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21781. [Tech30] How edtech startup Spayee turned profitable during the pandemic, generated Rs 200 Cr revenue for customers
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Startups in Bharat
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Your Story
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- Spayee allows content creators to produce customised course content in the form of audio and video tutorials, PDF documents, quizzes, assignments, and live classes. It also hosts integrated discussion forums for clearing doubts and provides automated payment gateways.
- Started in 2014 by Sandeep Singh, Gourav Kakkar, Aniruddha Singh, and Vijay Singh — all in their early thirties, Spayee is selected as one of YourStory’s Tech30 startups this year for allowing content creators to produce customised courses in the form of audio and video tutorials, PDF documents, quizzes, assignments, and live classes. The platform hosts integrated discussion forums for clearing doubts, has automated payment gateways, along with sales and marketing funnels.
- “Seeing the growing demand, we doubled our team size to 25 within the lockdown itself. We outsourced hiring and marketing so that we can focus on the core product and sales,” tells Sandeep Singh, Co-founder, Spayee.
21782. Projects worth Rs 44 lakh crore under implementation as part of NIP: Gadkari
Infrastructural Development and Government Schemes
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Highways and Roads
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India
Construction Week
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- "National Infrastructure Pipeline envisages Rs 111 lakh crore investment on infrastructure projects by 2024-25... Of the Rs 111 lakh crore, projects worth Rs 44 lakh crore accounting for 40 per cent are under implementation... (and) projects worth Rs 22 lakh crore that account for 20 per cent of NIP are under development stages," the minister said.
- Framework of NIP includes 39 per cent investment by the Centre, 40 per cent by states and 21 per cent by the private sector, he added.
- The minister said that under the programme, 25 lakh crore worth of investments are envisaged in the energy sector, 20 lakh crore in the highways sector, Rs 16 lakh crore in irrigation, rural agriculture and food processing, Rs 16 lakh crore each in mobility and railways and Rs 14 lakh crore on digital infra among others.
21783. [Tech30] This agritech startup is helping farmers reduce the cost and effort of removing weeds
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- Agritech startup TartanSense, a YourStory Tech30 2020 winner, has built a small agricultural robot that can identify weeds and spray them with pesticides.
- Bengaluru-based agritech startup, TartanSense, is attempting to help farmers by addressing the pain points of weeding and pest control. Founded by Jaisimha Rao in 2015, the startup has built a small agricultural robot that can not only move around on farmlands and identify weeds, but can also spray them with pesticides.
- Jaisimha was previously working as the Vice President at Blackrock, a New York-based global investment management company. After a decade of working professionally as a trader, he returned to India to take care of his coffee plantation in Karnataka. That was when he noticed that agricultural activities and decisions were not backed by data or any real-time insights. So, he decided to establish TartanSense to make agriculture more data-driven.
21784. [Tech30] Stackby enables businesses to simplify their workflow and increases collaboration among teams
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- Solving for SMBs, YourStory's Tech30 startup Stackby enables businesses to customise their workflow onto a single spreadsheet, bringing structure and enabling easy collaboration among employees.
- Instead of being tied down these apps, Surat-based SaaS company Stackby allows teams to customise their workflow by accessing everything in one single spreadsheet. Founded by Rachit Khator in April 2018, Surat-based Stackby aims to bring structure and visibility to workflows, enabling easy collaboration among employees, and customisation specific to the company’s needs.
- Before Stackby, he spent four years working in venture capital and product management for a large Fortune 500 company in Michigan, US, where he led investments and worked with over 15 technology startups. He also worked in Magna International. In 2018, Rachit quit his corporate job and returned to India to build Stackby. He understood first-hand that organisations were struggling to deal with multiple spreadsheets and applications at work. He realised the need for a platform to simplify their complexity and he went about building the product in 2019.
21785. [Tech30] Bengaluru startup Rephrase.ai is simplifying video creation using AI
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- Tech30 startup Rephrase.ai, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and AV8 Ventures, works with B2B SaaS companies and digital marketing agencies to create personalised sales and marketing video content.
- This was the reason Ashray Malhotra joined hands with his friends Shivam Mangla and Nisheeth Lahoti to develop Rephrase.ai in 2018. The SaaS startup, which has been selected as a part of YourStory’s Tech30 cohort, is simplifying video creation and helping companies create personalised videos.2) This was the reason Ashray Malhotra joined hands with his friends Shivam Mangla and Nisheeth Lahoti to develop Rephrase.ai in 2018. The SaaS startup, which has been selected as a part of YourStory’s Tech30 cohort, is simplifying video creation and helping companies create personalised videos.
- Ashray says Rephrase.ai was launched with the aim to use generative AI breakthroughs to help scale enterprise video creation and eliminate all professional video shoots.
21786. India plans USD 60-bn investment in gas infrastructure: Pradhan
Make in India / Atmanirbhar
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India
The Economic Times
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- India's first automated national-level gas trading platform was launched in June this year to promote and sustain an efficient and robust gas market and foster gas trading in the country
- Government has planned a USD 60-billion investment for creating gas infrastructure in the country till 2024, and gas' share in the energy mix is expected to rise to 15 per cent by 2030. Currently, gas accounts for 6 per cent in the country's total energy mix.
- india is ushering a gas-based economy by increasing the share of natural gas in India's primary energy mix from 6.2 per cent to 15 per cent by year 2030
21787. [Tech30] AI-driven startup Fountain9 analyses demand patterns to make inventory management efficient
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- Mumbai-based Fountain9 helps retailers predict the demand for products in every store, warehouse, or channel accurately.
- Mumbai-based AI-driven tech startup Fountain9 wants to make inventory management more efficient for organisations by helping them stay ahead of customers’ changing preferences with “accurate demand forecasts and stockout predictions”.
- Fountain9’s AI-powered algorithmic planning provides a holistic solution to the pressing problem of inventory management.
21788. [Tech30] How Gurugram-based CogniAble is using ML for early detection of autism spectrum disorder
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- Gurugram-based CogniAble is using machine learning-based assistive technology to ensure early detection and affordable treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
- Autism can be diagnosed at any age, but it is said to be a “developmental disorder” as symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life. This is why CogniAble is focusing on early detection by providing an online platform where people can upload videos of children and get them screened for autism.
- “CogniAble is an online platform available remotely for early screening and affordable behavioural intervention for autism spectrum disorders,” he says.
21789. Indian coal sector to get over Rs 4 lakh cr investment in next 10 years: Home Minister Amit Shah
Make in India / Atmanirbhar
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Investment in Bharat by Bhartiya companies
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Times Now
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- Rs 46k cr mineral development fund to aid progress of mineral rich eastern states, said Amit Shah19 bidders selected for coal mines will boost investor confidence, said Coal Minister to ET Now `
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that states will earn Rs. 6500 crores every year due to mining, which will lead to progress of mineral rich eastern states from the Rs. 46,000 crores mineral development fund. Confident of meeting coal mining targets, Shah envisaged an investment of Rs. 4 lakh crores in the next 10 years in the sector.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched an online single-window clearance system to grant approvals for smooth operationalisation of coal mines Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the 19 bidders selected for coal mines will boost confidence in the sector and bring investment.
21790. कोल इंडिया ने चालू वित्त वर्ष के निवेश लक्ष्य को 3,000 करोड़ रुपये बढ़ाया
Make in India / Atmanirbhar
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NBT
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- सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनी कोल इंडिया लि. (सीआईएल) ने चालू वित्त वर्ष के लिए अपने निवेश या पूंजीगत व्यय के लक्ष्य को संशोधित कर 13,000 करोड़ रुपये कर दिया है।
- कंपनी ने अपने निवेश लक्ष्य में 3,000 करोड़ रुपये की बढ़ोतरी की है।
- उल्लेखनीय है कि सरकार ने केंद्रीय सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र उपक्रमों से कहा है कि वे आर्थिक गतिविधियों को प्रोत्साहन देने के लिए अपने व्यय में बढ़ोतरी करें। कोल इंडिया ने बयान में कहा कि 2020-21 के 10,000 करोड़ रुपये के निवेश लक्ष्य में 30 प्रतिशत की बढ़ोतरी की गई है।