based Guild Capital.
- IIT-Delhi alumni Shailendra Dhakad and Rupika Taneja volunteered in education for years before turning edtech entrepreneurs with Codeyoung.
- Founded in December 2019, the Bengaluru-based startup offers live coding classes to K-12 students, and is riding a surge in the coding space.
21990. Kia India Crosses 1 Lakh Export Milestone in Under 2.5 Years
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Make in India- Renewable Energy(Solar Power)
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India
News18
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- Kia India has surpassed another milestone by registering 1 lakh vehicles in exports since it started shipping Seltos in September 2019.
- Since the beginning, till January 2022, the company has exported an accumulated 1,01,734 vehicles. In CY2021, the company shipped over 46,261 units, registering a 23 percent Y-o-Y increase in exports. Kia India also became the number one UV exporter in the country, with a market share of over 25 percent.
- the brand also ranked third in the overall PV segment, acquiring a market share of close to 9 percent.