Startups weather a stormy 2019 to raise $11.1 billion (and other top stories of the day)

2019 was punctuated by two successive quarters of declining GDP growth, equalling the longest slowdown in the past 23 years.

Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak: Indian authorities must prepare contingencies forthwith

India is upping the level of alert at its airports in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic in China. Authorities have already told airlines...

And am still waiting for you…..

They say luv is feeling of emotions …but I always felt it’s much more…. Or else, there would not be any reason why am still waiting for you…....

Changing Education – Rama Iyer, WPP Foundation

In a world that is facing volatility, technological disruption and new challenges, education is at the cross-roads of transformation. New resources...

Junglee Games CEO Ankush Gera reveals how he took his startup into the ‘bootstrapped unicorn’ club

Eight years after he started a skill-based gaming startup from San Francisco for India, Junglee Games CEO Ankush Gera talks about how gaming in...

ICICI Bank introduces cardless cash withdrawal facility through ATMs

This service will enable customers to withdraw cash from over 15,000 ATMs of the bank by simply raising a request on iMobile, its mobile banking...

[Funding alert] Marketing analytics firm AppsFlyer raises $210M in Series D round led by General Atlantic

The company said the funding will be used to enhance its open platform for third-party developers and to grow its presence in the APAC region,...

Jagan's move to shift capital to Vizag sound

When it comes to making some political points, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy can push it to the limit. Like his move to...

Middle East crisis: Is US Presidnet Donald Trump’s Iran strategy working?

US President Donald Trump’s authorisation of the targeted killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani is, in many ways, similar to...

Balance means different things in different format

Indian captain Virat Kohli has said that K L Rahul keeping wickets has given the team greater options.   | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji To begin...

If I were to make the Union Budget...

One, reform GST. I will make the provision for the GST paid by small businesses on the purchase of raw materials to be refunded to them in cash....

Post Soleimani, West Asia lurches from crisis to crisis

On January 17, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei personally delivered the Friday sermon in Tehran — for the first time in eight...

HT Analysis | US commander-in-chief isn’t reading New Delhi’s memos on Kashmir

US President Donald Trump’s latest comments on Kashmir have come at an inopportune moment, because he is expected to visit India next month and...

India’s great telecom mess just got worse

India’s great telecom melee was bad enough as a brawl between service providers and the state, with operators complaining about the...

Union ministers, CMs, celebrities among 40 BJP star campaigners for Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the Delhi Assembly elections to be held on February 8....

Why it’s wrong to question ‘delay’ in hanging of convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case

A lot has been said and written about the “delay” in hanging the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case. The woman’s mother...

Electricity 4.0: The future of power in the age of climate change

Electrical energy in simplistic terms is a juncture that inter-connects economic prosperity, amplifies social equity and ushers in a liveable...

Saudi dubs report of Kingdom hacking Jeff Bezos’ phone ‘absurd’, calls for probe

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that a media report that the Kingdom is behind the hacking of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos’ phone was...

In rebuttal to Chavan on 2014 govt claim, Sena jabs BJP for ‘mask factory’

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday dismissed the claim made by Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan that the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had proposed to form...

View from Pakistan: Put health on top of climate agenda

The COP25 conference in Madrid last month ended without much progress in terms of coming up with either additional finances for countries battling...

Trump and the teenager: A climate showdown at Davos

Swedish clima­te activ­ist Greta Thunb­erg, 16, leaves an auditorium after watching President Donald Trump deliver opening remarks at the World...

Children learn animal cruelty from adults

C hildren use roleplay to deal with complicated situations in order to understand them better. Young children act out real or imagined situations,...

संविधान को जानेंगे, तभी तो मानेंगे

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Litmus test for acid

INcidents of acid attack underscore the point that there is a need to change culturally. The attacks — generally on young women — are mostly...

Focus on banking sector to tackle slowdown

Jayshree Sengupta Jayshree Sengupta Senior fellow, Observer Research Foundation For the economy to revive in 2020, one of the most important things...

Climate change top global risk for next decade: WEF Report

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Global Risks Report 2020 shows that the top five global risks over the coming decade, with respect to...

Government and ruling party – Let them not go too far to the brink

Prime Minister, in his Ramlila ground rally of Delhi had categorically emphasized that NRC has never been discussed in cabinet and is nowhere in...

In Luv

He was handsome & she was the queen…. He fell for her & she too felt for him…. They were in luv ….the real one…. He gifted her solitaire,...

Delhi's water woes: The political turf ahead of Assembly polls is denying citizens their 'right to life'

It seems that there is a complete failure of governance when it comes to the issue of clean water provisions in our national capital. On December...

[Startup Bharat] Here's how ShareChat, TikTok, Vokal, and other Indian language content apps are partnering with brands to make money

As a growing number of users across Tier II and Tier III India consume content and shop online, brands and content platforms like TikTok and...

[Funding alert] Goa-based premium tea brand Tea Trunk raises $220K

The startup said it plans to use the funds to expand its product line of health-focused teas, launch innovative products, and to strengthen its...

Why you need to get a founders’ agreement in place for your startup

Before rushing to getting your product off the ground, you need to lay a solid foundation. A founder’s agreement is thus designed to protect each...

Budget 2020: Will Sitharaman Make Healthtech More Accessible, Affordable For Indians?

At a time when India accounts for a substantial part of global deaths from chronic diseases and child malnutrition, spending…

Thinking forgiveness, mother-to-mother

On January 7, 2020, a Delhi court issued death warrants for the four convicts in the Delhi gang-rape case. During the court hearing, mother of one...

Interpol notice issued for Nithyananda, self-styled godman on the run for rape

The Interpol has issued a blue notice against self-styled godman Nithyananda who allegedly fled India last year without a passport to save himself...

Millennials vs Gen-Z: How they approach friends, family, funds

Analysis: Periyar’s controversial legacy & why he still impacts TN politics

How is a man, who died in 1973, suddenly in the middle of a fresh political controversy involving actor-cum-aspiring-politician Rajinikanth? For...

Finance Ministry may raise divestment goal to Rs 1.5 lakh cr for FY21

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to set an even more ambitious disinvestment target of Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the year starting April...

Flying Less Should Be a High-Priority Climate Action

An opinion piece at Ensia recently reported that “flying produces only 2% of total emissions today” and contended, “Even if everyone were to...

In Delhi's 2020 Match, It’s Arvind Kejriwal’s Dilemma Versus Narendra Modi’s Dole

With the nomination process done, the roadmap of ensuing polls for the Delhi Assembly has been unveiled. If someone thought that rivals BJP and...

Disgruntled allies

With its emphatic victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, even better than its 2014 performance, the BJP not only decimated the Opposition but...

What about all the promises?

Gurbachan Jagat Gurbachan Jagat Former Chairman of UPSC and former Governor of Manipur The year 2014 saw a dramatic change in the political...

Saving the world; only the rich get to play

It’s a new year and a new decade. Yay! Iran and the United States haven’t dragged us all into World War Three yet. Yippee-Ka-Yay! It’s day one...

Bengaluru, Delhi, and Hyderabad lead digital merchant payments in 2019: Razorpay

According to the Razorpay report, digital transactions are estimated to have grown by 338 percent from 2018 to 2019

Budget 2020: Indian startups pin their hopes on Nirmala Sitharaman to lessen entrepreneurship woes

The startup ecosystem is looking to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Budget to improve investment in-flow, and solve some pressing...

Deepender Goyal is ordering food from this Delhi-based startup, and no it’s not Zomato

Caterspoint’s clientele list includes Kavin Bharti Mittal, who likes to order salads and poha, and Zomato founders Deepender Goyal and Pankaj...

Deepinder Goyal is ordering food from this Delhi-based startup, and no it’s not Zomato

Caterspoint’s clientele list includes Kavin Bharti Mittal, who likes to order salads and poha, and Zomato founders Deepender Goyal and Pankaj...

Govt, petitioners spar over stay on CAA; hearing in SC after 4 weeks

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted four-week time to the Centre to reply to the 144-odd petitions challenging the contentious Citizenship (...

Clash of the Senas: As Uddhav Takes a 'Secular' Turn, Cousin Raj Eyes Floating Hindutva Votes

While the Shiv Sena has turned a new leaf to ally with the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to anoint party president Uddhav Thackeray...

DailyOh!

Hey there, It’s literally the middle of the working week. That, of course, applies only to people and places that have Monday to Friday as...