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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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23741. [Monday Motivation] This journalist quit his job to cycle 20,000 km without money across India; built a self-sustainable farm
- Hailing from Rajasthan, 32-year-old Ankit Arora took to cycling to embark on a journey across the length and breadth of India. He has now built Innisfree Farm – a self-sustaining village that employs organic farming and practices sustainable living.
- He built a self-sustaining village in Krishnagiri near Bengaluru, and named it Innisfree Farm
- Innisfree Farm reuses 100 percent of its waste to power eco-toilets, kitchens, electricity and even fodder for the local animals.
23742. [Funding alert] Ronnie Screwvala invests $5M in 21K School in its pre-Series A round
- The first online-only school in India – 21K School - aims to deploy the funds raised to augment its outreach to students in India and abroad and strengthen its learning platform for data-driven instruction across all curriculums.
- Founded in 2020 by Santosh Kumar, Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Dinesh Kumar and Joshi Kumar, 21K School aims to create a 100 percent online school offering children aged 3 to 18 years a choice of three curriculums – Indian, American and British. 21K School is targeting to scale 10X to over 25,000 to 30,000 admissions in the next academic year.
- The edtech startup has over 2,750 students studying from over 400 cities across India and 23 other countries. Online schools like 21K School can offer equal opportunity and access to millions of students in India or across the globe. The investment by Ronnie will help us reach out to over 18 million Indians living abroad with an opportunity to study the increasingly popular Indian Curriculum while they continue to live overseas
23743. [Funding alert] Fintech startup Slice turns unicorn after raising $220M led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners
- Fintech startup Slice will utilise the funding to expand and strengthen its presence in the payments space, hire talent, and expand its product offerings.
- The startup, which issues credit cards targeted at young professionals, raised $220 million in its Series B round led by New York-based investment firms Tiger Global and Insight Partners, said a statement.
- Bengaluru-based fintech startup Sliceis the latest entrant into the unicorn club, with a five-fold jump in valuation to $1 billion within six months. Founded in 2015 by Rajan Bajaj and Siva Kumar Tangudu, the company has raised $250 million in equity financing to date. This includes its $20 million funding round from Gunosy Capital and Blume Ventures in June, which valued the company at $200 million, according to reports.
23744. Giving ice popsicles a healthy swing, this Hyderabad-based brand is satisfying sweet tooth cravings
- Indians are known for having a sweet tooth. From ras malai to jalebi, cakes to doughnuts, we relish it all. Apart from milk-based ice-creams, one of the desserts that we have grown up devouring at fairs and outside our schools is ice popsicles.
- Skippi (also known as Kabra Global) is an offshoot of Prabhat Udyog, a larger FMCG company started by Ravi’s father, Pravin Kabra in 1980.
- Currently, the brand offers ice pops in six flavours – Cola, Lemon, Raspberry, Orange, Mango Twist, and Bubble Gum. A box of 12 ice pops costs Rs 240 and a bag of 36 costs Rs 666. These ice pops cost Rs 10 when purchased from a local vendor. However, Ravi is confident of the pricing and believes that they will survive competition from the unorganised market.
- Skippi sells through its own website as well as marketplaces such as Amazon and Flipkart, and also through 2,000 retail outlets across the country. Hyderabad is Skippi’s largest market followed by geographies such as Mumbai, Kerala, Mizoram, and more.
23745. EXCLUSIVE | Bharat Biotech to Export 108 Lakh Covaxin Doses Commercially as Omicron Highlights Vaccine Inequality
- Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin will be exported to Paraguay, Botswana, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Cameroon and the UAE. Botswana is among 12 countries where the Omicron variant has been detected.
- The Centre has approved commercial exports of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in view of sufficient stocks of the Covid-19 vaccine available with the states,
- Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), was allowed to export 5 million doses of Covishield to the WHO-led vaccine initiative COVAX. Currently India has a stockpile of over 22 crore vaccine doses. The government is yet to take a call on a third dose or booster shot.
- Covaxin will be exported to eight countries — Paraguay, Botswana, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Cameroon and the UAE. Botswana in southern Africa is among 12 countries where the Omicron variant of the virus causing Covid-19 has been found.
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23746. Export of gems, jewellery more than double in first 7 months in FY22: Goyal
- In the first seven months, upto October 2021, the export was 23.62 billion dollars, as compared to 11.69 billion dollars (+102.09 per cent) for the same period in the previous year
- the Government has declared the Gems and Jewellery sector as a focus area for export promotion
- Superior quality of our manufacturers has enabled us to penetrate markets like Dubai-UAE, USA, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Latin America
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23747. India’s First Electric Loco Shed at Kalyan, Mumbai completes 93 glorious years
- Workshops are the backbone of the Indian Railways, ensuring that trains are available for service in tiptop condition and one is India’s first electric loco shed (ELS) in Kalyan, which is part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- This important site of the railways completed 93 years yesterday with Central Railways celebrating the day by holding events at the shed. It was established on November 28, 1928 under the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
- In 2007 when the Mumbai Division underwent the conversion from DC to AC in the North Eastern Ghat, the wide AC electric goods (WAG)-7 and WAG-5 locomotives were introduced and these were maintained by the shed.
23748. भारतीय सेना में शामिल हुए ओसामा- बगदादी का बुरा हाल करने वाले 'Belgian Malinois' नस्ल के कुत्ते, जानिए खासियत
- भारतीय सेना की आतंकवाद निरोधक इकाई (counter-terrorism unit) को शिकारी कुत्ते बेल्जियन मेलिनोइस (Belgian Malinois) मिल गए हैं। कुत्ते की इस नस्ल को शहरी इलाकों में चलाए जा रहे ऑपरेशन के दौरान अपनी आक्रामकता, सहनशक्ति, काटने के काम, बुद्धिमत्ता और जासूसी के खास प्रदर्शन के लिए जाना जाता है।
- ये कुत्तों की सबसे अच्छी नस्लों में से एक हैं, जो सुरक्षा ऑपरेशन में सेना की मदद करते हैं। भारत में नक्सल विरोधी अभियानों में इनका इस्तेमाल करने वाला पहला सीआरपीएफ था। बाद में दूसरी सेंट्रल आर्म्ड पुलिस एजेंसियों आईटीबीपी और एनएसजी ने भी इन कुत्तों का प्रयोग करना शुरू किया।
- दुनियाभर की सेना के साथ-साथ अमेरिकी सेना भी दुश्मन के खात्मे के लिए इन्हीं कुत्ते का इस्तेमाल करती है। यही नहीं, वे अपने सबसे बड़े 2 ऑपरेशन में इसका इस्तेमाल कर चुकी है। अमेरिका ने 2011 ओसामा बिन लादेन ऑपरेशन और 2019 में ISIS नेता अबू बक्र अल-बगदादी का शिकार किया था। अपने छोटे शरीर के कारण, ये कुत्ते जर्मन शेफर्ड के विपरीत, पैराशूटिंग और विमानों से तेजी से बाहर निकल सकते हैं।
23749. पिता ने शुरू किया डेरी फार्म, बेटे ने दिया नया आयाम, 80% ग्रामीणों को दी नई उम्मीद
- मेहुलभाई सुतारिया ने 2018 में ‘हरिबा डेयरी फार्म’ की शुरुआत अपने पिता के रिटायरमेंट प्लान के रूप में किया। अब उनकी इच्छा इसे अमूल की तरह एक को-ऑपरेटिव मॉडल बनाने की है। जानिए कैसे!
- ‘हरिबा डेयरी फार्म’ की शुरुआत, मेहुलभाई सुतारिया ने साल 2018 में की थी। इस साल, उन्हें गुजरात सरकार द्वारा तालुका स्तर पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ पशुपालक का पुरस्कार मिला है। उनके फार्म में 72 गायें हैं, जिससे हर महीने करीब 600-700 किलो दूध होता है।
- डेयरी फार्म शुरु करने से पहले, मैं नेसडा-गीर के आसपास के इलाकों में गया और कुछ गीर गायों को चुना। मैंने गायों को प्राकृतिक तरीके से पालने के लिए कई जानकारों से बात की और रिसर्च किया। यह प्रक्रिया करीब एक साल चली। फिर मैंने 2018 में औपचारिक रूप से अपना डेयरी फार्म शुरू किया
23750. 23-YO Makes Fashionable & Durable Diabetic Footwear, Sells To 85 Hospitals
- Engineering graduate Vidhan Bhaiya from Chennai launched Dr Brinsley, a diabetic footwear company, that makes and sells fashionable shoes which reduce friction and shear stress, prevent external shocks, and accommodate deformities due to diabetes.
- Every twenty seconds, a foot is amputated due to diabetes across the world. About half of these cases can be prevented if patients wear appropriate footwear. The concept isn’t new at all, but adherence is low because of the way most diabetic shoes look
- footwear was created keeping four fundamental design goals in mind — even distribution of plantar pressure, reducing friction and shear stress, preventing external shocks, and accommodating deformities due to diabetes. The shoes, which feature components such as an anti-sweat leather lining and a soft memory foam footbed, are priced between Rs 999 and Rs 3,999.