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'I Believe In Sharing Wealth With Those Who Need It'

T V Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services, says the only thing is that we need to nurture ideas so that they can develop to full potential through funding and mentorship

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Terra Greens Adopts 4,000 Farmers In TN To Meet Growing Demand For Organic Staples

Terra Firma Projects, founded by Likitha Bhanu and her mother in 2013, has tie-up with 2,000 farmers across five states to procure organic produce

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Ola Fires 250 People Citing Non-performance, Other Issues To Take On Rival Uber

Within weeks of firing about 700 employees of its TaxiforSure operations, cab aggregator Ola has now sacked close to 250 people from its own workforce citing non-performance and other issues

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Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani, Vijay Kelkar To Start Financial Inclusion Vehicle Avanti Finance

Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani and Vijay Kelkar have come together to set up a technology-enabled microfinance entity, Avanti Finance, which will focus on delivering affordable and timely credit to under-served and un-served segments in India

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Snapdeal's Gold Answer To Amazon, Flipkart Premium Membership

After rivals Amazon and Flipkart, e-commerce major Snapdeal has now launched a premium membership service for its customers called Snapdeal Gold

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Uber Lost At Least $1.27 Billion In First Half Of 2016

The subsidies Uber grants its drivers was the main reason for the loss, finance head Gautam Gupta told investors in a quarterly conference call

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Is India’s Fintech Sector Still An Investor Favourite?

The biggest challenges the sector will have to deal with are limited internet connectivity, security and using data analytics to understand wallet users’ behaviour

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Startup: Cashing In On Cash Crunch

MarketBills helps MSME vendors meet short-term obligations by getting them small loans against unpaid bills

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Myntra Aims To Become Profitable By Early Next Fiscal, Says CEO Ananth Narayanan

It has also crossed $1billion run rate in annualised GMV post discounts in July 2016 making it the first Indian fashion brand to have touched this benchmark

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Startup: Power Of Sun Rays

Two young engineers bet on solar power as the energy source of the future and are today basking in the glory of the sun

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