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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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23751. Inspired By Parents, Intern Helps 5000 Underprivileged People Get Free Medical Care
- Dr Golam Ahmed Kibria was only an intern at the Burdwan Medical College when the country shut down for the second time due to COVID-19. So he took it upon himself to give free medical healthcare to people in rural and remote parts of West Bengal through his NGO Prayas
- Born to a rural medical practitioner and an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker, Dr Golam Ahmed Kibria was privy to the pain and ordeal that weaker economic sections go through to access healthcare facilities. Since his childhood, he had watched his parents dedicate all their services to bridge this gap.
- Today, his efforts have benefitted thousands — from identifying babies with congenital and neurological disorders to diagnosing an elderly woman who was unable to move due to severe orthopaedic disease, he has touched many lives for the better.
23752. संघर्ष के दिनों में किए छोटे-मोटे काम, अब है 30 करोड़ के रेवेन्यू वाले मोबाइल एक्सेसरीज ब्रांड के मालिक
- नीलेश माली ने 2011 में KDM India इंडिया की शुरुआत की थी। आज कंपनी भारत में किफायती मोबाइल एक्सेसरीज के अग्रणी निर्माताओं में से एक है, जिसका सालाना कारोबार 30 करोड़ रुपये है।
- मालूम हो कि KDMIndia किफायती मोबाइल चार्जर, ईयरफोन, स्पीकर, नेक बैंड आदि बनाती है।
- 2011 में नीलेश ने मोबाइल एक्सेसरीज़ के लिए इन-हाउस निर्माण शुरू किया और जहां इसकी शुरुआत इंटेली कवर के साथ हुई।
- भविष्य की संभावनाओं के बारे में बात करते हुए नीलेश का कहना है कि ब्रांड ने भारतीय बाजार के 80 प्रतिशत हिस्से पर कब्जा कर लिया है और गहराई से प्रवेश करने की योजना बना रहा है। ब्रांड ने हाल ही में मार्केटिंग अभियान चलाने में कठोर पहल की है और आगे भी करता रहेगा और उत्पाद विकास और पैकेजिंग की दिशा में भी काम करेगा।
23753. [स्टार्टअप भारत] उडुपी से सिंगापुर तक, कैसे इंटरनेशनल कंपनी द्वारा खरीदा जाने वाला अपने शहर का पहला स्टार्टअप बना Nuntium
- उडुपी स्थित स्टार्टअप Nuntium SaaS समाधान प्रदान करता है। यह विभिन्न इंडस्ट्रीज की कंपनियों को उनके कंटेंट को ग्लोबल लेवल पर ले जाने में मदद करता है। यह अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर ध्यान आकर्षित करने वाला अपने क्षेत्र का पहला स्टार्टअप होने का दावा करता है।
- अपने राजसी मंदिरों और स्वादिष्ट भोजन के लिए जाना जाने वाला उडुपी हाल ही में टेक स्टार्टअप्स की दुनिया में तब सुर्खियों में आया जब इस साल जापान की TechnoPro Holdings द्वारा 25 साल पुरानी टेक कंपनी Robosoft का अधिग्रहण किया गया।
- Nuntium का पिछले साल सिंगापुर मुख्यालय वाली एड टेक कंपनी Infomo ने नकद और स्टॉक डील (cash-and-stock) में अधिग्रहण किया था। हालांकि कंपनियों ने लेनदेन की राशि का खुलासा नहीं किया। अधिग्रहण के एक हिस्से के रूप में, दिलीप सहित सभी कर्मचारियों (सात) को अब विभिन्न डिवीजनों के तहत इन्फोमो के लिए काम करना होगा।
23754. [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.
23755. [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
23756. [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.
23757. 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.
23758. 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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23759. 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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23760. 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.