School students in India discover 18 new asteroids as part of the International Asteroid Discovery Project- Technology News, FP

Press Trust of IndiaMar 03, 2021 09:50:20 ISTThe International Astronomical Union (IAU), an organisation that assigns official names and designations to celestial bodies, has recently confirmed the discovery of 18…

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Suzuki’s India plans for the next five years revealed, to focus on electrification and SUVs- Technology News, FP

tech2 News StaffMar 03, 2021 09:29:16 ISTIt was only last year that Suzuki Motor Corporation celebrated its 100th anniversary, but 2020 was a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, which…

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VR, AR, programmable art – Pune Design Festival 2021 shows glimpses of the future

The annual Pune Design Festival, now in its 15th edition, featured a string of though-provoking sessions on digital impacts in business and education. Held online due to the coronavirus pandemic,…

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Pfizer, Oxford COVID-19 vaccines reduces severity of the disease in elderly: pre-print study

Symptomatic COVID-19 infections in those 70+ years of age also decreased, three weeks after a single shot of either vaccine was given. The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 are…

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[Funding alert] All-Star Games raises $1.5M in pre-Series A round led by Lumikai

Gaming-focused venture fund Lumikai announced it has invested $1.5 million, along with Play Ventures, in a pre-Series A round in the Indian midcore sports studio All-Star Games (previously Deftouch).“We’re buzzing…

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Airbyte raises $5.2M for its open-source data integration platform – TechCrunch

Airbyte, an open-source data integration platform, today announced that it has raised a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Accel. Other investors include Y Combinator, 8VC, Segment co-founder Calvin…

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The Story of Neofarmers: An Interview With Tamzid Siddiq Spondon, Managing Director, Neofarmers

Successful entrepreneur Tamzid Siddiq Spondon shares the founding story of his most latest venture Neofarmers, talks about the steady rise of safe food in Bangladesh, the operational mechanics of Neofarmers,…

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‘Problem finding comes before problem solving’ – 40 quotes of the week from Indian startup journeys

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YS, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 40 gems…

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Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay – TechCrunch

Outplay’s team members on a video call Sales engagement platforms (SEP) help sales teams automate and track the large number of tasks they need to do each day as they…

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