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Eduvanz Launches Digital Lending for Parents to Pay K-12 School Fees
16 Mar

Eduvanz Launches Digital Lending for Parents to Pay K-12 School Fees

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Eduvanz, a fintech Non-banking Finance Company (NBFC) that enables students to Study Now, Pay Later at 0% interest rates has launched Digital Lending for parents at Zero Cost to pay their ward's school fees. Eduvanz helps parents to convert school fees into easy and simple subscription-based Zero Cost EMIs with the benefit of repayment in 3 months to 9 months without any processing fee. An amount of Rs 300 crore will be disbursed during the next 3 years. The K-12 edtech market in India is projected to be worth $1.7 billion by 2022, up more than six-fold from $265 million in 2019. Varun Chopra,…
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CarDekho Forays into Connected Vehicle Tech with UPLINK
15 Mar

CarDekho Forays into Connected Vehicle Tech with UPLINK

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CarDekho, the auto-tech firm, today launched UPLINK, an advanced and compact GPS Vehicle Tracking System. UPLINK is powered by a compact plug-and-play device that can be connected to any vehicle allowing users to gain real-time access to a host of information such as Live tracking, Rash Driving Alerts, Trips History, Driving Analysis, Geofence Alerts, Usage Stats, and much more. So vehicle owners can ensure round the clock safety, security and surveillance of the vehicle with Uplink. Uplink Telematics Unit i.e. GPS device is one of the most compact devices in its segment, ensuring easy and hidden installation and being plug and…
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Mswipe Launches Micro ATM Service for SMEs
15 Mar

Mswipe Launches Micro ATM Service for SMEs

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Mswipe, a financial services platform for SMEs, today launched ATM Express, a micro ATM which allows merchants to offer their point-of-sale (POS) terminals to customers for cash withdrawal, check bank balance among other features. The ATM Express will help merchants bring additional footfalls and add revenue stream through commission. Mswipe will utilise ATM Express to increase access to banking facilities through its SME network, especially in Tier 2, 3 and 4 cities with limited ATM facilities and bank branches. According to RBI, till June 2020, there were an estimated 84 crore debit card holders and about 2.10 lakh onsite and…
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Bata Appoints Kartik Aaryan as Its New Brand Ambassador
11 Mar

Bata Appoints Kartik Aaryan as Its New Brand Ambassador

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Footwear major Bata India Limited has announced bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan as the company’s new brand ambassador. Carrying forward Bata’s fashion-forward narrative, Kartik will be seen promoting popular brands under the Bata umbrella.  The young actor is currently one of the most sought after and celebrated actors in the industry. Kartik has a great knack for fashion and is regarded a trend-setter. Owing to his stature as a youth icon, Kartik has amassed a huge fan following in a short span of time.  The association will begin with the launch of new campaign by Bata. Kartik will be seen in…
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Ecom Express Receives US $20 Mn Follow-on Investment from CDC Group
09 Mar

Ecom Express Receives US $20 Mn Follow-on Investment from CDC Group

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CDC Group, the UK Government’s development finance institution and impact investor in South Asia and Africa, today announced that it has closed a US$ 20 Million investment round in Ecom Express, a leading tech-enabled end-to-end logistics solutions provider to the Indian e-commerce industry. This will be CDC’s second round of investment in Ecom Express after its initial investment in December 2019. CDC’s latest commitment will support Ecom Express in advancing the company’s sustainable development and impact agenda of enhancing skills and boosting job creation in the Indian hinterlands. With the high demands for jobs in India, the country needs to…
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89% Women were Negatively Impacted by the COVID-19: LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021
02 Mar

89% Women were Negatively Impacted by the COVID-19: LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021

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Towards International Women’s Day 2021, LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has launched the Opportunity Index 2021 report, a composite measure that seeks to understand how people perceive opportunities and the barriers that stand in the way of achieving them. This year’s report dives deep to understand how women perceive opportunities, and how the gender gap is further slowing down career progress for working women in India amid the pandemic. LinkedIn’s findings show that 9 in 10 (89%) women state they were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fight for equal pay and opportunity continues; India’s working women battle strongest gender…
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Sachin Tendulkar Enters Into A Strategic Investment With Unacademy
23 Feb

Sachin Tendulkar Enters Into A Strategic Investment With Unacademy

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 Unacademy, the leading learning platform, today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. The vision of this partnership is to provide holistic learning for Unacademy Learners.  As part of the deal, Unacademy Learners will be coached and mentored by the legend through a series of live interactive classes, which everyone can access free of cost on the Unacademy platform. The iconic cricketer has been roped in to serve as a brand ambassador for Unacademy. “Our focus at Unacademy has always been to democratize education and create holistic learning solutions that go beyond traditional forms…
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Indian Cleantech Start-up Solavio Labs Raises Funds from 3 Government Bodies
19 Feb

Indian Cleantech Start-up Solavio Labs Raises Funds from 3 Government Bodies

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Solavio Labs, the Indian clean tech start-up innovating solar panel cleaning technology for the world today announced the completion of funding from Canadian Province – New Brunswick for INR 40,60,000 taking their total fund raised to INR 2 crores. This marks Solavio Labs as an Indian start-up in the clean tech space to receive support from three Government bodies- India, Dubai and Canadian the last one year. With this fresh round of funding, the company also announced its expansion into the Middle East and North American Market. And, to support the growing global demand for PV technology, Solavio Labs also…
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Sarkaari Daftar ke Chakkar No More – These Apps will Connect You Directly to Top Politicians in India
18 Feb

Sarkaari Daftar ke Chakkar No More – These Apps will Connect You Directly to Top Politicians in India

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Gone are the days when Indian politicians could only be found in a maze of sarkaari daftars. Barack Obama may take the credit of starting the trend, but our very own netas and babus have considerably upped their social media game in recent times. If you are looking to reach out to political big-wigs and have your say, these are your go-to-apps in India: Twitter: Love it or hate it, but no one can ignore it. Especially when you have the largest network of who’s who from politics and bureaucracy actively tweeting away to reach over 17.5 million Tweeples in the country. Download here for iOS and Android  Public…
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