Can We Judge AI By Its Halo, Not RoI?
The Covid-19 pandemic has made RoI on AI redundant. The worldwide adoption of AI has busted the myth that AI requires intensive investment on infrastructure, process changes, and manpower. It has been...
View ArticleHow Technology Is Changing The Outlook Of Breast Cancer Treatment And Diagnosis?
Over the last two decades, cancer treatment has seen tremendous progress. A deeper understanding of the biological basis of cancer and faster adoption of technologies like Artificial intelligence and...
View ArticleDisruption In Retail Through Digital Transformation
In a world with social and physical barriers, even more, defined due to Covid-19, technology is now gaining centrestage as a solution to bridge this gap and bring people together. The Digital India...
View ArticleRole Of Technology And IoT In Modern Solar Panels
“ Solar energy is bound to be in our future. There’s a kind of inevitability about it.” – Jim Inhofe Solar energy is at the forefront of today’s renewable energy arena, making use of the widely...
View ArticleHow To Build A Highly Engaged And Productive Remote Team
Done right, work from home (WFH) could be the best thing to happen to many organizations. But it requires a magic mix – company culture, employees and process. Organisations are months into the...
View ArticleReinventing HR In Times Of Economic Recovery
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has had a deep economic impact on every organisation. And as every sector and every industry prepared itself to deal with this situation, the role of HR underwent a...
View ArticleData Sovereignty: Is it About Empowering The State Or The People?
We have often heard of sovereignty in the context of nation state, as the authority of a State to govern itself. If we dwell more on the concept, in terms of International law and the relation between...
View ArticleFacebook Under Fire Over Alleged BJP Links For Allowing Hate Speech
The parliamentary standing committee on information technology has decided to look into the allegations that Facebook does not take any action against the hateful comments posted by the ruling...
View ArticleReliance Eyes Urban Ladder, Milkbasket To Expand Ecommerce Footprint
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is reportedly in talks to acquire online furniture startup Urban Ladder and milk delivery platform Milkbasket in a bid to expand its ecommerce offerings. Besides...
View ArticleAfter Microsoft, Google In Talks With ShareChat To Infuse Funds
Google is in talks with regional language-focussed social media platform ShareChat for investing, according to a recent report. The Bengaluru-based company is looking to raise $150 Mn -200 Mn and is...
View ArticleIndia-Japan Fund Of Funds To Push Investments In Startups
The India-Japan Fund of Funds in which Nippon India Digital Innovation AIF Fund is a part of has infused nearly $6.6 Mn (INR 50 Cr) in Hyderabad-based early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners’...
View ArticleAfter Setting Fund To Back Startups, Ritesh Aggarwal Wants To Boost...
Hotel and hospitality unicorn OYO’s CEO and cofounder Ritesh Agarwal has gone bullish on funding Indian startups across several domains, business models and also regions. The 26-year-old entrepreneur...
View ArticleSeafood Supply Chain Startup Captain Fresh Looks To Take On Aquaconnect With...
India is the world’s largest exporter of frozen seawater shrimps and prawns and the fishermen and seafood farmers plays a vital role in keep the global seafood supply chain going. With the pandemic...
View ArticleSwiggy Ops In Chennai Partially Hit As Delivery Partners Strike Over Pay Cut
Swiggy delivery executives in Chennai have been on strike since last Thursday (August 13), in response to the food delivery company’s recent cut on delivery executives’ pay. They have alleged that the...
View ArticleShopX, Omnipresent To Start Drone Delivery Trials From September 1
After Dunzo, Bengaluru-based B2B ecommerce startup ShopX has now collaborated with aerospace and robotics company Omnipresent, to kickstart its last-mile drone delivery trial from September 1. In a...
View ArticleMyntra Challenges Reliance-Owned Fynd With Its Latest Hyperlocal Play
In an attempt to scale its business impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Walmart-owned fashion ecommerce platform Myntra has been experimenting with a hyperlocal model of fashion retail by partnering...
View ArticleShort Video Commerce Platform Trell Bags $11.4 Mn In Aftermath Of TikTok Ban
Bengaluru-based video-first experience discovery platform Trell has raised $11.4 Mn (nearly INR 85.3 Cr) in Series A funding round led by KTB Network. Other marquee investors Samsung Ventures;...
View ArticleLightspeed India Raises $275 Mn Fund III For Early Stage Startups
US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners’s Indian unit, Lightspeed India Partners, has raised its Fund III with a commitment of $275 Mn (nearly INR 2,055 Cr at current conversion rate)...
View ArticleAfter Reliance Jio & Amazon, Flipkart Turns Focus To Online Medicine Delivery
After Amazon India, Walmart-owned Flipkart is reportedly looking to enter the epharmacy space as the demand for online medicine delivery services has grown stronger due to the ongoing pandemic. While...
View ArticleFacebook Could Be Grilled By Shashi Tharoor Over India Hate Speech Controversy
Facebook has found itself in the eye of a fresh storm in India following reports last week about its alleged inaction in certain hate speech cases involving BJP politicians and leaders. The social...
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