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Startup Cricket League- An IPL for Startups in India

18Jul By AdityaNo Comments

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Startup Cricket League- An IPL for Startups in India

Startup Cricket League, SCL is India's first sporting event which is tailor made for startups to celebrate entrepreneurship and sportsmanship by taking a day off from their everyday problem solving trivium. Everyone loves a good game of cricket. We being Indians are exceptionally crazy about the sport. This craziness when combined with the frenzy and energy of the startup ecosystem gave birth to Startup Cricket League, IPL for Startups in India. The journey of a startup is all about the opportunities. SCL is a platform for Startups to pitch their ideas to the investors and mentors. It is also an expo for Startups to showcase their products to the hot shots of Startup Community and a bigger outreach for your product which it deserves. However, the most interesting highlight of the ev...

Delhi 22nd in Top 25 Global Cities For Women Entrepreneurs

24Jun By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Delhi 22nd in Top 25 Global Cities For Women Entrepreneurs

Delhi, at the 22nd spot, is the only Indian city to feature in tech giant Dells 2016 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities) that looks at a city's ability to attract and foster growth of women-owned firms. New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, London, Stockholm and Singapore were the top five cities for high-potential women entrepreneurs, Dell said in a statement. "WE Cities is the only global gender-specific index that looks at a city's ability to attract and foster growth in firms founded by women entrepreneurs," it added. Cities, instead of countries, were identified in order to show the impact of local policies and programs in addition to national laws and customs, it said. The report takes into account characteristics like capital, technology, talent, culture and mark...

Delhi’s Connaught Place is World’s 7th Costliest Office Destination

15Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Delhi’s Connaught Place is World’s 7th Costliest Office Destination

Delhi's Connaught Place has slipped one notch to become the world's seventh most costliest office destination, according to property consultant CBRE. Mumbai's BandraKurla Complex (BKC) is at the 19th position and Nariman Point at 34th, according to CBRE Research Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs bi-annual survey. "With annual occupancy cost of USD 149.71 per sq ft, New Delhi's Central Business District (CBD) of Connaught Place ranks as the seventh most expensive prime office market in the world," CBRE said in a statement. Hong Kong (Central) became the highest-priced office market with an overall prime occupancy cost of USD 290 per sq ft per annum, followed by London-Central (West End) with an annual occupancy cost of USD 262.29. Beijing (Finance Street), Beijing (Central Busines...

Delhi Govt Notifies App-Based Premium Bus Services

24May By NitishNo Comments

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Delhi Govt Notifies App-Based Premium Bus Services

The Delhi government has notified the app-based Premium Bus services starting from June 1 which will enable people to book their seats in buses through their smartphone on the lines of app-based taxis services in the national capital. Only air-conditioned buses will ply under the scheme according to which one bus aggregator will have to run at lease 50 vehicles to get a licence from Delhi governments Transport department. A senior government official said, "Government has notified the app-based bus scheme to be rolled out from from June 1." While announcing the scheme last month, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai had said that bus aggregators will have an individual app like Ola, Uber and they will be allowed to decide their fares, but if need arises government will prescribe upp...

Now A Fashion App Will Set Up Trial Rooms For Shoppers at Janpath

14May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Now A Fashion App Will Set Up Trial Rooms For Shoppers at Janpath

For the first time find a trial room in middle of a street shopping area organised by the instant advice fashion app, Styledotme. You now get to try an outfit before you buy from the streets and get instant fashion advice from our influencers and fashion experts. With a footfall of over 5,000 shoppers every day across more than 150 shops, Janpath is one of the most flocked-to street shopping places. What it lacks, however, is a trial room, that leaves most shoppers in a state of confusion - "to buy or not to buy". Apart from advice, many interactive and exciting activities have been planned to entertain shoppers. Speaking about the event, StyleDotMe founder Meghna Saraogi said in a statement: "Through the StyleDotMe app, shoppers at Janpath will be able to take pictures of themse...

Paytm Enables Cashless Payments at ‘Mother Dairy’ Booths

13May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Paytm Enables Cashless Payments at ‘Mother Dairy’ Booths

Paytm, India's leading payments company, has partnered with Mother Dairy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to enable customers to make cashless payments through their Paytm wallets across 100+ Mother Dairy Milk Booths. Paytm wallet has become a default mode of payment for customers for a wide variety of services in the country including taxi rides, food ordering, and money transfers etc. The association with Mother Dairy will further help the digital wallet to cement its position as the preferred way to transact across offline and online platforms. "Paytm is focused on creating solutions for everyday payment use cases for Indians. Starting from the morning milk supply to all other everyday necessities, it is our mission to make everyday payments ...

Uber officials meet Arvind Kejriwal, Discuss Surge Pricing

22Apr By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Uber officials meet Arvind Kejriwal, Discuss Surge Pricing

With operation of app-based taxis in the national capital on Delhi governments radar due to surge pricing, some officials of taxi-aggregator Uber today met Chief Minister and apprised him of his business model. "Some officials from Uber today met the Delhi Chief Minister at Delhi Secretariat and discussed a range of issues including surge pricing, diesel cars and permits," an official said. Sources said that apart from surge pricing, government has objection on per minute charge and vehicles which are registered outside Delhi. Transport minister Gopal Rai today again clarified that ban on surge pricing will continue. Yesterday, Kejriwal had termed as "daylight robbery" the surge pricing by app-based taxi operators, and said overcharging and blackmailing wont be allowed in the national...

Highlights of the Launch of “Gatimaan Express”, India’s Fastest Train

5Apr By NitishNo Comments

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Highlights of the Launch of “Gatimaan Express”, India’s Fastest Train

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off India’s first semi-high speed train Gatimaan Express running at a speed of 160 kmph. The train has reached Agra in 100 mins (Avg. time set is 90 mins). Gatimaan Express will run between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment stations. Gatimaan Express becomes India's fastest train touched top speed of 160 kmph beating India’s fastest train so far the Bhopal Shatabdi running at 150 kmph. Gatimaan covers the 184-kilometre distance between New Delhi and Agra in 100 minutes, as opposed to 110 minutes by the Bhopal Shatabdi. Launch of Gatimaan Express by Honble Minister MR Suresh Prabhu Tdy IR ushers in to the age of #HighSpeedTrains wth Launch of #GatimaanExpress by HonbleMR @sureshpprabhu frm NZMStn pic.twitter.com/hAgCwThQpU —...

Republiqin – An App That Will Locate Pocket Friendly Pub & Bar Near you

14Mar By No Comments

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Republiqin – An App That Will Locate Pocket Friendly Pub & Bar Near you

After finishing masters at Northeastern University, in 2011, Raj ventured into developing an independent video-streaming platform, Athlatinum, for Sports Learning. After 1 and 1/2 year of developing the platform and securing 5+ clients, Raj ran out of funds to support the development. Lesson learned – never go alone, especially, when it comes to developing a startup. Around the same time, an opportunity came along to develop IT solution for E-Services domain. As the saying goes, first focus on activities that bring revenue, Raj put Athlatinum on hold and began developing Cromshield as E-Services Platform AS A Service. CROMSHIELD front-end further transformed to an IT Product based E-commerce platform. Its back-end is used by 7+ vendors, and, in its 2nd year of operation, CROMSHIELD achi...

Aquapurum, a Bengaluru Based startup Showcased Innovative Way To Treat Water

29Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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Aquapurum, a Bengaluru Based startup Showcased Innovative Way To Treat Water

Aquapurum, a Bengaluru-based startup in collaboration with UK's Hydro Industries on Monday launched an innovative water treatment technology at an event organized in Delhi. Based on proven electro coagulation technology, Aquapurum's solutions are able to convert borewell or surface water into potable water in a matter of minutes. The event was attended by several senior officials from government, estate managers and experts working in the field of water treatment and regeneration. Speaking at the launch event, St. John Gould, India Director, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) said," We are delighted to bring the best of British technology and innovation to India through this partnership. At UKTI, we are always exploring opportunities for collaboration between UK and India that can ben...

SimplyFest, Celebrating The Entrepreneur In You!

24Feb By Sonia MotwaniNo Comments

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SimplyFest, Celebrating The Entrepreneur In You!

It was a weekend with inspiring talks at Zorba Delhi. Talks led by successful entrepreneurs who’ve built their own companies from scratch. Students, to be entrepreneurs, investors; anyone in the business of learning about, or starting a new venture were present at the beautiful lawns on 20th Feb. The list of storytellers across these two days represents some of India’s most sought-after enterprises with collaborators across venture capitalists, incubators, knowledge institutions, social platforms, business groups, business dailies and technology companies. The event was organized by SimplyHR, India’s leading HR consultancies based out Delhi. “With SimplyFest, we want to help pass on their wisdom to the next wave of innovators who have the potential to start the hottest startups of tomorro...

Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

3Jan By sharadNo Comments

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Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

About Parth Patel and the reason behind this idea? Hi, I'm Parth Patel, co-founder of Zupp - an intra-city carpooling mobile app for daily office commute. In 2011, after graduating from IIT Delhi, I joined EY in Mumbai. Since I was accustomed to a hassle-free campus life, the menace of daily commute in Mumbai caught me unawares. At first, my good landlord allowed me to use his car for daily office commute, as his kids were all settled abroad and the car was just catching dust. I drove to office for first couple of days, but found it harder each day to find a parking spot. Eventually I was forced to shun the idea of taking my own car and instead started hailing taxis. I traveled daily from my home in Bandra West to the EY office in Dadar West. I had to wait for at least 15 mins before ...