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21641. How this Harvard Business School alum wants to solve India’s work-readiness crisis
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- Founded in 2013 by Shveta Raina, Talerang offers customised career training to students and professionals with one aim: creating a work-ready India. It aims to upskill 20 million students by 2020.
- The startup began with training only college students but now has programmes for candidates from the age of 13 to 30. It went from training 100 students in the first year to over 100,000 trained through tie-ups with various colleges, universities, corporates and non-profits in about six years.
- Talerang’s copyrighted curriculum was researched as an independent project at Harvard Business School. Its training methodology integrates Harvard cases, proprietary assessments, interaction with guest speakers, industry exposure, and personal mentoring for holistic professional development.
21642. PM Modi discusses strategies to promote investment, boost economy
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The Times Of India
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a comprehensive meeting to discuss various strategies to attract more foreign investments into India, as well as to promote local investments in order to give a boost to the economy in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- the PM directed all the concerned that action should be taken for a more "proactive approach" to handhold investors, to look into their problems and help them in getting all the necessary central and state clearances in a time-bound manner.
- "It was discussed that a scheme should be developed to promote more plug and play infrastructure in the existing industrial lands/plots/estates in the country and provide necessary financing support," the government said.
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21643. Startup’s App And Debit Card Teaches Teens The Finance Lessons That Schools Don’t
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The Better India
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- How does it work?: If you are a parent who wishes to help children learn to manage finance, you can download the application on play store or app store. Once it is downloaded, by entering a valid PAN card number you can create an account for yourself and your child. An existing bank account (of the parent) is linked with the application to deposit the pocket money.After paying a registration fee of Rs 499 a card is issued and delivered via post within a few days.On the app, there are different logins for the parent and child so that children can set their own goals and view goals assigned to them. On the parents’ version, there is a view of daily expenditure made by the child, the amount they have saved, and set finance goals for them.
- About the finance startup - While research for the finance application started in March 2019, the company was formally launched in August 2019. The application was developed in-house and officially launched in August 2020.Headquartered in Hyderabad, the startup was bootstrapped by the four and it also received a grant from HDFC bank last year.
- If you are a parent who wishes to help children learn to manage finance, you can download the application on play store or app store. Once it is downloaded, by entering a valid PAN card number you can create an account for yourself and your child. An existing bank account (of the parent) is linked with the application to deposit the pocket money.
21644. पेट लवर्स के लिए लॉन्च किया स्टार्ट अप:मुंबई की देवांशी शाह ने अपने प्यारे डॉगी 'हेजल' को खोने के बाद की 'पेट कनेक्ट' की शुरुआत, यहां डॉग्स के लिए जरूरी सारी सुविधाएं उपलब्ध हैं
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Dainik Bhaskar
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- अगर आपके घर में कोई पालतू जानवर है और आप इनसे प्यार करते हैं तो आप ये भी जानते होंगे कि इनकी देखभाल करना आसान नहीं है। फिर भी कई लोग ऐसे हैं जो इन पेट्स को अपने बच्चों की तरह प्यार करते हैं। उनके साथ रहते हुए वो वक्त भी आता है जब ये पेट्स भी इंसानों की तरह इस दुनिया से चले जाते हैं। ऐसे में उन लोगों का दुखी होना लाजिमी है जिन्होंने अपना हर दिन इन्हें अपनापन देने में बिताया हो। अपने पालतू डॉगी को ऐसा ही दुलार मुंबई की देवांशी शाह ने भी दिया है।
- पिछले दिनो सोशल मीडिया पर देवांशी की कहानी वायरल हुई। देवांशी के पेट डॉग का नाम हेजल था। देवांशी उसे याद करते हुए उस दिन का जिक्र करती है जब उसके भाई ने देवांशी को उसकी 20 सालगिरह पर इस डॉग को को गिफ्ट किया था।
- उसका वजन 600 ग्राम था और वो देवांशी की हथेली पर ही आ जाता था। देवांशी उसके साथ वॉक पर जाती। वे नाश्ता भी हेजल के साथ बैठकर एक ही टेबल पर करती थीं। देवांशी का पूरा दिन हेजल के साथ बितता। हेजल के साथ देवांशी की कई यादें जुड़ी हुई हैं।
21645. India Inc panel to pick up sectors to floor manufacturing pedal
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The Economic Times
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- A panel led by Mahindra & Mahindra managing director Pawan K Goenka and comprising members from leading business groups
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in his previous interaction with chief ministers emphasised that the crisis wrought by the Covid-19 outbreak should be used to push reforms that will make the country an attractive investment destination.
- The panel is working with many ministries. Various industry chambers will draw up strategies for at least three sectors each and submit the reports These reports will contain the data related to the countries seek to replace China-made products with those from other sources.
21646. Why every picture on Picxy stock images tells an Indian story
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- How often have you rummaged through the internet for quality Indian stock photos, only to be disappointed with the results? Jitendra Emmani turned this market gap into an opportunity by launching Picxy, a stock photo company that focuses solely on Indian images.
- Picxy offers highly contextual, editorial, and commercial stock images related to different occasions, festivals, and places in India, and is hailed as Southeast Asia’s largest stock photo company. Its customers range from advertising agencies, corporates, startups, and digital media houses, to even individual bloggers.
- Today, the startup claims to have around 25,000 photographers in its platform and stock images of 1.1 million.
21647. [Startup Bharat] Bhopal-based Bistar Hostels has taken an unconventional route to promote local tourism
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- Started in 2019, Bistar Hostels operates with the desire to promote tourism in an unconventional way by creating awareness about a location and marketing its existing values.
- With a desire to increase tourism in an unconventional way, the startup runs a hostel facility and is also creating awareness about the location by promoting its existing values. Bistar also promotes slow travel, which involves travelling for a prolonged period of time at a slow pace, allowing the tourist to get an authentic and cultural experience.
- Bistar Hostel has different types of rooms available, including the female dormitory, mixed dorms, and private suites. The room rates are priced between Rs 599 and Rs 1,799, including breakfast and beverages.
21648. India to plan tax holiday to win new investments
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The Times Of India
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- The trade ministry is proposing a tax holiday for companies bringing new investments as the government explores measures to support the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter.
- The proposal to give a 10-year full tax exemption to companies making new investment upwards of $500 million is being evaluated by the finance ministry, said the people, who asked not to be identified citing rules.
- A lower corporate tax rate of 10% is proposed for the next six years. The proposal has to be approved by the finance ministry and, so far, it hasn’t taken a decision. The trade ministry has also identified top 50 industry clusters to upgrade their existing infrastructure, testing labs and research and development facilities.
21649. [Product Roadmap] How edtech startup PlayShifu is constantly innovating to create new AR experiences for children
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- PlayShifu, which uses Augmented Reality (AR) to provide educational games for kids, has seen a phenomenal growth since the lockdown began. Between March and April this year, the startup witnessed 20 percent surge in demand for its smart toys, and the educational toys category saw a 200 percent growth. Overall, PlayShifu saw a 300 percent increase in demand for its products.
- In the last two and a half years, the US and Bengaluru-based startup, with a core product team of 50 people, has created 12 products with unique phygital (physical+digital) interactions. These products are designed for kids aged between 4-12 years and helps them build STEM and other foundational skills such as critical thinking, engineering, and geography.
- Since PlayShifu’s product interactions are a mix of physical and digital, the team drives a lot of variability and adaptability using Machine Learning (ML). Vivek says the team works to have complete control on the customisability in terms of difficulty of the puzzles or questions, progression, speed, characters, music, animations, and sound effects in the game
21650. विदेशी कंपनियों को भारत लाने में मिलने लगा राज्यों का सहयोग, 15 राज्यों ने श्रम कानून में किए सुधार
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Dainik Jagran
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- राज्य मैन्यूफैक्चरिंग पार्क लगाने में भी गहरी दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे हैं। वहां की सरकारें सिंगल विंडो विकसित करने के साथ कई साहसिक कदम उठा रही हैं। विदेशी कंपनियां राज्य में ही अपनी मैन्युफैक्चरिंग यूनिट लगाएंगी, जहां निवेशकों को राज्यों के नियम कानून के मुताबिक चलना होता है।
- सूत्रों के मुताबिक इन राज्यों के अलावा हिमाचल प्रदेश, तेलंगाना, आंध्र प्रदेश व राजस्थान भी श्रम कानून सुधार करने वालों की सूची में शामिल हो सकते हैं। सूत्रों के मुताबिक बिहार में नई औद्योगिक नीति आ रही है। वहां भी श्रम कानून में बदलाव लाया जा सकता है।
- बताया कि हिमाचल प्रदेश ने दवा निर्माण से जुड़े एक्टिव फार्मास्यूटिकल्स इंग्रिडिएंट्स (एपीआइ) के उत्पादन के लिए एपीआइ पार्क विकसित करने का प्रस्ताव रखा है। इस दिशा में काम किया जा रहा है। महाराष्ट्र, उत्तर प्रदेश जैसे राज्य इस प्रकार की मैन्यूफैक्चरिंग को लेकर पहले से ही दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे है।