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Home Angel tax: the latest DIPP notification demystified for startups, investors
As the startup ecosystem digests the government's latest notification regarding the angel tax, here is a closer look at the fine print. Amid several calls from startups for abolishing angel tax and media reports that the government may water down angel tax provisions, on January 16, 2019, the government notified the much-needed amendments, allowing startups...
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Home Here's how much data Reliance Jio's 280 million users consumed
Reliance Jio added27.9 million users between October and December taking its customer base to 280.1 million. Videocontinues to drive data consumption on the network. India continues to be wooed by Reliance Jio and its dirt-cheap offerings. Riding on strong subscriber additions, the telecom unit of Reliance Industries (RIL) widened its December quarter (Q3) profits to Rs 831...
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Home Microsoft India to set up AI labs, train 5 lakh people in the technology in the next 3 years
At 'Media and Analyst Days 2019' held recently, the company pledged its commitment to bridge the skills gap and enhance employability through itsIntelligent Cloud Hub programme. In an attempt to evangeliseartificial intelligence (AI) technology, US major Microsoft, through its India arm, aims to skill over 10,000 developers, set up AI labs in 10...
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Home My father, the ultimate feminist: Vidya Shah on how it all began for her and the need for women to challenge and disrupt norms
Unless women consistently challenge and disrupt oppressive norms, we will continue to be subjected to dominance and limited growth. I was born in the 60s, when feminism was a bold, new concept, much decried by men and women, particularly in middle-class households like mine.It was a time when it was important for both...
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Home The digital revolution sweeping the agriculture sector in India, and everywhere
In this new era, the farmer can use technology to gain control of the changing dynamics and leverage market insight without relying on traders. Farming has come a long way since the first farms were created in Mesopotamia centuries ago, but trading and supply of agriculture has not kept pace. As farmers focused on production, grain traders focused on maximising...
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Home Fraudsters con people with fake Amul ads; dairy company takes on Google India, GoDaddy
First WhatsApp declared a battle against fake news. And now Amul has raised the issue - and with none other than Google Search ads- slapping a legal notice on the tech giant accusing it of benefitting from fake ads run through itspaid services. Emotions, trust, and a recognised name - for those spreading fake news and misinformation, these are the elements...
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Home Correct, convincing email communication is key to millennials career
Business communication is important for all of us. While business communication itself can include many aspects within it, there is arguably one area that stands front and centre as a vital tool to conduct businesses of all kinds -email! With the increasing popularity of text messages, WhatsApp and other social media platforms, email may not be considered important by the...
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Home Hotstar, Netflix, Eros Now and five others sign 'Code of Best Practices' under IAMAI
The IAMAI Code of Best Practices,signed byNetflix, Hotstar, Voot, Zee5, Arre, SonyLIV, ALT Balaji and Eros Now, will guide OTT companies to conduct themselves in a responsible and transparent manner. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) released its OTT self-regulation document called Code of Best Practices for online curated content...
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Home The OYO storm in a teacup: questions on data sharing with government and privacy
Hospitality startup OYO found itself in the eye of the storm when its India and South East Asia CEO Aditya Ghosh announced at a CII conference in Kolkata recently that the company would digitise its guest records, and open them up to the government. Here's what the CEO said:"At this point, we have seen acceptance from the state governments of Haryana,...
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Home Are you a woman on a mission? Apply for HerStory's the Women on A Mission Awards 2019
There's a question that's frequently asked - why do we need to recognise and have dialogues around women in the workforce? Aren't we overdoing it if we are talking of an equal world? According to this report , the female employment rate in India has tumbled from an already-low 35 percent in 2005 to just 26 percent in 2018 and according to statistics, there...
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