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Fintech trends that will shape the industry in 2021; The startup putting horticulture farming on autopilot COVID-19 was a tailwind for the fintech sector in 2020. And, 2021 is expected to be another great year, but with more innovation in play. 0 claps Elon Musk Elon Musk has added $150 billion to his fortune in the last year. He is now within striking distance of the worlds richest person tag. Jenny Sarang and Shammi Pant, co-founders of myjen.ai Founded by Jenny Sarang and Shammi Pant, myJen....

Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms CropIn was set up in 2010 by Krishna Kumar, who hails from a family of farmers in central India and quit a career at General Electric to found the startup after being deeply affected by widespread rural suicides in India (Photo: Bloomberg) Saritha Rai , Bloomberg Agritech startup CropIn has raised $20 mn in a funding round led by Temasek Holdings-backed ABC World Asia Additional new investors in the Series C funding include Info...

Artificial intelligence and data-led agritech startup CropIn has raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by ABC World Asia, an Asia-focused private equity fund. Existing investors Chiratae Ventures, Invested Development and Ankur Capital also participated in this funding round. Other new investors include CDC Group and Kris Gopalakrishnan’s family office Pratithi Investment Trust. With this new round of investment, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed startup has raised a to...

Villagers in Haryanas Uchana Kalan waved black flags and raised slogans "Dushyant Chautala go back". Chandigarh: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala faced boycott in his home constituency on Thursday, when villagers dug up a helipad ahead of his visit and demanded his resignation for backing BJP in the state and centre. They said Mr Chautala will not be allowed to enter the village till he quits his position in the state government - formed with support of his party the Jannayak Ja...

Coders are in demand across sectors in India. Here’s why The rising need for programmers and developers in non-IT sectors in the wake of the sharp digital-first focus across India Inc is driving the demand for those who belong to this ilk, while helping institutes that offer programming courses rake in the moolah (Image credit: ThisisEngineering RAEng on Unsplash) Aakash Iyer, 24, a denizen of Chennai, graduated in programming from a city engineering college in 2018 and then joined a food sta...

JAMSHEDPUR: Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato has demanded that the Steel City civic body hands over keys of the community halls in the city and adjoining to the local committees. The civic body, however, said they keys were not returned since the accounts were not clear. The BJP MP met the special officer of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Krishna Kumar, at his office and questioned the officer why no initiative was being taken to hand over the keys to locals so that the buildings ...

Technically skilled gig workers in high demand SECTIONS Share Synopsis ​​According to staffing company TeamLease Services, demand for technical gig workers increased by 20%-25% between April-November this year compared to pre-Covid levels. Getty Images Gig workers are freelance workers who work on a contractual or temporary basis for a specific period. (This story originally appeared in on Dec 21, 2020)Chennai: Demand for technically skilled gig workers has gone up as a direct result of ...

Ahead of the Jal Adhikar rally, thousands of plastic chairs were set up, banners explaining the clauses of the three farm laws were placed in corners and a band performed folk songs as farmers waited for Khattar to arrive. While the rally was held to seek farmers’ support for a five-decade dispute between Punjab and Haryana over their share of the surplus Ravi and Beas waters, the farm laws were on everyone’s minds. Ranbeer Singh, a farmer who had come from Pota village in Mahendragarh dist...

KSTDC Chairperson Shruthi unveils grand plans to promote tourism in and around Mysuru Srirangapatna: A special tourism promotion plan will be formulated to attract tourists to Srirangapatna, Mysuru and surrounding areas, said Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) Chairperson Shruthi.  Visiting Srirangapatna in ‘ Ambaari’, a rooftop open double-decker bus along with a team on Thursday, Shruthi, who has made her name in Kannada cinema, said that Srirangapatna is a hub of to...

Khairbani garbage treatment plant likely to be cancelled amid protests Over 500 residents demonstrate at Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee office against project The ambitious solid waste treatment plant at Khairbani village of Saraikela’s Govindpur panchayat is likely to fall through as locals protested strongly on Friday against its construction. The project was already stalled since 2013 for th...