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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102601) | |
22381. Apple iPhone maker joins wave of tech investment in India
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- Apple Inc. assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year. In June, the Indian government set out a $6.6 billion plan to woo the world’s top smartphone manufacturers, offering financial incentives and ready-to-use manufacturing clusters.
- Pegatron is now setting up a local subsidiary and joining fellow Taiwanese electronics assemblers Foxconn Technology Group and Wistron Corp., who have already been making some iPhone handsets in southern India.
- With a number of factories in China, Pegatron is the second-largest iPhone assembler and depends on Apple for more than half of its business
22382. 23-year old engineer from Jammu converts Vintage Cars into Electric Vehicles
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- 1. Mohammad Jawaad Khan is a 23 year old young entrepreneur from Jammu’s Bhaderwah town. Jawaad has a New Delhi-based startup, Tadpole Projects which is aimed at converting vehicles with conventional Internal Combustion Engine into electric vehicles.
- 2. Jawaad started this in September 2020 and it closely in association with Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA) at IIT-Delhi.
- 3. Tadpole Projects has already converted couple of vintage cars like a 1948 Volkswagen Beetle and a 1936 Austin 10 into electric vehicles.
22383. Flipkart to acquire Walmart India’s wholesale business
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- Flipkart said its wholesale unit will acquire parent Walmart’s loss-ridden cash-and-carry business in India, Best Price, marking a consolidation of the American major’s entire retail portfolio in the country.
- The deal, announced on Thursday, clears the decks for Flipkart to expand its business-to-business vertical and take the fight to rivals Amazon and Reliance JioMart in the race to woo the legions of small retailers across the country.
- Bengaluru-headquartered Flipkart-- which was acquired by Walmart for $ 16 billion in 2018-- will launch its wholesale unit next month with categories like fashion and grocery.
22384. This Kolkata-based social commerce startup wants to disrupt live shopping in small towns
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- 1. Founded in July 2020, Kolkata-based social commerce startup SaahiHain enables SMB owners to sell their products and reach social users effectively.
- 2. the platform aims to grow organically by onboarding small and medium business owners.
- 3. The startup’s approach is simple – connecting buyers with various vendors through its digital Haat Bazaar and offering the same experience that people are accustomed to while visiting their favourite shops.
- 4. Bootstrapped with about Rs 10 lakh, the startup is now looking to raise institutional funding as it looks forward to growing in the social commerce sector.
22385. गाँव का इको फ्रेंडली स्टार्टअप, पातालकोट के सुकनसी से खरीदिए पत्तों से बनी कटोरियाँ
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- 1. छिंदवाड़ा (मध्यप्रदेश) के पातालकोट निवासी, सुकनसी भारती ने अपनी आर्थिक स्थिति में सुधार लाने और पर्यावरण को बचाने के उदेश्य से, पत्तों से कटोरी (दौना) बनाना सीखा। आज वह, आस-पास के गावों और होटलों में अपने दौने बेच रहे हैं। वह अभी 60 रुपये में 100 दौने बेचेते हैं।
- 2. उन्हें आस-पास के गावों में होनेवाली शादी या किसी दूसरे समरोह के लिए दौने के ऑर्डर्स मिलते हैं।
- सुकनसी ने दौना बनाना सीखने से पहले ईंट बनाने का प्रशिक्षण भी लिया था। उन्होंने अपना घर बनाने के लिए खुद ही ईंटें भी बनाई थीं। लेकिन उन्होंने इस काम को बिज़नेस के तौर पर शुरू नहीं किया। वह बताते हैं, “मैंने दौना बनाने के काम को चुना, क्योंकि यह बिना पर्यावरण को नुकसान पहुंचाए किया जा सकता है।” इस पूरे इलाके में सिर्फ सुकनसी ही ऐसे ईको-फ्रेंडली दौने बनाने का काम करते हैं। उन्हें आस-पास के गावों में होनेवाली शादी या किसी दूसरे समरोह के लिए दौने के ऑर्डर्स मिलते हैं।
22386. Edtech startup Nalanda Learning Systems raises Rs 40 crore from Aavishkaar Capital
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- 1. Nalanda Learning Systems, an edtech startup that operates 'Little Laureates' pre-schools across eastern India, plans to use the funds received from Aavishkaar Capital to expand operations nationally, CEO Tamal Mukherjee says.
- 2. Nalanda intends to not only ensure sustained learning and development outcomes for children, but also enable the pre-schooling industry to revive and upskill, and provide comprehensive, contemporary and early learning programmes.
- 3. Aavishkaar Capital is a global investor, with its entrepreneurship-based approach to scaling businesses for impact.
22387. [Startup Bharat] This platform founded by IIT alumni and an AI scientist is detecting deepfakes
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- 1. ‘Started by AI scientist Jyoti Joshi and IIT alumni Milan Chaudhari and Sarthak Gupta.
- 2. Gujarat-based Kroop AI detects and analyses deepfakes in detail across different platforms and information mediums.
- 3. This Startup is targeting the banking and finance sector, and working with an entertainment company in India.
- 4. Kroop AI is a unique platform, which offers detection for all modalities that are audio-only, video only, audio-visual, and image.
22388. Amazon to set up 10 new fulfillment centres in India
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- Amazon India announced expansion of its fulfillment network in India, including setting up of 10 new such centers that will be operational before the festive season.
- The company, which will be also be expanding seven existing buildings, added that following this enhancement, it will have more than 60 fulfillment centres in 15 States in the country with a total storage capacity of over 32 million cubic feet.
- The new centres will be set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ludhiana and Ahmedabad and will be operational before the festive season.
22389. इंजीनियर का अनोखा बिज़नेस, अब नहीं पड़ेगी प्याज-लहसुन छिलने-काटने की जरूरत
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- 1. ‘डीहाइड्रेशन’ की पुरानी तकनीक को इस्तेमाल करके हैदराबाद के अनुभव भटनागर ने अपना स्टार्टअप, Zilli’s शुरू किया है। जिसके अंतर्गत वह प्राकृतिक, प्रेज़रवेटिव-फ्री और रेडी टू कुक प्रोडक्ट्स बना रहे हैं।
- 2. आज अनुभव 13 तरह के उत्पाद बना रहे हैं,अमेज़न, फ्लिपकार्ट और अपनी खुद की वेबसाइट के माध्यम से वह ऑनलाइन सेल करते हैं।
- 3. अनुभव के ग्राहकों की संख्या 12000 तक पहुंच चुकी है। हैदराबाद, चंडीगढ़, पंचकूला जैसे शहरों में लगभग 40 रिटेलर्स को भी उनके उत्पाद सप्लाई होते हैं।
22390. फेसबुक की तरह ही अमेजन करेगी मुकेश अंबानी से डील, रिलायंस रिटेल में 9.9 प्रतिशत हिस्सेदारी खरीदने की योजना
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- अमेजन डॉट कॉम मुकेश अंबानी की रिलायंस रिटेल में 9.9 प्रतिशत हिस्सेदारी खरीद सकती है।
- मुकेश अंबानी ने हाल में एजीएम में इस तरह की जानकारी दी थी कि वे रिटेल में हिस्सेदारी बेचेंगे।
- यह ठीक उसी तर्ज पर है जैसे जियो प्लेटफॉर्म में फेसबुक ने सबसे पहले 9.9 प्रतिशत की हिस्सेदारी खरीद कर शुरुआत की थी।