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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102771) | |
21871. Return of ZebPay: how the crypto trading startup is making the most of India’s bitcoin boom
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- ZebPay claims that two-thirds of crypto owners in India bought their first Bitcoin on its platform. We couldn’t independently verify the claim, but there’s no denying that ZebPay is among India’s oldest crypto trading platforms and a popular name in the world of digital currencies.
- “Bitcoin was born during the 2008 economic crisis so people could store wealth in a decentralised manner. Similarly, investors today want to keep their money safe from inflation, and make it easily accessible. All these factors have led to the boom in crypto trading post COVID-19.”
- Rahul says, “ZebPay has been fully compliant on KYC and other laws. We are as legitimate as any other financial service provider. We didn’t want to fight unfriendly regulators. So, we were the first crypto exchange to shut down operations [in 2018, after the RBI ban]. Early in 2020, we decided to restart because we believe in India, and believe in Bitcoin.”
21872. Pivot and persist: How Nanoclean went from battling air pollution to taking the fight to COVID-19
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- Launched in 2017, Delhi-based startup Nanoclean began its journey by manufacturing nasal filters to tackle air pollution. Pivoting to face masks seemed a natural progression amidst COVID-19 and the startup has now garnered a government grant of Rs 1.3 crore.
- In 2017, it won the Startup National Award conferred by the President of India. The startup also has multiple grants on its name from the Government of India, including the Department of Science and Technology, and a joint grant with IIT-Delhi from the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- The startup sold more than five lakh face masks, called nano masks, across the world only in February and there has been no looking back. The company, which gained attention for its nose filters, gradually started supplying masks to hospitals and frontline workers and started working with the government directly.
21873. 75 वर्षीया नानी के हुनर को नातिन ने दी पहचान, शुरू किया स्टार्टअप
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- दिल्ली में रहने वाली कृतिका सोंधी ने भी अपनी नानी के बनाए गर्म कपड़े पहने हैं। यहाँ तक कि अपनी पढ़ाई पूरी करने के बाद जब वह अपनी नानी के साथ कुछ दिन रहीं तो उन्होंने देखा कि उनकी नानी 72 वर्ष की उम्र में भी घंटों तक बुनाई करतीं हैं। कृतिका ने द बेटर इंडिया को बताया कि वह अपने नाना-नानी से बहुत ही लगाव और स्नेह रखतीं हैं।
- उन्होंने नानी को अपना प्लान बताया, लेकिन उनकी नानी, आशा पुरी को यह आइडिया जमा नहीं। नानी को भी यही लगा कि अब इस उम्र में वह क्या करेंगी यह सब करके। लेकिन कृतिका, आशा के पीछे पड़ी रही और आखिरकार अपनी कृतिका की जिद के आगे आशा हार गईं। इस तरह से लगभग तीन साल पहले कृतिका ने अपनी नानी के हाथ से बनाए गर्म कपड़ों को एक पहचान देने के लिए ‘विद लव, फ्रॉम ग्रैनी’ के नाम से पहल शुरू की।
- कृतिका की माँ, नीरू ने भी उनका साथ दिया और उन्होंने इसे फुल-टाइम चलाने की ठानी। शुरू में एक-दो ऑर्डर्स से शुरू हुई उनकी कहानी आज महीने में 100 से भी ज्यादा ऑर्डर्स तक पहुँच चुकी है। सबसे अच्छी बात यह है कि उनके इस स्टार्टअप से और 14 लोग जुड़ चुके हैं। ये सभी 14 लोग दिल्ली के रहने वाले हैं। कोई अपने घर में आर्थिक मदद के लिए उनके साथ जुड़ा है तो कोई अपने शौक को आगे ले जाने के लिए।
21874. [Tech30 Special Mention] This startup is helping professionals earn money online
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- It is estimated that office productivity loss due to employee time spent on administrative tasks (that can be easily automated) costs nearly $5 trillion annually, and roughly 69 workdays are spent doing such tasks. For gig economy workers and independent professionals who earn money based on the time they spend producing results-oriented work, this loss in productivity translates directly into decreased incomes.
- “We combine nearly eight to nine tools that professionals would have required to offer their services, into one, and save them a lot of precious time which they can spend on billable tasks,” says Gaurav, in an interview with YourStory.
- The platform, in addition to backend automation and analytics, allows professionals to create their own professional page that highlights their expertise and services - starting with a video message that it asks its users to shoot and upload. It gives businesses wanting to get in touch with professionals listed on Superpro several contact points within the platform, without ever revealing their personal information such as emails or phone numbers.
21875. [Tech30 Special Mention] With clients like Facebook, Jio, and IPL, Superfan Studio is riding the AR filter trend in India
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- Founded in 2017 by Snehal Dhruve, Superfan Studio is a browser-based no-code tool to personalise and create augmented reality (AR) filters for social media platforms.
- Besides these, Superfan Studio also serves clients, including Puma, Fossil, University of Southern California, Reliance Jio, Sony, Fox, Samsung, Star Sports, World Cup, and Asian Games, among others. The startup has completed over 250 AR projects since its inception.
- In six months, the startup transformed the product from a niche AR marketplace to a template’s marketplace in order to create a fully automated solution to build AR experiences for existing AR-powered social media platforms.
21876. [Tech30 Special Mention] How Gurugram startup Shippigo is digitising logistics for online SME sellers
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- One of Saurabh Jaitly’s friend — a platinum seller on Amazon India — confided in him the challenges he had to encounter while shipping his products. While the local logistic companies helped ship the orders, with no simple tracking mechanism, Saurabh’s friend had to process every order manually. In fact, he had to do the same for the orders he received on Shopify.
- “At a click, orders can be synced and processed with a carrier of their choice. We offer a host of delivery monitoring and customer engagement tools, which enables a two-way interaction between the shipper and the customer,” Nitish says.
- “Customers can reschedule deliveries, cancel shipments, rate delivery experience, and product satisfaction level, etc. Companies can also send their inventory to the fulfilment centre, and we keep it safe for them. Once an order is received, we pack it, process it, and dispatch it. Users can book inbound and outbound requests, and also keep track on their inventory levels at all points via the Shippigo dashboard,” says Nitish.
21877. Actor, producer, and entrepreneur Rana Daggubati on starting YouTube Channel South Bay
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- South Indian actor Rana Daggubati has launched his own YouTube channel called South Bay, which is focussed on creating diverse content. The platform will also focus on regional languages.
- He explains that today, with the growth of multiple OTT platforms and digital content platforms, audiences are more receptive, allowing creators to go beyond the threshold and bring exciting, fresh, never seen before content. South Bay is just a step towards that vision.
- “There needs to be a sense of relevance for the younger generation with a focus on jobs, and what will be helpful for them in terms of news. For that, we are working with Bengaluru-based Under 25 club to disseminate news of relevance,” says Rana.
21878. TV maker SPPL announces Rs300 crore investment in India to increase capacities
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- Domestic television manufacturer Super Plastronics Pvt. Ltd(SPPL) announced a Rs300-crore investment in India, phased over three years, to build its manufacturing capacities. The company said the investment will go towards strengthening its capabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to meet the demand of the “new Indian customer".
- The company aims to use the investment towards strengthening its capabilities in Internet of Things technologies to meet the demand of the new Indian customer The company said the investment would help Kodak’s HD LED TVs “disrupt the market" and help address consumers’ work from home needs
- The company’s TVs will connect to other smart home devices and it will also develop a mobile application to integrate TVs and appliances, which will work through voice commands.
21879. [RAISE 2020] How two childhood friends are making knowledge accessible through a one-stop video localisation startup
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- India is a country with a population of over 1.3 billion, 90 percent of whom do not speak in English. Not surprisingly, there are 22 major languages spoken in India, and nine out of 10 people joining the internet are local language speakers. However, the educational content available on the internet that can be consumed by the masses of India (ie, local language videos) is very low.
- With a combination of tech and business skills, Pratik and Hassan started working on VideoWiki in January 2018 to develop a tool that would help Wikipedia to add videos to their article.
- Pratik tells YourStory, “We both wanted to use our skills to help the society rather than focus on making money. While I had the insight into multilingual videos, Hassan had the technical skills to pull it off. So we got together in building VideoWiki. However, from day one, we knew that we wanted to structure our organisation as a tech non-profit rather than build just another startup.”
21880. Sona Comstar to invest Rs 370 crore in new manufacturing facility
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- Sona Comstar inaugurated a differencial assembly manufacturing plant in Manesar, Haryana being set up at a cost of 370 Cr.
- `It is expected to generate direct employment to 720 skilled workers and indirectly thousands of jobs. The plant manufacturers differencial assemblies and e-drive modules for its global customers, furthering the vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Make in India'for the world.
- It’s an Indian origin, global automotive systems and components manufacturers with nine manufacturing and assembly plants across India, China, Mexico and US