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India’s First Biomaterial Startup Phool.co Raises $8 Million in Series a Funding
The Kanpur-based startup plans to use the capital to scale operations, and explore the untapped domestic and global growth opportunities.
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- Entrepreneurship, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- entrepreneurs, funding, recycling, startups, sustainability, WASH, waste
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Fintech Services Contribute to Increase in Financial Literacy in India
With nearly 2000 fintech startups in the country, one would imagine India’s financial literacy to be high. Yet, statistics show that despite a population of over 1.3 billion people, about 76% of the adult population still lacks basic financial concepts.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Expect a Drop in Greenwashing as India Adopts New ESG Reporting Rules
The new SEBI regulations on good governance going into effect tomorrow will require the top 1000 companies by market cap size to include a mandatory Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) in their annual reports filed with stock exchanges.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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India’s Axis Bank Accelerates Retail Push With $1.6 Billion Citi Deal
Indian private lender Axis Bank has decided to bulk up its credit card and retail businesses with a $1.6-billion purchase of Citigroup Inc's local consumer banking arm.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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Fynehand to Invest Over USD $1 Million In AI Talent Marketplace, FlexC
FlexC announced that it has raised funds from Fynehand in Pre-Series Funding round. Fynehand will be investing over USD $ 1 million in the AI talent marketplace. Siddharth Raisurana from Fynehand has come on board.
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- Technology
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India’s Classplus Raises $70 Million to Help Teachers and Creators Expand Their Reach
A Noida-based startup that is helping teachers and creators operate, manage and sell courses to students has raised $70 million in a new financing round.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- EdTech, education, funding, global development, startups
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Analysis: ‘Gargantuan Task’: Why India’s Renewable Push Will Be Hard
Plans to build a sprawling solar park on land cultivated for generations by indigenous farmers in India's Himalayan foothills erupted in violent clashes with police last year after their crops were bulldozed for the development.
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- Energy
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How The Indian Government Is Encouraging Green Energy Use At Airports
The Indian government on Monday said it is actively promoting the use of green energy at domestic and international airports in the country to make them more sustainable.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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