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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102980) | |
21871. Over 75 J&K villages being brought under 'Tourist Village Network' programme: officials
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- The J&K administration on Monday said it "aims to rejuvenate and transform more than 75 villages in the union territory by promoting tourism and giving sustainable employment for the youth"
- The programme is part of the Tourist Village Network program under Mission Youth to ensure balanced and equitable development of tourism sector across the length and breadth of the UT. The government has launched this program to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of Independence under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- The initiative launched under the Mission Youth "will work towards giving a facelift to the 75 villages that are already famous for their historical background, picturesque landscape and cultural importance, " a J&K spokesman said.As per the spokesman, the initiative is "destined to promote homestays across the UT" and "will strengthen the rural economy in the region, turn youth into entrepreneurs and empower women by offering numerous opportunities of employment".
21872. Jammu and Kashmir becomes first UT to be integrated with National Single Window System
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- Jammu and Kashmir has become the first Union Territory to be integrated with the national single window system as Lt Governor Manoj Sinha launched the J&K single-window portal, integrating it with the national single-window system.
- While 130 industrial services have been made online on a single-window system, over 160 more services would be integrated this year, the Lt Governor said.
- Lt Governor said his administration is linking Jammu and Kashmir into a web of partnerships with the domestic and foreign companies and ensuring global best practices in “our regulatory institutions and system”.
21873. [Tech30 Special Mention] This Hyderabad startup aims to bring greener solutions using nanocomposites
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- Nanospan Technology, a Tech30 special mentions startup, is an R&D pioneer in graphene and nanocomposites that develops cutting-edge materials for energy storage, defence technology, and smart homes.
- “You can also allocate IoT functions like a proximity sensor, and the ink will function in that exact way, but will look nothing like it. The level of customisation that this ink can provide is quite vast, and the user decides how it looks,” VenkataRamana adds.
- When it comes to energy storage, Nanospan’s dry electrodes avoid toxic solvents and reduce energy and water consumption. “Our material and process choices simplify the manufacturing steps to achieve the cost savings,” he says.
21874. Food delivery: Zomato to raise $146 million as part of Series J funding
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- Abhishek Zomato is in the process of issuing 34,873 Series J preference shares to the new investors at an issue price of Rs 3,00,235, the company said in the filings.
- 2Zomato is set to raise around $146 million (Rs 1,085 crore) as part of its Series J funding round from a clutch of investors, including Mirae Asset, Steadview Capital, Luxor Capital Group, Lugard Road Capital and ASP India, regulatory filings sourced from business intelligence platform Tofler showed.
- It has already raised Rs 38 crore ($5.12 million) from existing investor UK-based Pacific Horizon Investment Trust.
21875. Sachin Bansal, Hero MotoCorp back e-scooter startup Ather Energy again; invest in Series D round
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- Sachin Bansal (Flipkart co-founder) had first backed Ather Energy in its seed round back in December 2014 along with his fellow Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal.
- Sachin had later backed the startup last year with a $32 million investment in the $51 million Series C round of Ather Energy
- Sachin — a celebrated technology entrepreneur in India has also been among the prolific startup investors in the country has made 19 investments, according to Crunchbase, in companies including U Gro Capital, Ola, Vogo, Kissht, Bounce, Boat, Unacademy, SigTuple, and more.
21876. India’s quest for its own SpaceX hits a milestone
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- The successful test of Skyroot’s rocket engine augurs well for Indian startups building small-satellite launch vehicles
- Skyroot’s test validated the use of new material and 3D-printed design to reduce the engine’s mass and time for development
- Bengaluru startup Pixxel aims to launch a constellation of Earth observation small satellites whose data can have multiple applications in agriculture and other sectors. Its first satellite was good to go on a Soyuz rocket this month, but the launch was put off to March next year because the main satellite riding on the Russian vehicle wasn’t ready.
21877. India's FreshToHome Among 3 Startups Picked To Boost UAE's Agritech Capabilities
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- Hyderabad-As a part of the agreement, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) will provide financial and non-financial incentives totaling to $41 million to Pure Harvest Smart Farms, FreshToHome and Nanorocks
- FreshToHome, an e-grocery platform which specialises in selling meat and fish, with the help of ADIO plans to scale its land and sea operational capabilities in UAE.
- The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) on Tuesday announced individual partnerships with agriculture startups such as Pure Harvest Smart Farms, FreshToHome and Nanorocks in a bid to boost the emirate’s agriculture technology capabilities across land, sea and space.
21878. [RAISE 2020] This startup helps Flipkart, Samsung, others gain actionable insights from customer voices
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- Hyderabad-based Enixta Innovations enables ecommerce businesses like Flipkart and brands like Samsung to listen to customers’ voices in multiple formats from across the web. The startup uses AI, NLP, and ML to convert customers’ voices into actionable insights.
- Giri Devanathan was shopping on ecommerce stores, it was taking him a long time to research products and make a purchase decision.
- Realising this was a common problem, Giri thought of building a product to help customers make quicker and better purchase decisions. He built the alpha version of his first product, Buysmaart, during his stint with PayPal, having worked on it during non-business hours. Buysmaart was built to help online shoppers reduce their purchase decision cycles
21879. [Startup Bharat] How Patna-based Pooja Sansar is cashing in on the festive season with curated ritual kits
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- Sanchie Shroff and Aaditya Anand, as they turned the stay-at-home situation into an entrepreneurial opportunity. The brother sister duo, along with their father Anand Prakash, launched Pooja Sansar in October this year.
- The Patna-based startup helps people get pooja, ceremony, and worship kits delivered at their doorstep.
- Pooja Sansar is an online marketplace that offers curated ritual kits for customers. The startup claims to have clocked revenue to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh and has done more than 100 orders in less than 30 days.
21880. EV startup Calamus aims to create the next generation of personal mobility with e-bikes
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- Launched by two Pune engineering graduates, EV startup Calamus has launched an e-bike that comes with GPS tracking, multiple anti-theft features, and integrated suppor.
- Nilesh R Bothra and Huzaifa Hararwala, roommates while at Sinhgad College of Engineering, were always keen on the idea of electric vehicles.
- Nilesh, a production engineer, considers the automotive world to be his Mecca while Huzaifa is a computer engineer with expertise in computer networking.