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Nilekanis sign Giving Pledge, donate half their wealth to charity
Infosys co-founder and tech billionaire Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini Nilekani have joined The Giving Pledge, an elite network ......
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Alibaba expands offline bet with $2.9 bn stake in top Chinese grocer
Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday it would invest HK$22.4 billion ($2.87 billion) for a major stake ......
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Tiger Global's Lee Fixel resigns from Ola's board
Tiger Global Management partner Lee Fixel has resigned from the board of cab aggregator Ola, where the US-based hedge fund ......
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VCC Startups weekly wrap: Amazon India beefs up; Uber, Facebook test new offerings
Global internet giants Amazon, Facebook and Uber took strategic steps this week to expand their India presence.Amazon pumped in more ......
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Ed-tech startup Perspectico gets seed funding from Delhi govt-backed incubator
Delhi-based education-technology startup Perspectico Learning Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from SSCBS Innovation and Incubation ......
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Ebix to pick up 50% stake in Kanoria's BPO biz Vara Technologies
In back-to-back deals, US-based software and ecommerce service firm Ebix, Inc has formed a joint venture with Vara Technologies and ......
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Bitcoin soars to new record near $8,000 on talk of split
Bitcoin hit an all-time high just below $8,000 on Friday, on talk that a software upgrade whose suspension sent the ......
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Logistics startup Shadowfax posts three-fold rise in FY17 revenue
Bangalore-based Shadowfax Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs an eponymous business-to-business (B2B) logistics startup, posted gross revenue of Rs 34.07 crore ......
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Karnataka signs pact with French trade commission to promote startups
The Karnataka government on Friday said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Business France India, the French ......
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Uber testing new features to target offline, low-bandwidth users
Cab-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. is testing a number of features for emerging markets like India, as it looks to ......