Dunzo teams up with Telangana govt to pilot drone delivery of medicines

Bengaluru-based hyperlocal startup Dunzo has announced that it will be launching a pilot programme to use drones to deliver medicines in Telangana. In a press statement, the company stated that…

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[Techie Tuesday] The 21-year-old student-entrepreneur building an Indian self-driving vehicle

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Mark TwainFor 21-year-old Gagandeep Reehal, age has never been a challenge when it comes…

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WTO members should start text-based talks on patent waiver proposal: India

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) members must infuse some certainty during this crisis by agreeing to initiate text-based talks on the proposed patent waiver proposal to deal with the COVID-19…

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[Funding alert] Spacetech startup GalaxEye raises pre-seed round led by Speciale Invest

IIT Madras incubated Spacetech startup GalaxEye on Tuesday announced that it has raised a pre-seed round led by Speciale Invest.According to a press statement, the fresh funds will be deployed…

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[Funding alert] YC backed healthtech startup Breathe Well-being raises $1M

Gurugram-based healthtech startup Breathe Well-being on Tuesday raised $1 million in pre-Series A round led by 3one4 Capital. The round also saw participation from Ashish Gupta, former Managing Director of Helion…

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Second COVID wave rendered 1 crore Indians jobless; 97 pc households’ incomes declined in pandemic: CMIE

Over 10 million Indians have lost their jobs because of the second wave of COVID-19, and around 97 percent of households' incomes have declined since the beginning of the pandemic…

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Cipla seeks price capping waiver, indemnity as it readies to pay $1B advance for Moderna vaccine

Seeking fast-track approvals to bring Moderna's single-dose COVID-19 booster vaccine in India expeditiously, Cipla has requested the government for indemnification and exemptions from price capping, bridging trials, and basic customs…

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