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22281. World Bank's IFC to invest $45 million equity in upGrad Education
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- Online tutor upGrad will raise around $45 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand its services, said the two sides.
- upGrad, the short name for upGrad Education Private Limited, has almost doubled its users in six months and aims to touch 10 lakh by the end of 2021. The company generated Rs 230 crore last fiscal, and aims to close this with an annual revenue run rate of Rs 1200 crore.
- Founded by Ronnie Screwvala (currently serves as Executive Chairman) and Mayank Kumar (currently serves as Managing Director), upGrad is one of the leading players in edtech, offering certificates, diplomas and degrees in data, management, technology, law and other subjects.
22282. इस इंजीनियर ने नौकरी छोड़ शुरू किया मछ्ली पालन, अब हर सीजन कमा रहे हैं 10 लाख रुपये का मुनाफा
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- 1) ऐसे ही एक युवा हैं प्रखर प्रताप जिन्होने मछ्ली पालन के लिए अपनी नौकरी छोड़ दी और आज लाखों रुपये का मुनाफा कमा रहे हैं।उत्तर प्रदेश के कौशांबी जिले में जन्मे प्रखर के पिता किसान मूल रूप से किसान हैं।
- 2) प्रखर ने उत्तर प्रदेश के मेजा में स्थित एक मछली पालन विशेषज्ञ से संपर्क किया और उन्हेे अपने गाँव बुलाया। विशेषज्ञ ने चार दिन गाँव में रुकने के साथ ही प्रखर को उर्वरक और अन्य तकनीकों को लेकर जानकारी मुहैया कराई जिसके बाद प्रखर को मत्स्य पालन में तेजी के साथ आगे बढ़ने में काफी मदद मिली।
- 3) विशेषज्ञ से मिली जानकारी को प्रखर ने मत्स्य पालन में इस्तेमाल करना शुरू कर दिया और जल्द ही उन्हे इसका फायदा भी मिलना शुरू हो गया। अपने दूसरे साल के दूसरे सीजन में प्रखर ने मछली पालन में सारी लागत को निकालते हुए 10 लाख रुपये का बेहतरीन मुनाफा भी कमाया।
22283. QIA invests $100 million in India-based VerSe Innovation
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- Local language tech platform VerSe Innovation, which is the parent company of news aggregator Dailyhunt and short-video platform Josh, has raised $100 million in Series H funding led by global investors Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, and Glade Brook Capital Partners.
- The round also saw participation from Canaan Valley Capital and existing investor Sofina Group. In December 2020, VerSe had raised $100 million from Google, Microsoft, and AlphaWave.
- Short video platform Josh had then become the first unicorn in the local languages tech space. Avendus Capital was the exclusive financial advisor to VerSe Innovation on the transaction.
22284. Spacetech startup Bellatrix Aerospace successfully tests India’s first privately built Hall Thruster
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- Spacetech startup Bellatrix Aerospace's Hall Thruster is a highly efficient electric propulsion system that's ideal for microsatellites weighing 50kg to 500kg and can be scaled up for heavier satellites.
- Bellatrix is working towards flying this thruster on a satellite mission in the coming months.
- The startup had earlier developed the world’s first commercial Microwave Plasma Thruster, which used water as fuel and for which it had bagged an order from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
22285. ShareChat Explores Raising $200 Mn Debt From Chinese Firm Tencent
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- Speaking The investment is likely to come from a Europe-based entity, in order to circumvent India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) rules
- Last year, India had amended its FDI rules, stating that investments from companies based in countries that share a land border with India would require prior approval from the Indian government
- ShareChat also counts China-based companies Shunwei Capital and Xiaomi as investors
22286. Xiaomi's push for Make in India; adds manufacturing plants for smartphones, TVs
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- Giving a fillip to Make in India, Xiaomi has added two new smartphone production facilities and one smart TV plant to its cluster in the country, Manu Kumar Jain, Managing Director, India, and Global Vice-President, announced. He said, with this, 99 percent of smartphones sold in India and 100 percent of TVs would be manufactured locally. "We hope to play a small role in building India as a global manufacturing hub," said Jain.
- One of the smartphone factories, built in partnership with DBG India, is already operational in Haryana, increasing the manufacturing capacity by 20 percent. The second new facility will be set up with Chinese electronics manufacturer BYD in Tamil Nadu and is expected to start operations by the first half of 2021. The new TV manufacturing plant is being set up in Telangana by Radiant Technology, a Hyderabad-based television manufacturer.
- Xiaomi has two other mobile manufacturing plants in Tamil Nadu and TV manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati, run by Dixon Technologies. Jain said the company has added 10,000 people to its workforce — including those who are directly under Xiaomi’s payroll and those employed by its partners — in 2020 alone, taking the staff strength in India to 60,000.
22287. दिल्ली का यह स्टार्टअप बनाता है EV Battery, सालाना टर्नओवर है 50 करोड़
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- 1) दिल्ली स्थित iPower Batteries, देश के 15 ई-स्कूटर निर्माताओं तथा दूसरे 100 (OEM) मूल उपकरण निर्माताओं के लिए भी, EV Battery बना रही है।
- 2) वित्तीय वर्ष 2020-21 में इस स्टार्टअप का टर्नओवर 50 करोड़ रुपये था। iPower Batteries, देश के मुख्य 20 इलेक्ट्रिक टू-व्हीलर निर्माताओं में से 15 कंपनियों के लिए, लिथियम-आयन बैटरी पैक बना रही है। जिनमें Gemopai, Benling India, Okinawa Autotech और Ampere Electric Vehicles जैसे बड़े नाम शामिल हैं।
- 3) यह स्टार्टअप देश के दो, तीन और चार पहिया वाहनों (L5 Category) के लगभग 100 मूल उपकरण निर्माताओं (OEMs) के लिए भी, लिथियम-आयन बैटरी पैक बनाता है।
22288. नौकरी के साथ शुरू किया बिज़नेस, बैरल-टायर से बनाते हैं अनोखे फर्नीचर
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- 1) महाराष्ट्र के पुणे में रहने वाले 29 वर्षीय प्रदीप जाधव, साल 2018 से अपना फर्नीचर और होम डेकॉर का बिज़नेस चला रहे हैं। उनके स्टार्टअप का नाम ‘Gigantiques’ है, जिसके अंतर्गत, वह इंडस्ट्रियल वेस्ट को अपसायकल करके, फर्नीचर और होम डेकॉर का सामान बनाते हैं।
- 2) आज, प्रदीप के साथ 15 कर्मचारी काम करते हैं और अब तक वह छोटे-बड़े लगभग 500 ऑर्डर पूरे कर चुके हैं। उन्होंने पुणे, मुंबई, हैदराबाद, बेंगलुरु जैसे शहरों में भी कई बड़े प्रोजेक्ट किए हैं।
- 3) प्रदीप कहते हैं कि शुरुआत उन्होंने बेकार और पुराने टायरों से की थी, लेकिन आज वह इंडस्ट्रियल बैरल, पुरानी और बेकार कार, ऑटो रिक्शा, बाइक, साइकिल, पुरानी लकड़ी आदि को अपसायकल करके, मेज, कुर्सी, सोफा, वॉश बेसिन, फ़ूड कार्ट, बैरल वाइन स्टोरेज, हैंगिंग लाइट्स जैसी चीजें बना रहे हैं। उन्होंने अब तक एक लाख से ज्यादा बैरल, 50 हजार से ज्यादा टायरों और पांच हजार से ज्यादा वाहनों को अपसायकल किया है।
22289. French firm Egis plans €75-m investment in India in five years
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- Bullish on Indian infrastructure sector, French engineering consulting firm Egis has drawn up a €75-million investment plan for India to fund growth through both organic and inorganic routes in the next five years.
- it set up base 25 years ago, it has invested around the same amount in India till now.
- Egis is 75% owned by Caisse des Depots, a French public financial institution, while the remaining 25% stake is held by partner executives and employees.
22290. Samsung to invest Rs 4825 cr to shift China mobile display factory to India
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- Smartphone major Samsung will make an investment of Rs 4,825 crore to relocate its mobile and IT display production unit from China to NCR in Uttar Pradesh, the state government said. The UP government’s cabinet headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved special incentives to Samsung Display Noida Private Limited on Friday.
- "This is the first high-technique project of South Korea's multi-national major which is being set up in India after relocating from China and the country will become third in the world to have such a unit," the UP government’s spokesperson said in a statement.
- The manufacturing unit is expected to generate direct employment of 510 persons besides giving indirect employment. Samsung currently makes more than 70 percent of the total display products used in TVs, mobile phones, tablets, watched, etc., in the world in South Korea, Vietnam and China.